Called to Be Creative Quotes

“When did I lose that natural sense of accomplishment that came with everyday tasks? Was it upon the birth of baby number two, three, or four? Or did I retain it even through my sixth pregnancy, when I bleached everything in sight, washing my cotton nightgown so frequently that the bright bluebell pattern faded to a dull gray? To this day, I can recall the fresh scent of the bleached and sun-dried gown and bedsheets. It wasn’t until I’d gotten through a difficult labor and delivery, and my head hit the hospital pillow, that I realized I’d attempted to replicate the smell of hospital linens—the one place I was able to get some rest.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“That’s what our life is like: little bits and broken pieces…Picture your life as a mixed media collage. Whatever you add to the collage from this point forward is up to you. You can keep moving those broken parts around. You can add similar pieces…But God might have something more for you. God’s plans for you are so much bigger than what you can ever imagine for yourself. He can use you in so many ways if you let him. You can grow in him and share in the masterpiece he wants to make of your life’s collage.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“Whether it means producing a piece of art, writing a short story, or simply bringing beauty into our home or into the lives of others, consider for a moment that we each have the capacity to be creative. The masterpiece, then, is not something we create to hang on our wall but something in ourselves as we fulfill our God-given potential, utilizing the talents He gave us.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“Whether it means producing a piece of art, writing a short story, or simply bringing beauty into our home or into the lives of others, consider for a moment that we each have the capacity to be creative.The masterpiece, then, is not something we create to hang on our wall but something in ourselves as we fulfill our God-given potential, utilizing the talents He gave us.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“Continual prayer was the one form of meditation that came naturally as grief propelled me into a running conversation with God. As I carefully considered, reflected, pondered, and meditated on those things that were true, just, pure, lovely, virtuous, or praiseworthy (from Philippians4:8), I couldn’t help but feel a semblance of gratitude.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“In pursuing our passions, following our hearts, and believing that life, and the people in the world, are mostly good, choosing gratitude and joy becomes second nature to us.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“I begin free mornings with nothing more than a mug of coffee, legal pad, and pen, refilling my cup several times, blissfully unaware of the passage of time as I write. Then I’ll glance at the clock and realize it’s the afternoon and I’m still in my pajamas.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity

“Preschoolers don’t need to be taught to be creative. Ask any parent. Imaginative pretend play and elaborate storytelling comes naturally to youngsters. Turn them loose with a bin of craft materials and some glitter and watch what happens. There was never enough paper around to satisfy my budding artists. I’d purchase it by the case, something my mother couldn’t afford to do. Despite poverty, my siblings and I still managed to find something to color on, usually flattened brown paper sacks or newsprint. Sticks would become swords, rocks built into ovens to bake our mud pies. In observing preschoolers, even poverty-stricken ones, it’s easy to believe creativity is something we’re born with.”
― Mary Potter Kenyon, Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity