what are you driven to create?
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our church holds an annual womens conference where we hear from the womens leaders of our church and one of the apostles of our church. it was held this past saturday. elder uchtdorf (the apostle who spoke at the end) spoke partly about being creative. for some reason the transcript of his talk isn't on the page i linked to, but it was so good. this is a good post about the talk and its practical application. lisa (the author) said,
I was really impressed that he was so bold as to name the reasons why so many women, especially, find themselves exhausted and unhappy, and that he gave them real answers to solve their (our) very personal issues. He emphasized (after, I remind myself, that he prayed and meditated on what to say to us, at this particular occasion), that our suffering, deep sorrows, real fears and loneliness are not insignificant, but that peace, hope and joy, despite our burdens, are what God wants for us–God’s happiness, which is perfect happiness. The two practical answers to achieve this happiness, or what I got out of this talk, are to create something out of nothing (think of all the possibilities this encompasses–ironically, a creative task), and compassion, which is also a creative endeavor....He completes this idea of nurturing our inner artist by proclaiming that we are spirit daughters of the most creative eternally compassionate God, so it makes sense that we would have this strong desire to bring something into existence that didn’t exist before. He told us that relying on the Spirit increases our capacity to create.
so...i'm not creative. i don't really feel driven to create in the artistic sense of the word, but i do feel like i'm a compassionate person. but i've never thought of that as a creative thing before. so what i'm curious about is, what did you get out of this talk? what are you driven to create? what does it all mean?
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So I blogged about this once like 3 years ago, so I can't find the link right now, but here's the gist.
I think when we create we get a feeling of what it might be like to be as God. Since He is the creator of all. And it is a glimpse into our eternal future as we will also be creators.
Also, I come to know myself and what is important to me as I create scrapbook pages. I know that sounds overly dramatic, but I can honestly say that I have come to know and be comfortable with myself as never before as I record the little stories of life which make me who I am.
Here are the links...
http://aherncentral.blogspot.com/2006/12/creation-instinct.html
And this...
http://aherncentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-than-you-think.html
i think it is an innate desire for all women to create life and become mothers.
was that idea a given? did i just embarrass myself and everyone who reads this is thinking, "duh."
Coming from a family of very creative women I have often thought that I was sorely lacking in this department. Then I find out that I can't create a child either. It has taken much prayer, practice and soul searching to find what I am creative at. The first thing I had to do was quite comparing myself to my sisters. That’s a battle I can’t win. Then once I got past that I found out that I can do all kinds of things. I can sew, I can knit (with the help of a hoop), I am wonderful at canning and I have the salsa, the jam and bottles of tomatoes to prove it.
I create lots of messes! But sereiously, I loved this talk! No, I'm not a super creative, cutesy, crafty person. I can, however, create a happy home environment, a good primary lesson, a decent chocolate chip cookie and have had pretty good success in the beautiful baby department. That's okay for starters, right?
I had to miss the talk because Trent had to ref a flag-football game because he's the ward spots director. Lame huh? I'm sure I can read it or watch it soon. But someone in church mentioned the talk and said you could do something little as creating a smile on someone's face.
I'll tell you when I moved up here and knew no one and you called and said you'd take Parker, you created some peace for me. I knew that if I ever needed something I had at least ONE person I could call. So even though you may not be artsy you can definelty create!!!
My biggest thing I've thought about for months is I want to create my home to be a safe place from the world. Where we can go and have peace, happiness, and shelter from all that's going on. I've been trying not to invite things in that don't belong. I want Trent and the kids to feel good here, like it's different, like it's where they want to be. Anyways!
what about your blog, your children, your dinners, your friendships, your watching everyone in the world's children with no reciprocity just because ....
I was so bummed to miss this, I need to go and read what I missed.
I really like the idea of creating a wonderful childhood for my kids. Plus a safe and warm and inviting house for our family to live in. I am also a big believer in creating your own happiness. I a not super crafty, but I can sew a Halloween costume when needs be and that creates joy for my kids.
For me the thing that hit me the most listening to this talk is that I can strive to create happy family memories/traditions and that I actually CAN do this without being superwoman.
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