imagine
Preface: Unfortunately the only verbiage that exists for the things I am going to discuss sound painfully cheesy. Feel free to invent new words that sound less “cheese ball cheese”. It would be much appreciated.
The past few days I keep thinking about imagination. In my head I keep referencing something I think I’ve heard from a pastor at a church or from a book, but it could be a whisper from Somewhere else entirely.
I keep hearing: Take back imagination.
“Imagination” sounds a bit childish but I think there is a reason I keep saying it in my head. I think God has given us imagination, but like all things, it needs some redeeming. When I imagine things, I don’t know that I’m really ever thinking about God. I’m thinking of what life could be like, my vision for the immediate or distant future. Even if God is in the picture, He’s there making life easy and comfortable and safe.
But God is showing me what it’s like to dream and have visions for the future. In the midst of this fighting whisper, I realized how much I was thinking about what life could potentially be like, rather than allowing God to set my imagination on fire. I discovered that ideas and dreams that fit into neat little boxes don’t jive with abundant living. I think God has more for our imaginations.
We’re often scared of what our brains can do and where they can take us, but our minds need more than just cleansing. They need reconciling. I’ve been reconciled to a wildly imaginative God. I think God wants us to imagine and dream with Him, to get creative and have our heads get lost in the clouds for awhile. A Holy Spirit guided imagination is what I’m dreaming about.
Take back your imagination.
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