creativity.

what does creativity mean? what does it demand? what do we define it as?
I wonder this sometimes because I think our lack of understanding flows into so many areas of our lives.

I guess we could start with websters..
creativity: (noun) the use of the imagination or original ideas.

well, this is good. a start. but honestly I believe that the idea and function of the word goes much deeper. And i absolutely believe that it goes beyond artistic work. To me, artistic work is an art form.. A way of expressing creativity, but to be creative does not necessarily mean that you produce sound waves through instruments or great canvases with paint. Being creative is a necessary function that life demands.

life demands creativity.

And the best part of it is.. that we are naturally creative.
every. single. human. being.

It really just makes sense. Even logically.. we were created.. by a Creator. The Great Creator, in fact :) The best artist I know and the most creative and enthusiastic person i know. Anyways, so God created us.. we are his creation. Therefore, this makes creativity a natural result of spirituality.. therein, as we commune with The Creator, we naturally begin to be creative. to create. It doesn't matter what youre creative in either! Really, all it requires is originality. Not just simply looking to someone or something else to tell us how to operate. how to live..
We can be creative in art forms. Or we can be creative in the way we work. the way we teach. We can be creative in the way we eat food. cook food. the way we dance. the way we read. the way we raise our children. the way we look at life. at nature. We can be creative in the way we love.. In fact, I believe that the ability to love requires creativity.
Worship of God requires creativity. Where do we think these words we read on the screen come from on Sunday mornings? They come from a love so deep, so overwhelming, bubbling up over that they must express the love creatively. They don't look to someone else's words to express their own love. The experience is something that they don't have words for... so they create them.

I think that's why I love Bethel Worship and Jesus Culture so much.. they leave room to sing out your own words! They understand that their position is to bring words to the body that they can spring off of into creating their own words.. enter into their own worship.
God deserves creativity. He deserves creative worship. He deserves more than the stale words that don't make our hearts beat violently inside of us.. He deserves more! More than we can give, but that doesn't mean that He doesn't deserve what we can give. And we can give more. We can give more than just reading words and reciting what we have memorized. We can give creative thought. creative song. creative dance. creative response.
He deserves a creative response to his majesty.