This past week I had an idea…I’ve been reading through the gospels and ended up on Mark 16 – the story of Jesus going to the cross. And as I was reading it – images just kept forming in my mind, mostly of the intense emotions behind what was happening at that time and what these different people must have been going through spiritually - trying to believe that Jesus really is who He says He is...even though He is about to die, watching Him give in and just wanting Him to prove Himself, standing in Pilate's shoes - being pressured to sentence Him while believing He isn't wrong, or - like the moment right after He dies and the curtain is torn and ground shakes - realizing that He was who He said He was...and it looks like its too late. its really incredible stuff! because then 3 days later He did the impossible...amazing.
And I felt really inspired to get these images out on paper – and create kind of a visual telling of the story leading up to the cross (which I shortly after learned is kind of similar to the stations of the cross…just a few different events). And not just the events but the intensity behind them.
But then I had a thought – how cool would it be to make it a group effort? To give different members of the team different parts of the story and have them really dig into that passage – not just take it at face value, but read it and feel what was happening at the time. What would it have been like to be there? what does it make you feel? What does it teach you? etc…
So we passed out sections of the story – and our team is interesting because there are SO many different gifts. Everyone has different things that stand out, which means that people are at different experience levels when it comes to painting/drawing/etc. :) so a few people were definitely overwhelmed and some people just jumped right in. we got to talk to mostly everybody and start to form some ideas.
It’s new…its something we haven’t really done. and we opened it up – the different parts can be drawn, painted, written words, whatever will get the idea across – however God leads. And, for me at least, it’s a really cool way to dig into scripture and make it personal- I pray that it does the same for the team. It makes me get inside it and not just read it as a story or as facts – but makes it real. And different parts of the story teach so many different things that you would never get if you just read it through once.
So we’re still working on it and I am really excited to see us work together and just get past what we THINK we can do – and let God do it. He knows what our gifts are and He knows how to use them. Its so easy to just say – oh, well I cant do that. I’m not good at that – and that will for sure be true if we never try it! but what if we miss something amazing, just because we assume we can’t do what we’ve seen others do? so many times we look at things other people have done and say – “oh, I cant do that…” and you’re right – you cant. That’s their gift. you aren’t supposed to do what they can do – if we all had the same gift and could do everything ourselves – why would we ever rely on each other? God didn’t create one kind of gift. He created unique ones…so don’t get discouraged by what you can’t do. and don’t NOT do something just because you don’t think you can do it just like someone else. Try it. be sure that you’re taking time with just you and God- let Him mold you and show you what He can do through you. you will not be the greatest at some things, and that’s fine. But somewhere along the way - He’ll probably surprise you…;)
He’s creative-
See what He can do…
-ALIVE
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