WELL, DO YOU KNOW NOW?

In my last post I talked about Spiritual Gifts. I had taken a survey probably 20 years ago so I did it again to see if I could learn anything new about my Spiritul Gifts. I did learn a couple of things. I learned that you don't have to like to entertain in your home to have the gift of hospitalty. It helps but it's not totally necessary. Those with that gift have the ability to make visitor, guests and strangers feel at ease. I have the desire to do that. In fact, last Sunday I saw Kevin Buckner escort a visitor into the church. She was by herself so when I saw that, I quickly told the person I was sitting by, who was a member, that I needed to go sit with her, which meant I left the member sitting by HERSELF but I was more concerned about the visitor. Then this week I look at the list of gifts and their desriptions. Hey, I have the gift of hospitality!!! It's not one of my strongest gifts but I've always said I don't have it...but I do. Now, I will begin to excercise that gift more often. That's what God wants us to do...when we discover what He has for us, what His plans are for us - He wants us to join HIm. Don't sit by and let someone else do it. Here's the link to LifeWay again to find the description list. (http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/files/lwcF_wmn_SpiritualGifts_List.pdf) Look for "Discover Your Spiritual Gifts!" But you need to do the survey FIRST. Had I not done the survey and taken a look at the descriptions I wouldn't have known about the hospitality thing.

Another one I'm not sure I knew I had was Shepherding. I've always known I felt a strong sense of responsibility for the ladies in my class but I just thought that was because I was the teacher. Don't all teachers feel the responsibility to connect and take care of their class? One would hope but I'm not so sure. Some are content in just showing up every Sunday and teaching. I guess that's ok. I don't know. Just not for me. That's why it is so important to find out what your gift is so you can get busy using it. Don't leave the gift that God has given you unwrapped. Unwrap it!! Pull it out!! Put it on!! And start using it!!