As always, such a good word!! Thank you for this powerful reminder. Just this morning I journaled: "Serve God with what I have. The ability I have, the understanding I have, the knowledge I have, the supplies I have. What do I have available right now? What are my loaves and fish? What is my jar of oil?" I have been thinking about the boy who gave Jesus what he had, and the woman who listened to the prophet and poured her jar of oil into multiple jars. God is more than able to multiply and use whatever we give Him, no matter how humble or paltry. The hard part is to be faithful with it, and not hold back out of shame or thinking it's not good enough. However, for me, there is difficulty between serving with excellence versus being paralyzed by perfectionism. I do want to give God my best. And I always think, well this could be better. I could do this better. And so it never feels ready, never feels done. I will be thinking about this verse you shared at the beginning and praying about how this can be applicable in my life and art.
As always, such a good word!! Thank you for this powerful reminder. Just this morning I journaled: "Serve God with what I have. The ability I have, the understanding I have, the knowledge I have, the supplies I have. What do I have available right now? What are my loaves and fish? What is my jar of oil?" I have been thinking about the boy who gave Jesus what he had, and the woman who listened to the prophet and poured her jar of oil into multiple jars. God is more than able to multiply and use whatever we give Him, no matter how humble or paltry. The hard part is to be faithful with it, and not hold back out of shame or thinking it's not good enough. However, for me, there is difficulty between serving with excellence versus being paralyzed by perfectionism. I do want to give God my best. And I always think, well this could be better. I could do this better. And so it never feels ready, never feels done. I will be thinking about this verse you shared at the beginning and praying about how this can be applicable in my life and art.