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You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.

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Apart from worshiping God, everything becomes superficial. But when you understand the driving force behind everything, all of a sudden there's an eternal amount of joy at our disposal, because everything we do is enlightened and enlivened by the endless glory of the eternal God.
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