But have you ever looked at a talented friend and felt almost envious? Maybe you thought something like "There's nothing special about me. Look how talented Janet is! I'll never speak or sing as well as she does." Maybe you've even compared past mistakes. Maybe you've thought, "I've made too many mistakes in my life. I've done too many things wrong. Sometimes I feel that way too.
The truth is you and I have special gifts and you’ll feel more fulfilled in your life if you can discover them and use them to help others.
Each of us has unique talents, gifts and abilities made especially for us. We need not compare and think ourselves better or worse than another individual.
Each gift reacts differently when given to each individual. For example, everyone is invited to sing in my church no matter how polished his or her voice may be. We can all raise our voices in song but some people have the gift for making the song sound awesome in such a way that it stirs our emotions. (By the way, I don’t have that gift).
The real power comes when we each use our unique talents and work symbiotically with others to help each other! For example, if you want to play a game of basketball, you've got to use your hands, feet, legs, eyes, arms, etc. One member of the team can't play basketball by himself. (Well I suppose he could but it wouldn’t be a real game). My point; we've got to stop bickering and comparing, and start working together. It's time we started building each other up so that we can each be the best we can be.
This week I’d encourage you to assess your own talents and abilities, and then look for ways you can love and lift others.
A pretty cool place to go that will help you identify your gifts and talents is http://chazown.com.
Let me know your thoughts!
3 comments:
I think other people can sense our gifts and talents better than we can. Wouldn't it be great if you were struggling to discover your talents/gifts and a friend was able to help you by telling you what they see? Sometimes we don't see what we have as a gift or a talent--we just think it's a given that anyone can do. It's so satisfying to find out you were using your gifts and talents and it came so naturally that you thought it was something trivial or common--when in fact you were so comfortable because you were doing what you were made to do.
Correction to my statement above:
I think other people sometimes sense our gifts and talents...
I think "symbiotically" is a pretty high-falutin' word!
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