what are we seeing?

i learn through visuals.

i always have.

if i see something - it sticks with me, when the test comes i can picture it, remember it and i've got the answer.

if i see something that resonates with me on some level - it sticks with me...and i continue learning from it.  it stays in my mind and instead of just remembering some information - this picture comes to mind every now and then and just keeps building.  it inspires thoughts and ideas.

and i used to use this ability for tests at school - its great, i hardly ever had to study.  just show up.

however - since i met the Holy Spirit...

HE uses this ability, that He gave me- to teach me and use me.

He keeps it in my mind for the right moment, He leads my thoughts from that visual into the ideas He wants me to realize.  He helps me see what He can teach me through the things I'm seeing.

from a second of footage from a movie of someone getting their feet ready to go into battle...

or seeing the face of a fighter in a place where he needs to surrender, but he just can't seem to...

or an abstract painting with colors that somehow seem to move and remind you to do the same...

or watching a rapper speak the words you've listened to SO many times...but now that you're seeing the emotion behind them - that's what sticks.

and i'm SURE that i'm not the only one out there who responds to visuals.

if i was - there would be no tv or commercials or magazines.

whether it be sometimes or all the time...

from movies to paintings to ads to tv to dramas to performances...whatever it might be.

we're taking it ALL in -usually at face value.

and if you don't know the Holy Spirit - there is SO much He wants to show you.

we live in a VERY visual culture.  everything trying to grab your attention in the quickest way possible.

so we can see what the world wants us to...and it'll stick because its designed to stick.

OR we can ask the Holy Spirit to start (or to continue to) showing us what He wants us to see...

to see the things around us through His eyes...to grow us, teach us, lead us in His will.  so that we can see more of His plan...and not forget it.

i LOVE seeing christian artists...any kind.

its SUCH a beautiful thing seeing people let God use the gifts He's given them.

and its soooooo cool to see God's words, God's heart - out there for the world to see.

in a way that will stick.

in a way that will not only speak - but will teach and inspire and move...

its powerful stuff.

so i am going to be posting some art over the next few days that has been done by people who have surrendered their gifts to the Lord and are seeing God use them.

its. a. beautiful. thing.

for the first one...

here's a video of Matoko.

they'll explain it for you...

letting God move.

not only in churches but because this artist has surrendered his gifts - God is able to use it in the mainstream art world.

AMAZING.

let God use your gifts.

there is no telling what He has planned for them.

-ALIVE