Creatively Faith with Hope Harrison

What are you good at doing? I mean really good. Did math come
easy for you? What about sports? Do you enjoy adding up the
numbers while someone else is going out there and doing the
sales? Maybe cooking, or comforting those who are hurting, or
motivating the discouraged. Perhaps you are a teacher? What are
your unique gifts and talents?


If you were ever involved in a church of any kind, you probably
heard that God gifts people, everyone, but not all the same. He
gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as teachers and the
list goes on. A creative God creates creative people (Imago Dei
-in the image of God) and all us of getting to enjoy the
creations of both. Unfortunately, some of us struggle to discover
our own gifts, our own talents, and our place in this creative
creation. Part of this unfortunate situation also may include
unhealthy envy of those who have the more obvious gifts,
forgetting something really important.


Do you know why the God of the Universe gives His creatures
gifts? What is the purpose of all this diversity, beauty, and
skill display? There is an answer and if it is not on the top of
your mind, it may be why you struggle with knowing your own
giftedness.


Here comes the answer. Why do you have unique gifts? Ephesians
4:12 & 13: “to equip the saints for works of ministry and to
build up the body of Christ, 13until we all reach unity in the
faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the
full measure of the stature of Christ.”


That’s a mouthful, but it is powerful. Let me put it another way.
Your giftedness is to help other people, break down divisions,
and reveal the true God. That’s the job of the Church. Think we
could use that today?


This show is titled “Creatively Faith.” We are going to meet an
artist who pushes creativity to a new level. She is fun. She is
powerful. She is full of faith, and her story can not but help to
inspire. 


Welcome, Hope Harrison, to Church Hurts And.


 


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