over consumer

For a while, that’s what I feel like I am when it comes to words, ideas, images, and even food.

Social media, books, and tv allow ample opportunity for this to take place in my life and I feel like I just shift from one to the other.

This is not a condemnation on myself, instead a healthy observation. One that begs for evaluation.

This also is not new news in general – most can admit to spending too much time scrolling or binging shows – but that’s not totally what this is about.

This is about creating, giving.

Not everyone is challenged in this particular area but I am. Yes, I give, I create. I give to my family and enjoy my job as a Marketing Director where I get to create things frequently.

But there has for a long time been an ache in my spirit for words and images that inspire worship, – that point to God and His creativity, His blessings, His glory, His mission, His image. So, as His image bearer there are the particular ways I feel I’ve been created to do so that I haven’t in a while: writing, teaching, photography, decorating, crafting & baking.

I inhale, consume these things daily via Instagram, blogs, and Pinterest.
And at a healthy consumption, I am inspired. In over consumption, I am left drained, uninspired, and envious.

So I’m making a commitment to not only limit my consumption but most importantly to produce. To be a producer again. Not because I’m under the false pretense that God would love me more but because it is a pouring out of love to Him. An act of worship – I am his image-bearer.

“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”

Genesis 1:26

note: i am writing again, taking steps toward simply putting words on “paper”, so please excuse unpolished possibly incomplete thoughts and grammar – i am growing, i am learning, i am exercising a weak muscle – i am writing, again.