dailydatewithgod

We each have individual gifts and talents.  If we allow ourselves to explore them we increase our capability and enhance our opportunity to be of service and make an impact on the world in a way that only we can.  Sometimes we are discouraged because others do not understand or do not think we are capable. Our faculties, however, may present themselves in ways no one fully understands.  Maybe the package of the gift does not look like a gift. Does it light us up?  Does engaging in a particular faculty make our heart grow stronger?  When we practice using our gifts do we gift others?  Are we challenged to understand ourselves in others in a more compassionate way when we cultivate our crafts?  These are the questions God encourages us to ask as we open our eyes to the faculties within us and explore how far we can take them.  Instead of measuring them by the understanding and acceptance of others, we can use our hearts as a gage.  We know intuitively if a particular faculty brings life to our being.  More than just provide a quick hit like some kind of drug it spans beyond the specific time we spend doing it. Maybe our particular faculties do not look like gifts until we explore how we can use them fully. If we hide our faculties because we fear what others will think or allow the wrapping of the gifts to be our only marker for its worth, what eyes are we relying upon to help us know the truth?