![]() “What is your Christian life like? What is the shape of your gospel, your faith? In the end, it will all depend on what you think God is like. Small wonder, then, that creativity, the ability to craft, adorn and make beautiful, is a gift of the Spirit: Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship.” (Ex 31:1-5) The Spirit makes his creation alive with beauty.”ĭelighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith The psalmist sings: “When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth” (Ps 104:30). Isaiah writes of the time when “the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest” (Is 32:15). He delights to make his creation-and his creatures-fruitful. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Ongoingly in his creation, the Spirit vitalizes and refreshes. ![]()
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