Hey G.O.G.'s,
As the popular comedian Steve Harvey once said: your gift is "most-likely" the thing you do the BEST with the LEAST effort. Do you agree?
However we want to describe what exactly a gift is, or the process of finding it, either way it is absolutely certain we all have one. A Gift...something given to you by God that you did not work for. Something that travels with you wherever you go. No need to pack it in your suitcase or box it up because it is already a part of you.
A Gift... something that inspires other people to do the same or something similar without you even knowing it. A Gift.... something that you don't have to work extremely hard at just to be average at it. Usually when you work hard at something that is ALREADY your "gift" it pushes you into the territory of excellence, far beyond average. This is what we at G.I.F.T. believe is the definition of a "gift."
A God-given gift isn't always very easy to find, however. Arguably one of the best basketball players to ever live, Michael Jordan, has talked about his very obvious gift in agility, althletics and basketball. But do you think many people, including Michael Jordan himself doubted that basketball was his "gift"? One of his most famous quotes says"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Even Jordan's gift was challenged, so challenges do not mean conclusively that a gift does not exist in a particular area. When Jordan worked hard at his gift, it pushed him beyond average and into excellence. This is what we mean by a "gift"
So, what's YOUR gift which God has placed inside of you? Here is a scripture to ponder: "Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination]." 1 Timothy 4:14.
Locate your gift and you will have located a significant aspect of life. It's definitley well worth it :-)
XoXo,
G.I.F.T.
As the popular comedian Steve Harvey once said: your gift is "most-likely" the thing you do the BEST with the LEAST effort. Do you agree?
However we want to describe what exactly a gift is, or the process of finding it, either way it is absolutely certain we all have one. A Gift...something given to you by God that you did not work for. Something that travels with you wherever you go. No need to pack it in your suitcase or box it up because it is already a part of you.
A Gift... something that inspires other people to do the same or something similar without you even knowing it. A Gift.... something that you don't have to work extremely hard at just to be average at it. Usually when you work hard at something that is ALREADY your "gift" it pushes you into the territory of excellence, far beyond average. This is what we at G.I.F.T. believe is the definition of a "gift."
A God-given gift isn't always very easy to find, however. Arguably one of the best basketball players to ever live, Michael Jordan, has talked about his very obvious gift in agility, althletics and basketball. But do you think many people, including Michael Jordan himself doubted that basketball was his "gift"? One of his most famous quotes says"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Even Jordan's gift was challenged, so challenges do not mean conclusively that a gift does not exist in a particular area. When Jordan worked hard at his gift, it pushed him beyond average and into excellence. This is what we mean by a "gift"
So, what's YOUR gift which God has placed inside of you? Here is a scripture to ponder: "Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination]." 1 Timothy 4:14.
Locate your gift and you will have located a significant aspect of life. It's definitley well worth it :-)
XoXo,
G.I.F.T.
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