This isn’t the first time I’ve openly shared that the deepest dream I once had for my life was to be a singer in a touring rock band. It wasn’t a dream I held very long, because just as soon as it came to be, I learned to lay it down and leave it by the wayside.
My body, all those years ago, became weak from a bout with Rheumatic Fever. Straining to sing through a sickness that lasted from season to season, I was faced with this one undeniable fact: Singing for a career would not be in the cards for my future.
Just a few weeks ago, while standing in a recording studio to record my new book, I sensed within my heart the truth that, though one creative season of my life (singing) came to cease, God was still working His creativity in and through me (my writing).
I break my heart wide open, sharing the full story at (in)courage.
I write that, in and through seasons, you too will have creative dreams that will dwell and also die. Your creativity will come to exhilarating crescendos, only to come crashing down to the quietest lull. You will ask yourself: Am I still creative? Have I ever been creative? Will I ever be creative again?
I hope my story meets you in the midst of these questions the midst of your day— reminding you that you will always be creative, giving you eyes to see just where, in all your life, it is true.
Read my story at (in)courage and enter the giveaway for a chance to WIN 1 of 5 copies of my new book, Let There Be Art.
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i pictured you singing a song by everlife after reading this.