Spiritual Gifts

We have been studying Spiritual Gifts this past month at Discipleship Training. I took a test today, to discover what my Spiritual Gift(s) might be, and I thought I'd share.

On the test I took there where 22 possible Spiritual Gifts. You could score anywhere from 0 to 20. With your highest score or scores being your Spiritual Gift or Gifts. My highest score was a 16 and I scored a 16 on three different Spiritual Gifts: Prophet, Craftsmanship, and Missionary.

Here are the definitions of each.

Prophet
It is the special gift whereby the Spirit empowers certain Christians to interpret and apply God's revelation in a given situation.
1 Corinthians 14:1-5, 1 Corinthians 14:30-33, 1 Corinthians 14:37-40

Craftsmanship
Its is the special gift whereby the Spirit endows certain Christians to use hands and minds to build up the Kingdom through artistic, creative means.
Exodus 28: 3-4

Missionary
It is the special gift given by the Holy Spirit to certain members of the body of Christ to minister whatever other spiritual gifts they have in a second culture or second community.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23

As my pastor said, "We are supposed to be in prayer for God to show us our Spiritual Gifts. This test was just a guide line, not God's Line."

I can really see how the gift of Prophecy relates to me, because I have a great desire to study God's Word and determine right from wrong, God's Will, and how we are supposed to live our daily lives for God. As for the other two, I'm not so sure right now. Especially the gift of a Missionary. I've always dreamed of traveling the world, and I could really see myself taking in orphans in another country, but I wouldn't be able to go alone. I would be so home sick that it would make me emotionally and physically sick. If my Husband and animals went with me, that would be a whole different story! I would be totally fine, and probably have the time of my life serving God. My Husband hasn't yet taken the test. So, we're not for sure what his Spiritual Gifts are. But we're both pretty sure that Music would be one of them, probably his most prominent! So, we'll see how these gifts turn out.

Home Sweet Home

We have been back in our house for one week exactly now, even though it is still not complete. We still need paneling and baseboards in the living room, paint through out the entire house, carpets steam cleaned, house siding, decks, and stairs pressure washed, and all decks and stairs sealed. We are so happy to be back in our home! Since we've been home, my old routines from my mothers house no longer work for me here. So I will be making new routines within the next week and will probably post them here. I'm also in the process of a complete makeover to my home management binder!

My mother is currently living with us. She is wanting a divorce from her husband (my step-father). Although I'm not sure if she'll go through with it or not. She left him this past Sunday (due to circumstances I will not discuss on this blog), its been almost a week now. Doesn't seem like its been that long, time passes by so quickly these days.

A friend and I are currently discussing the possibility of studying the bible together. I'm so excited about this! We are thinking of starting from the very beginning in Genesis and working our way all through Revelations. Our plan is to read a certain number of chapters per day, and every day have a brief discussion about those chapters. We haven't got all the details worked out yet, but hopefully we can get started this coming week.