The Labors of the Artist

When it comes to thinking about work and God, we often focus on traditional kinds of jobs. Doctor, Lawyer, Fireman, Homemaker, etc. Sometimes we forget the artist who strives and works to glorify the Kingdom with beauty. Marcus Goodyear pointed to several posts within our community that remind us that creating art is work and is, therefore, a high calling of its own.

LL Barkat found a passage in I Chronicles that urges musicians to prophesy with the lyre:

"Imagine, that music could do this. And imagine that music does this in a place where all those other workers are keeping the place fragrant and abundant, beautiful and just. To me, this is a picture of the body of Christ. We all work together to prophesy, to show and declare God's word." ...Read More.

Papa Poet quotes an ancient poem to call upon God to do whatever it takes to bring his life in God's Will:

----Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you

----As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;

----That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend

----Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new... Read More.

And finally, a new blogger in our network, Sarah Fry, posts a lovely piece that includes a YouTube clip of a master violinist. Sarah wonders if spiritual disciplines over the period of a lifetime can produce a similar beauty in our lives:

"The discipline of the holy life – discipline in every area – the “coming under” of ourselves to a Higher Power – is an absolutely necessary element. This, and only this, allow us to be fine-tuned to the place where we might enjoy the thrill of a life that sings with a holy brilliance.

Why is it that youth so often whispers to us that if we were truly committed enough, in love enough with Christ, that we would no longer need the discipline of holy living? Have we forgotten that the daily trying of our faith bringeth forth patience…spiritual muscle?" ...Read More.

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