OK here are the rules: if you choose truth then you have to tell one of your fears, if you choose dare, then you have to do one of your fears. Great now that we know the rules, truth or dare? Fine, I'll go first, I choose TRUTH! Truth is I'm afraid that I'm the servant in the Bible given the one talent and because he was too afraid of using/losing it, he hid it in the ground. I'm so afraid of failing that I don't try or after failing just giving up, that when all is said and done God will take this 'art' talent away from me. Over the last few days I've been asking myself, 'what if God took my talent tomorrow because I didn't use it today?' Then there's the question, 'am I evening using my talent the way God intended for it to be used, or am I doing my own thing?' It's a wonder I ever get any sleep at night, which might be the reason I'm a total night owl. Well there it is all on the table, now your turn. Ok, while you think I'll go, I choose Dare! Since my fear was that I may not be using my talent the way God intended, so my dare challenge is to create a piece that incorporates the Lord. I believe I wouldn't have this talent if he didn't think I was cable of doing great things with it, so why not glorify him in my work? Go on, I dare you to do a fear of yours, whether that's starting a social media account to advertise your work or simply to pick up a pencil and see if you still got it. Now I've said that safe is not our friend, but let me tell you, safe doesn't do the kind of damage fear does. Fear can paralyze you, have you watch your whole life go by and you not make the kind of impact you could have if you just used your God given talents and multiplied them three or five fold. So I'll ask you again, Truth or Dare?
It wasn't anything fancy, just the crafts I had on hand and I created a thanksgiving center piece with the words "1 Thes. 5:18" on it. Even though it was constructed from toilet paper rolls and decorated with ribbon, leaves and diamonds, it showed almost every part of me in it. I felt like I was able to give thanks, for being able to create something out of nothing and place his word on my art.
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