The Chapel Blog

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”

Some in the church have said, “I have a right to say and feel what I want.” And we don’t if we denied ourselves. The only right we have is to live and walk like Jesus.

“Pay attention, centre your focus, do well, stay inside the lines, play by the rules…” From a young age we are taught to follow standardised patterns, guidelines and steps. We are taught what to do, how to do it and precisely when to do it in order to be successful. We liken our education, our growing up and our moving forward to dot to dot pictures. Always sketching from one number to the next in perfect sequence, in order to see the final picture presented in all its glory. But what if your life isn’t supposed to be rigid. What if you weren’t designed to always do what’s always been done. What if I told you that you were born to break the cycle, crush the mold and forge new pathways. What if I told you there’s beauty in the break out and freedom in the change and transformation. What if you took your creative element, held it in your hand and began to de-focus, stopped doing what you’ve always done and stopped thinking what you’ve always thought. What if you stopped worrying about embarrassment or opinions, stopped sticking to your limitations and stopped being so skeptical all the time. What if you stopped listening to the experts, stopped avoiding mistakes and stopped being so orderly and predictable. What if you stopped avoiding diversity, stopped assuming there’s only one right answer and stopped being so completely practical. What if you stopped being so refined, revolved and restricted by the expected, the demanded and the wanted, and started creating slightly off centre. Those who dare to believe there is no room for a new thing, will spend forever re-mastering someone else’s greatest masterpiece. Your bones were built within you not to reproduce, mimic or shadow; but to challenge, inspire and create. Every dot to dot picture has the potential to be something greater than it is perceived to be. So go ahead… Create off centre, dare to be different, and find the sequence that screams the dream within you. Let it be pure, let it be wild and let it be free.