Dasha

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It is a Hebrew word – meaning “bring forth.”  Other definitions include: to sprout, shoot, grow green.

I listened to a talk about it.  It’s this idea that all of creation – everything created – has within it the ability to create and “bring forth.”  Apple trees have the ability to create more apple trees.  Weeds have the ability to dasha – or bring forth more weeds.  Most animals can dasha – bring forth offspring.  Mama goats can dasha baby goats and likewise, people have the ability to bring forth and create more people.

The talk that I listened to described the ability for humans to create – not just other humans, but to create other things.  That you and I were born with the ability and capability to dasha – art and music and ideas and words.  You can create – not out of nothing – but you can create out of something.  You can take things that you’ve learned and create new ideas and new things from them.  You can take creation – that which was called good – and create other things.  You can take a guitar and create a new melody line or a new chord sequence and create something new and never heard before – or at least never heard before in that way.

You can dasha – bring forth new creations be it words, music, paintings, drawings or photographs.  It’s your God given capability.

I’m not a Hebrew scholar by any stretch of the imagination, and if you are a Hebrew scholar please help me to understand it better.  We were created to create – to bring forth new things out of something.  What a cool concept to be able to create and bring forth.

2 responses to “Dasha”

  1. marksalazar Avatar

    Dude that was good! I was writing today about the influence we have on raising kids. Do you thing we can Dasha with kids. By training the up in the way of the Lord?

    Thanks for your encouragement!

    In His Mighty Grip,
    Mark

    http://marksalazar.org

  2. Lem Usita Avatar

    Mark,

    I did a little more digging – the word dasha in Genesis 1:11 where I originally looked at it – deals more with vegetation and sprouting, but there still this idea of seed and creating more. I’ll keep asking around – whether or not the word dasha works for being able to do that with kids – we can still create in kids – those things that we’ve been able to create for Jesus. I guess ultimately, it is the Holy Spirit that does the changing and growing. So I guess we can create because we’ve been blessed with the ability to create more – whether the word works for kids or not – it isn’t going to stop us from building in to them.

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