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The Smallest Seed...

Hi friends, I'm going to start talking about my artwork a lot more. After all, as anyone who knows me can attest, Maddie and art go together as perfectly as peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper.


Creating - either visually or though my written work - has always been a huge part of my life. I'm sure having an artistic dad plays into that. Or reading story... after story... after story (I really liked reading; still do) with my mom every night. With no siblings to play with, my days were full of imagination - boxes became castles and I was a mermaid every time I got in the bathtub and... well, I think you get the idea.


It's no surprise, then, that the little girl who wrote stories of princesses and mermaids - and illustrated them, of course - has become the young woman doing, essentially the same thing.


(Seriously, I have a box full of my old self-made story books under my bed. They're pretty cute, if I do say so myself.)


For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be an author and illustrator. Writer and artist. Storyteller. Creator. And when I became a follower of Jesus, that creative passion became a necessity.


Three weeks after I gave my heart to Christ...


I had the sudden and random inclination to turn off the TV (my best friend, as a teen), unbox all the art supplies sitting in a heap in my closet (I always got artsy stuff for Christmases and birthdays. Never used them, though, never did art outside of school... because, you know, I had episodes of Once Upon A Time to watch), and paint.


After that night, I've never looked back.


If I do get in a dry spell, though, go without creating for a few weeks, I can feel the effects. Creating is one of the most intimate ways I connect with my Creator, so if I take that away - because I'm busy or stressed or just don't feel like it - my spiritual and mental health declines. I've learned this lesson the hard way, trust me.


And so, with the Creator as my inspiration, I've spent the last year deep-diving into my loves: art and writing. Now, of course, you know this; I've got my art store and books and that's all wonderful. But I've missed being able to connect the two, to interweave the written and visual creations.


This is my solution. And it's so perfect that the creation I'm writing about - the last creation I've posted on my store - is this humble little sticker.


With God, the smallest seeds truly do become the biggest blooms. I'm a testament to that. The little girl who had far-off dreams of creating, who pushed them aside for more practical careers throughout high school and college, has bloomed into the confident, Christ-focused creator that is typing this now.


A mustard seed's worth of faith can move mountains; a tiny sapling can grow mighty, when rooted in the King; and a dead, withered soul can come back to life... by the Living Water of the Lord.


Nothing is too much for God.


In your darkest nights, may this brilliant bloom remind you of His Light.



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