Have you ever thought about personality differences? I’ve been studying them the last couple days and learning some interesting things. In one particular book titled Personalities Plus by Florence Littauer, there are 4 different personalities, or temperments:
- The Popular Sanguine – enjoys being the center of attention, lots of energy and excitement, spontaneous, makes lots of friends.
- The Powerful Choleric – natural leader, steps up and takes charge to get things done the right way, confident, always ready to move forward.
- The Perfect Melancholy – organized and efficient, thinks things through and reasons through problems, faithful, creative but logical.
- The Peaceful Phlegmatic – gets along with everybody, is not easily angered or made emotional, contented, a chill person even under stress.
Each of these personalities has their own strengths and weaknesses; myself I am a Perfect Melancholy, recognizable by organizational skills, high standards, plans and lists and moodiness (yep, apparently I’m subject to severe emotions… go figure!). However, I was continuing my research on personalities, the more I kept comparing myself to the Popular Sanguines I know: how much everyone loves them, why I’m not better at making friends, why people don’t like me like they like THEM. I couldn’t understand. I mean Perfect Melancholy people have good qualities too, what is wrong with me? I continue research only to find another important fact about Perfect Melancholy people…. They often have low self-esteem and struggle with insecurities. You can say that again!
As I was chilling in the cool summer air under the full moon tonight, I was struggling with these personality differences and my identity in Christ. God created me exactly who He wanted me to be, with my Perfect Melancholy nature and all. Lying on my back in the grass I closed my eyes and felt His love sweep over me. As He looked at me with love and tenderness, I felt my chest tighten like it has in the past when the guy I liked looked at me…. But it was GOD. I was His love, His creation, He adored me because I was beautiful and EXACTLY who He created me to be. I now know that I have the exact personality combination to be used how He wants to use me this year, both in my team and on the field, and He doesn’t want me any other way…. Not even as a Popular Sanguine!
