For those of you who do not know me, I have a very sincere, practical, forward and dry way of dealing with others. I started to naturally develop a sense of humor for the ailments of life from a young age, mostly because I could always see some sort of fault in everything. My mind would collect things I thought were interesting but everyone else seemed to choose to ignore or repel. My personality was always different than every Tom Dick and Harry and I never fully appreciated that until a few days ago.
(me about to enjoy a limonada con soda in antigua, guatemala… it’s delicious!)
One of my team members knew of an online test that classifies you into your specific areas of spiritual gifting. I have always wanted to know my gift and I am a big fan of surveys so I was pretty stoked to find out my results. I didn’t really know how this compilation of 120 questions was going to classify my outlook on the world but I was ready to give it a whirl.
The results, however, were incredibly revealing. All of my gifts were practical (duh), but the highest ranking was for Discernment of Spirits. First of all, I didn’t know that was a gift. I thought that the ability to discern the voice of God from the voices of evil was something everyone was capable of doing. I knew I could see people’s weaknesses before their strengths (fun fact) but I didn’t know that was something I was blessed with. It pretty much blew my mind to find out that my natural insight into the inner workings of others was something that the Lord designed for me.
As I started to really mull this over, I reflected back on my life and noticed quite a few patterns. It was always so easy for me to hear a voice of reason and a voice of temptation in my brain. I always had a very strong sense of right and wrong from a very young age (I just found it fun to stir the water). Whenever someone was uncertain or unsure I could always tell without them every having to say a word.
Now having this new found revelation, I can start to see how the Lord is going to use me this year. My head and my heart seem to be functioning together in a way that I have always dreamed of. Knowing that the Lord created me with this blessing puts it all in a different light. The devil knows I can tell the difference in his voice and he fights me every day, but our Heavenly Father will REIGN.
te amo muy mucho mi familia y mis amigos.
P.S…. We are going to HONDURAS next month!
