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posted ago by sleepydude ago by sleepydude +102 / -0

To slow down, unplug, and work on a small hobby or craft. Get some glue, paper, scissors, or whatever. If you draw, knit, crochet, whittle, fold origami, or something else with a little more tact, then go do that.

Forget that you may look like a fool.

Take an hour and feel what it is like to make something; to be a creator. Assign yourself a small goal, don't go overboard, just something that you know should take an hour.

Jesus spent the first ~30 years of his life as a carpenter. He made things. He followed in his Father's footsteps and was a Creator. He wasn't born as a politician, a lawyer, or any other position of authority with titles and pomp. He was a simple carpenter who provided a service to his community to support his family.

Take some time to imagine what things Jesus may have made for his friends and family. Did he raise barns? Make dining tables and chairs? Lathe bowls? Whittle spoons?

Imagine the business he and his father had together. Imagine him laying down after a long day of scrubbing wood off a beam, with the worries of today shortly behind him and the day he would hang on such a beam long off.

Imagine a small child rushing to their parent and handing them a crudely drawn picture of their family. It doesn't matter the drawing is crude, what matters is that the child gave a gift to their parent of their own volition and innocence with no expectation of payment other than a smile and a hug.

God made you capable of doing amazing things. Appreciate all that you can do to follow in the Father's steps as a Creator; to emulate the creative process and know more than you did before you started.

There is no greater way to praise God than that.