I teach fifth grade science. Don't get me started on how ridiculous it is that I teach science. When I was a student, I avoided science classes like I now avoid South Cooper Street on the weekend. I could've graduated high school with honors if I had taken one year of chemistry. I took Drama II instead. But, God has a sense of humor. I now teach science. And I love it!
My class recently did a lesson on convection currents. They're found in the atmosphere and in the oceans. It's the physical process by which more dense water or air sinks, while less dense water or air rises. In the atmosphere, air near the earth warms and rises. As the air gets further away from the earth, the temperature cools, making the air "heavier" and causing it to sink back to Earth, where the process continues. Convection currents are responsible for much of our weather.
It occurred to me lately that this process is similar to our relationship to God. He desires our praise. He also desires us to create things to honor Him. Our music, art, literature, and dance should enlighten our spirits, give Him praise and cause others to pay attention to Him. But it is God that gives us creativity. The ultimate creative Being gives us the spark of creation in our own bodies and minds in order that we may send the honor back to Him.
A convection current.
And we simply participate. We hone our skills. We study our crafts. But it is God who gives us life, joy and creativity so that we can give praise back to Him.
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