Drink Offering

Wow...I have been putting so much thought and prayer into this whole strengths and weaknesses thing. It occurred to me today that yes we should identify our strengths and build on them. We should encourage and help our children to identify the natural talents and abilities that God has graced them with and inspire them to grow in these areas.

At the same time we should also recognize that although God can and does work through us ,often using the talents he has blessed us with, He receives the most glory and honor as he works through us in spite of our weakness. Or as he works in our weakness! Thank you Lord for creating each individual so unique and with varying skills and talents and strengths...Thank you Lord that you also work in our weakness and sometimes through our weakness to bring honor to yourself!
Little ones to him belong...They are weak but He is Strong...
Yes Jesus loves me...the Bible tells me so!

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday?

Chances are you don't.

We usually devote most of our time to fixing our weeknesses, rather than building on our strengths or talents. We focus on our shortcomings more than our strengths or skills. Most people can quickly list all the weak /trouble spots in their lives that they are working on.

Even with learning programs we are forced to identify our weakness and strive, or study, or struggle to improve in these areas.

When our kids come home with reports from school...we automatically notice their weakest scores as what we need to assist them with.

What if we identified our strengths and worked towards maximizing them further?

Have you ever caught yourself saying "you can be anything you want to be when you grow up!"

I'm not so sure I agree with this statement.

Our current culture does. If you want to be a millonaire just "buy this book" or watch a saturday morning infomercial. If you want a deeper more fullfilling life, just follow these guidelines or find the "secret".

What if we taught our children this instead:

"You cannot be anything you may want to be....but, you can be a whole lot more of what God has already designed you to be!