Be the child that is free to do anything

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. – Genesis 1.27-31

Now lift your eyes from the place of a stadium, from what you can capture within one glance – the cloud of witnesses, life on the field, all of the interactions of others that intersect your life – so that you might see all things have been given to you. Enlarge your vision now to that which you cannot see: the possibilities unknown, the impossible thoughts, the eternal improbabilities. See that from the beginning of creation I have created you out of Me, that you might create as I do.

Everything of Me is life, for I Am Life, and therefore you are Life too. See that I have given you everything that you might create also, that you might create within what you see, but also in what you cannot. For then you are creating within Me.

Therefore, see your life as a blank canvas, and that all the things I have given you are your palette of colors with which to create. What will you make? For what you make you will see. It will be a reflection of the thoughts of your heart, your feelings, your desires to see what is within. Will you design and form desire to suit your hope for accumulation? Or will you understand that all things have been given? Will you pour out upon those without this understanding, apparently without this creative ability, that they too might enjoy? Or will you let them find their own life of discovery, see their own creations, without you defining them as good or bad? They too will see what they have made and perhaps desire their own wisdom to create within Me.

It is by your own creative acts, just as it is for Me, that men will discover their life in Me. In your creations, and in their reflection, you will discover the truth of your life, what lies within. You will discover the place of love, how to shape love into a pleasing form that is a representation of you. In that you will see you as I have made you. All of this lies before you if you but turn your attention to it, to the task of creation.

I know you are tentative, perhaps feeling you lack any inspiration, not knowing where to start – even there is a hint of a limited belief that you can accomplish what I have said is possible. Yet I will be with you. Just begin. Begin with your heart; what would you like to see? Don’t think about what you believe I would want you to do, or what you think I would want to see. Be the child that is free to do anything – for nothing is wrong, all is permissible, all is for you.

If I have everything, then I lack nothing. If my life is to freely create from within then I would desire the following: I would make a house. It would be a lovely dwelling for my family, full of light, with windows that open to a view of a lake, and forests of trees, grand rock formations, blue sky.

Everything within would be from an inspiration of usefulness, from a modern gathering place for meals, to a peaceful place of comfort to spend time with You. It would be a place of reading and contemplation, a place of You with family, an inspirational place for all to meet and be with You. I would be beholden to no man, for no man can create within my life, for I am the creator of my life – what I create I see, and if I do not see my desire it is because I have not yet created it. I would begin to do so now. I would start here.

I would see that there is no hindrance to belief, no lack of resource, whether time, or money – no lack of belief that what I see within my heart is what would appear. For I see all things I would look at – I would see the whole of my life before me; I would see that all things have been made for me. I would not judge their goodness but would pronounce them good for they have come from me – I thought of them, I made them. They are mine, and therefore love them because they came from me.

No hindrance dims my steadfast belief,

No lack of time, nor wealth's brief relief.

Within my heart, a vision clear,

What I dream shall soon appear.

All I gaze upon I see,

The whole of life unfolds for me.

All things crafted, formed, and made,

For me, their goodness shall not fade.

I judge them not, but call them good,

Born of my thoughts, as rightly they should.

From my soul, they take their start,

I love them, for they’re mine—my heart.

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And I care deeply for myself for I came from Someone I care about deeply. I would be as I Am. I would see all things I could imagine, and those I cannot yet see. I know they are me, and they are mine, and I would want to give them life, even as I have been given life.