"My creative, artistic personality wasn't practical. I should have been more conventional and sensible."
How it sounds in your head: I saw the world through colors and metaphors while others dealt with facts and figures. My artistic bent felt frivolous compared to 'real' work, and I've wondered if God wanted me to be more grounded, more useful, less in my head. Maybe my creativity was selfish escapism instead of real contribution.
"He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work... of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker... and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works."
-- Exodus 35:35Pragmatic culture devalues artists, dismissing creativity as 'impractical' or 'not real work,' especially for women with responsibilities.
She's lived in a world that valued productivity over beauty, and she internalized the message that her artistic nature was self-indulgent rather than valuable.
After crossing the Red Sea, Miriam spontaneously grabbed a tambourine and led the women in DANCE and SONG—artistic celebration. God didn't rebuke her 'impractical' response; He recorded it in Scripture as the RIGHT response to His deliverance.
I REFUSE the lie that my creativity was impractical frivolity. IT IS WRITTEN that God FILLED artists with skill to do all manner of artistic work—He anointed creativity, not just practicality. My artistic eye has revealed beauty others missed, translated glory into tangible form, and given language to emotions the 'sensible' had no words for. IT IS WRITTEN that Miriam danced with a tambourine and God RECORDED it in His Word—artistic response is RIGHTEOUS response. I have not wasted my life in daydreams. I have partnered with the ultimate CREATOR, bearing His image through every creative act. My art was WORSHIP. The BARAK blessing is on my imagination.
The Father is running toward you saying, 'Your creativity has been My brushstroke on earth! You've made visible what I whispered invisibly.' He's not wishing you were more practical—He's celebrating every artistic moment as partnership with Him.