Splendor

In the last couple weeks or so, I spent quite a bit of my free time playing the guitar and watching cooking shows, as well as doing some artsy stuff.

Especially with music and food, I am bringing myself back to be reminded about the reason why I loved these two hobbies of mine. During my days, I spent more time on the guitar than I used to in a while, replying some old songs from the 90s that I used to play a lot. Remembering those times and the feeling of playing then. And now to see where I am with what I have learned since, it gives a rich sense of satisfaction playing those old songs with a more matured ability. I played back some of the songs that I wrote and remembered those moments when I penned them down, where I had one rule that I must write the song in less than 15 minutes. Reading back those lyrics certainly brings me back so much, although there are so much theological corrections needed. Nevertheless, a passion that I have not lost yet but always a pleasure having to rekindle the reason why I enjoyed playing in the first place.

Same with cooking, where I am watching all these videos on Youtube and cannot help but to feel inspired by recipes and new ways of cooking same old ingredients. It feels surreal that with so many cooking videos that I am watching now, I am so familiar with the methods and imagining those flavor profile as I watch the whole process of it all. I am starting to get back into baking bread, of which the last time I did was many years ago. The simplicity of a good bread is so underrated.

Thinking through beyond my love for music and cooking, but also writing, art and every other hobbies that I have come to acquired through the years have been a beautiful discovery. I do have to remind myself from time to time to always be in thanksgiving for these gifts and the proficiency of them because I cannot imagine my world without all these things. But more than that, all of these has led me to draw my attention to God so much more and how vast of a source He is in every creativity.

Even thinking about how theology and the psychology of the human heart and mind is a delicate and honorable interest that God has given to me. I break into thanksgiving whenever I read scripture and find such revelations that connects the mysteries of God and the perception of humanity comparing to it.

Yet to all of it, whether an interest or ability, Everything tells me that God is unfathomable in what He does with each and everyone of us. Undeniably, God is the ultimate artist and creator of splendor.