I am creative because I was created in the image of God.

That truth changes everything.

Scripture tells us that “God created human beings in his own image” (Genesis 1:27). Creativity is not something I picked up along the way. It is not a hobby or a personality trait. It is woven into who I am because it was woven into who He is. And because my life is now hidden in Jesus Christ, that creativity has been awakened, sharpened, and redeemed.

God is a Creator before He is anything else we read about Him. Before there was order, beauty, rhythm, or breath, there was God, speaking. He formed light with a word. He separated land from sea with intention. He painted the sky, sculpted mountains, designed ecosystems, and then stooped low enough to breathe life into dust. Creation was not rushed. It was thoughtful. Purposeful. Good.

When I look around me, I cannot escape that beauty. The way the sun breaks over the horizon. The complexity of a leaf. The sound of wind moving through trees. The precision of seasons. All of it reminds me that God delights in creating, and that delight spills over into those who belong to Him.

Because Christ lives in me, I see everything with possibility.

I see raw materials instead of limitations. I see potential where others see problems. I see dreams not as fantasies, but as invitations. To be found in Jesus means I no longer believe that anything He has placed in my heart is out of reach if it is surrendered to Him. Creativity, for me, is faith in motion.

I love to draw.
I love to write songs.
I love to write books and shape words until they carry weight and truth.
I love to work in the yard, turning chaos into order, watching growth happen slowly and faithfully.
I love to coach sports, not just to teach skills, but to shape hearts, discipline, courage, and teamwork.

I love to dream. And more than that, I love trying to make those dreams real.

I love blessing my kids by finding new ways to explain life and wisdom, by telling stories that stick, by helping them see the world through a lens that values truth, courage, kindness, and purpose. I love building things with my hands and crafting ideas for others that help them see what they could become in Christ.

Creativity is not about being flashy or artistic for attention. It is about reflecting the nature of the One who made me.

Scripture says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT). A masterpiece is not static. It lives. It moves. It expresses intention. When God recreates a person in Christ, He does not mute them. He restores them to what they were always meant to be.

To be creative is to refuse to believe that God is finished.

It is to trust that He still speaks, still forms, still shapes, and still redeems. It is to understand that dreaming with God is never wasted time. When surrendered to Him, creativity becomes worship, work becomes offering, and ideas become seeds.

To be creative is to never have to say no to a dream placed there by the Lord.

Not every dream is meant to look the same. Not every idea will take the same shape. But creativity anchored in Christ is fearless because it knows Who holds the outcome. I create because He creates. I dream because He dreamed me into existence. I build because He is still building His Kingdom.

This is who I am.
This is how I live.
And this is why creativity, for me, is not optional.

It is an expression of belonging to the Lord.

DRJBD