A Taste of Ideas

IDEAS. CREATIVITY. PLANNING. ORGANIZING. HOSTING. THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. All things I love. All things that I've found some way to do in each of my jobs. I wake up in the middle of the night with new ideas for things. I am inspired daily by random things and get new ideas for things. I have a funny magnet on my fridge that reads, "I'm not bossy, I just have better ideas." It's funny because although I do feel like God has given me talent in this area, it's also an area that I have to check myself on and not let me become prideful or to take away opportunity for others to develop this talent.

I feel like God put a desire in my heart for these things and has given me opportunities in each season of life to develop each of these. Student Government in high school and college. Summer camps in Colorado. Serving the community and church in Seattle. Working in a suspension program in Seattle. Behavior therapy in Nampa. RD @ Trevecca. BBBS in Nashville. Small Group in Nashville.

I feel like each experience has been enriched because of the opportunities that I had previously. I believe God prepared me for what He had next.

So, now I'm in Houston. So happy to be with family. Looking for a way to use these talents/passions/whatever you want to call them here and looking toward how God may want me to use these in the future. For most of my life, I think these talents have been used a little selfishly. I want them to be used to bring God praise.

It's funny because sometimes when I think of people who are serving God, I think that they have very concrete skills that God can use. Someone who can teach, preach, build, heal. My talents are a little more obscure. Someone who's creative. Someone who likes coming up with ideas. Someone who likes to host. Now I know God can use that just as much as someone who can preach, teach, etc. it's just a little trickier sometimes to know how or to know where to go with that. I have some ideas of some ways that I think God is laying on my heart, so I will keep praying and asking about those. I pray that each of you will be able to recognize what God given gifts and passions you have and will seek opportunities to develop them and to praise God with them!