subject: Christian Background [print this page] We will get back to Chad's beautiful art work in a second. Do you ever feel that you go through the same ritual, regimen and routine day after day, week after week and month after month? You wake up, take a shower, go to work, have some lunch, work some more, go home, eat dinner, watch television, go to bed. You wake up, take a shower, go to work, have some lunch, work some more, go home, eat dinner, watch television, go to bed. And if you have children, you wake up, kids, kids, kids, kids, take a shower, kids, kids, kids, work, lunch, work some more, go home, kids, kids, kids, kids, kids, dinner, kids, kids, kids, TV, bed.
The net effect of this monotonous schedule is that scores of us feel like we are sleep walking through life, looking for vitality and excitement. Because of this, we say to ourselves, "my marriage is in a rut, my career is boring, my surroundings are predictable and my relationship with Christ is rather routine." As you look over 1996, you say to yourself that you want to make some changes, some alternations, but you can't put your finger on what is missing, what you are lacking. Sexperiment states that conventional wisdom says that your problem is relational. If you were married to that person, with that look, with that bank account, things would be different. Conventional wisdom says that your problem is occupational. If you had that job with that company, wielding that kind of power, then you would know what you are all about. Conventional wisdom says that your problem is geographical. If you lived in that city, in that state or that resort community, then you would have a spring in your step and a twinkle in your eye. Some of us throw up our hands and say to God, "Well, it must be spiritual. If I came from that family, if I had that Christian background, if I had that kind of Bible knowledge, then I would have purpose and a true agenda for my existence."
If you feel like your life is lacking luster, you could be neglecting one of the most important characteristics in the universe, creativity. Creativity. And just a mention of the work, creativity, bombards our brains with excuses. I have given them and so have you. "I don't have a creative bone in my body, God. I have never had an original thought. I can't draw, act, sing or dance. I am not creative."
