Daily Devotion - Monday, September 13

Creativity

“I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you.”
--The Message (Ezekiel 36: 26)

I remember a couple of years ago here at work we experienced a wave of creativity. A jungle theme came alive; the hospital facilities seemed to warm up as department after department united in the theme. Visitors, patients and staff were smiling more as people accepted the challenge to be creative. The hospital became therapeutic in a new way. Generally we focus on healing through the gifted care of a medical community touching the aching person. What we discovered (and hopefully we will not forget) is that new life came to hurting persons through artistic, aesthetic touches. A generally sterile setting had new life.

Some of us may remember the “giftedness” of our community. I wonder if, in the midst of all the challenges we face, we can find ways to call forth that creativity on a regular basis? The reading for today talks about a “new spirit” dwelling within and among the people of God. That new spirit has the potential to emerge here — a spirit of creativity. I wonder if we can rediscover ways to let that dormant creativity be alive in the routines of our daily work. Truly creativity is an important part of treating people better.

--Ben Keckler
09.13.10