I start as a blank screen

This is worship.
This is my mouse path for an hour that I spent in Photoshop working on flyers & mailings for The Worship Center while listening to the David Crowder*Band on iTunes.
This is worship.
This is me fully engrossed in creating something using the gifts God gave me.
This is a representation of my commitment to follow the vision God has given us.
This is worship.
This started as a plain white screen.
Every time I moved the mouse, it made a line.
Every time I clicked the mouse, it made a dot. The more clicks, the bigger the dot.
Every time I stopped moving my mouse, it drew a circle around my resting point.
This is a simple capture of my creative process. Nothing fancy, nothing ornate, but a simple path tracing of my actions and behaviors.
This is me fully engrossed in creating, using the gifts God has given me.
This is worship.

I love the seemingly random dots and scribbles and circles on the plain white background. It reminds me of when I was little in Sunday school and how I was taught that Jesus died to wash us clean – as white as snow. When they were teaching me that Jesus died to make us clean, it’s really that they were trying to explain that I am a new creature. I am fresh, white, pure, and unadulterated. I believe that every time decide to follow the Spirit’s leading, I become like a blank white screen. Whether that’s my first acceptance of Christ, or 22 years later when I commit to following wherever God leads.

I feel as though I have just been given a new white screen and I am doing my best to follow where God is taking us. Every time I take a step in His direction, I leave something behind – a line on my screen. Every time I act as the Holy Spirit instructs me, I leave something behind – a dot, a click. Every time I have the patience to pause and wait, I leave something behind – a circle, an area of rest.

The longer I chase my God, the harder I pray for what I leave behind. As I strive to be like Christ every day, I can only pray that others will see my lines, dots, & circles. Not as scribbling, but as a sold-out, all-encompassing desire to follow God wherever He takes me. Not just because its fun and never because it’s easy, but because I am committed to creating something God-birthed on the blank screen of my life.

This blank screen is my passion.

It is my life.

It is where I worship.

~Jen

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