DO WHAT YOU LOVE!

DO YOU EVER WISH YOU HAD A CERTAIN TALENT 
SOMEONE ELSE HAS?


I ADMIT I WISH I HAD A BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE.  


WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD DO? 








RATHER THAN WISHING...
 

                                 

 PERHAPS WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO WELL 
OR WHAT WE LOVE DOING...



YOU HAVE A TALENT OR TALENTS
UNIQUE TO YOU!  


WE ALL DO!

BACK DURING THE OLYMPICS, I WAS REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TALENTS (or gifts) GIVEN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.  SOME CAN SKI OR SNOWBOARD OR SKATE OR EVEN CURL ( I was so inspired, for a brief moment, I actually thought this might be one I could handle).  This sport made me want to get up off the couch and grab a broom and start practicing.  Yet, just like all sports, curling takes precision and endurance.  I don't have the "gift of curling"  - nor do I have the desire --- My arms get tired just trying to hold the "curling iron" long enough to get my hair the way I like it!  ~  Na!  I won't  be competing anytime soon  ;) 

Most of us would probably agree that the Olympics are entertaining and inspirational (I can feel their joy when I watch them do what they do best)...and certain competition in the right context can help push us to the next level...improve upon our talents... 

yet...

In the "day to day" world -

Life itself is not a Competition

Life IS a Community!

What we do, who we are,

what gives us joy...

Is all in the sharing...

sharing the love

of something you do

 with others...

spreading the joy...

Encouraging one another
to use our unique gifts...


C E L E B R A T I O N!

When I create, I feel God's pleasure!  When I realize it is from him and give Him the glory for the gift, I feel even more joy! 

My purpose on this earth is not just to create...not just to write...not just to cook...not just to design...but to glorify the one who knitted me together and who made these gifts my own. He is the designer; the artist; the master of all trades!
   

P R A I S E!

As I feel His pleasure, I'm compelled to run more quickly to Him...to quicken my steps toward the heartbeat of God...to be in His presence...abiding in Him. 

C O M M U N I T Y!  

As I follow in His footsteps the crescendo builds until that final, beautiful, powerful symbol hits the final chord!  A symphony of the best compilation of Love, Grace, Life Abundant, Joy Everlasting and Complete Fellowship with The One ...

who knows me through and through.   

G R A T I T U D E!

It is not religion I seek...it is a person...The person of God who created me for a relationship with Him through His only son who took my place on the cross to make this all possible. I desire to give Him the glory for all things and my place is in Him! 

C O N T E N T M E N T!

Let me be like a soft, flexible wineskin

emptied, cleansed and pliable...

ready to be filled with his grace,

swelling

with the truth and the love and the  grace

 to pour forth ...

I N S P I R A T I O N! 

Run towards the prize of the upward call in Christ Jesus!

Hear the beating of His heart...

Listen to that still small voice...

Feel His Pleasure as you use your gifts to inspire others ~ 

and see what else...

 He leads you to do ~ to be!

Life is filled with possibilities!

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, 

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, 

who does not change like shifting shadows."    

(James 1:17)