Creation, ChatGPT, and the Art That Helped Me See the Story (+ Free Download)

If you know me, you know I’m not shy about asking ChatGPT to do all kinds of things. From party planning with wild themes to polishing OT notes, writing impromptu song lyrics about obnoxious things, or generating future images of my kids (which always ends with me crying while Adam sighs, “Why do you do this to yourself?”). My poor husband.

But one of my favorite uses? Making digital art to help untangle the spaghetti of thoughts in my brain. I’m a visual learner — if I can see it, I can sit with it.

The Two Weeks That Changed Everything

This week, after a line from my pastor’s sermon grabbed my heart, I asked ChatGPT to help me see it — the connection between creation’s first week and Holy Week, the week of new creation.

Week One: It is Good

Picture it: Genesis 1. God speaks — light bursts forth, seas dance, stars scatter, trees and creatures flourish. Finally, us — image-bearers, made for His glory and community.

And when the work is done?

“God rested from all his work that he had done.” (Genesis 2:2)

Because His work was good. Complete. Worth marveling over.

Week Two: It is Finished

Fast-forward: Jesus enters Jerusalem, teaches, loves, washes dusty feet. He carries sin and sorrow to the Cross.

There, He bears it all — the fracture, the exile we brought on ourselves. And at the Cross:

“It is finished.” (John 19:30)

Another week ends in rest — this time, redemption complete. The fracture healed. New creation begun.

What the Art Shows

👉 Left: creation’s greens and golds, textures that feel like the earth under your feet

👉 Right: redemption’s reds and purples, new life breaking through

👉 The dark band: the fracture, the chasm sin carved

👉 The gold threads: weaving God’s promise from creation to the Cross and beyond

One Seamless Story

Two weeks. Two declarations. “It is good.” “It is finished.”

Now we rest in His finished work — and join Him in loving, serving, and building the community we were made for.

Where is He inviting you to rest today? Where is He nudging you to build, mend, or serve as part of His new creation?

Want the art? I like to make these my phone background — but this one? I might actually print it. Drop your email below, and I’ll send it your way!