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<blockquote data-quote="oikonomia" data-source="post: 77173423" data-attributes="member: 446265"><p>I am a very creative person who wanted all to be a great composer.</p><p>Since I came to the Lord I used my talent all the time to make music to serve God.</p><p></p><p>Now here I had to learn, and learn, and learn.</p><p>I had to learn how not to introduce distractions FROM the Lord because of things I loved to create.</p><p>Through hearing some felloship of others I was balanced and tempered and learn more how not to let</p><p>my styles and inclinations conquer by their sheer presence the word of God.</p><p></p><p>The Word and the truth must conquer our creativity so that the latter SERVES the former. </p><p></p><p>I am still learning. And I find it a process of learning to heed the Lord saying "Don't do that." or "Simplify this" or "This distracts from Me. And THIS helps enhance the love of Me."</p><p></p><p>Going back over earlier creations and removing some distractions has been a joy rather than a grevious thing.</p><p>So we have to subject out natural talent to the Lord and the Body of Christ.</p><p>Listen to others who love the Lord. Every creative person is stubborn and of necessity has to believe in themselves.</p><p></p><p>So to belanced is humbling. But it is good. And eventually the Lord must gain all the glory.</p><p>Imitation of what is edifying is good.</p><p>If you know of someones who have gone ahead and served as you wish to - LEARN from the best of them.</p><p></p><p>And you have to bring things back to the Lord Jesus and ask Him in fearlessness what HE thinks about your creations.</p><p>The trap of too much self serving does not bring as much joy as learning others were truly blessed.</p><p>The cross leads to resurrection. And resurrection can never be put down.</p><p></p><p>If you write children's stories for spiritual edification you have to be really well grounded in the word of God.</p><p>I have seen children stories I thought edifying and some I thought not as much.</p><p>Pray for guidance of a good model.</p><p></p><p>The ones I raised my kids on were not too flighty into fantasy. But <strong>Ethel Barrett's (spelling?)</strong> story tapes for kids were very good.</p><p>I raised two kids who are now adults and some nephews and nieces on these children Christian materials.</p><p><strong>A Hive of Busy Bees </strong>was a series my wife and I used for our kids. It is not too flighty in the imagination though.</p><p>I Like the older Brethren children books.</p><p></p><p>It was solidly character building with a Christ centered content.</p><p><strong>Tales of Narnia</strong> may be good for <u>older</u> kids<strong><em> IF</em></strong> they are well read in the New Testament.</p><p><strong>Pilgrim's Progres</strong>s of something LIKE that is good.</p><p> Learn from OLDER examples because some were more solidly edifying then the vast amount of inferior stuff in today's Christian book stores.</p><p></p><p>Somethng newer and more relevant to this age LIKE<strong> Pilgrim's Progress</strong> would be good.</p><p>There is too much voodo, witchcraft, and soul power in<strong> Star Wars </strong>for me to recommend something like that.</p><p>But then again it was probably not Christ centered though unintentionally there are many parallels imo.</p><p>Find out who is doing this kind of thing with the blessing of God and learn from them.</p><p>And be ready to deny yourself in favor of going the Lord's way of life and peace inwardly.</p><p>I mean inwardly you have to sense His smile.</p><p></p><p>I thought <strong>Veggie Tales</strong> seemed to be by Christians and had some great lessons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oikonomia, post: 77173423, member: 446265"] I am a very creative person who wanted all to be a great composer. Since I came to the Lord I used my talent all the time to make music to serve God. Now here I had to learn, and learn, and learn. I had to learn how not to introduce distractions FROM the Lord because of things I loved to create. Through hearing some felloship of others I was balanced and tempered and learn more how not to let my styles and inclinations conquer by their sheer presence the word of God. The Word and the truth must conquer our creativity so that the latter SERVES the former. I am still learning. And I find it a process of learning to heed the Lord saying "Don't do that." or "Simplify this" or "This distracts from Me. And THIS helps enhance the love of Me." Going back over earlier creations and removing some distractions has been a joy rather than a grevious thing. So we have to subject out natural talent to the Lord and the Body of Christ. Listen to others who love the Lord. Every creative person is stubborn and of necessity has to believe in themselves. So to belanced is humbling. But it is good. And eventually the Lord must gain all the glory. Imitation of what is edifying is good. If you know of someones who have gone ahead and served as you wish to - LEARN from the best of them. And you have to bring things back to the Lord Jesus and ask Him in fearlessness what HE thinks about your creations. The trap of too much self serving does not bring as much joy as learning others were truly blessed. The cross leads to resurrection. And resurrection can never be put down. If you write children's stories for spiritual edification you have to be really well grounded in the word of God. I have seen children stories I thought edifying and some I thought not as much. Pray for guidance of a good model. The ones I raised my kids on were not too flighty into fantasy. But [B]Ethel Barrett's (spelling?)[/B] story tapes for kids were very good. I raised two kids who are now adults and some nephews and nieces on these children Christian materials. [B]A Hive of Busy Bees [/B]was a series my wife and I used for our kids. It is not too flighty in the imagination though. I Like the older Brethren children books. It was solidly character building with a Christ centered content. [B]Tales of Narnia[/B] may be good for [U]older[/U] kids[B][I] IF[/I][/B] they are well read in the New Testament. [B]Pilgrim's Progres[/B]s of something LIKE that is good. Learn from OLDER examples because some were more solidly edifying then the vast amount of inferior stuff in today's Christian book stores. Somethng newer and more relevant to this age LIKE[B] Pilgrim's Progress[/B] would be good. There is too much voodo, witchcraft, and soul power in[B] Star Wars [/B]for me to recommend something like that. But then again it was probably not Christ centered though unintentionally there are many parallels imo. Find out who is doing this kind of thing with the blessing of God and learn from them. And be ready to deny yourself in favor of going the Lord's way of life and peace inwardly. I mean inwardly you have to sense His smile. I thought [B]Veggie Tales[/B] seemed to be by Christians and had some great lessons. [/QUOTE]
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