Ever wondered about your destiny or gifts?

I wanted to share with you my devotional that I read this morning. I love reading this along with my bible study. Here are the words of Rick Warren. Read them and let them soak in. We are preparing for a new series at church that touches on this very thing.

How can I know my destiny?

Do you know what God created you for?

Do you know what your destiny is?

The first thing you must do to understand your destiny is to recognize the gifts God has given you to use. They include the things you can't control -your parents, your nationality, you race, your language. They also include your SHAPE-your spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences. These are the things that make you uniquely you. 

Now you are not responsible for the gifts God didn't give you. In other words, if you are not artistically gifted, you are not expected to paint pictures like Rembrandt. But you are responsible for the ones he did give you.

When you get to heaven, God isn't going to compare you with anyone else, but he will compare you with yourself. What did you do with what you were given? What could you have done if you had trusted God a little bit more? Romans 14:12 NIV says "each of us will have to give a personal account to God"

God has given you gifts for a purpose, And you have a responsibility to be a good steward of those gifts-not for selfish  uses, but for the good of others. Your gifts are not for your benefit. God gave you gifts for the benefit of other people. Ask yourself, "What has God given me to use for good?"

WOW. That was powerful. Especially that last paragraph.  Remember those first three questions...So how do you discover all these things about you? Well you are more than welcomed to ask me and I can certainly help you by showing you this incredible journey of discovery we are about to embark on coming up soon. Seriously, we would love to have you. If you have ever wondered, now is that time to find out.

The first step

Today has been one of those days where when you wake up you have a plan and you are amped up and ready to go, but then, things have a way of going their own way. 

The first step is the hardest, or so they say. There have been times in my life where I felt there was much truth to this, and then times when I felt like keeping on stepping was harder. As for right at this moment, definitely the first step is the hardest.  I will be meeting my dear friend at the gym today to workout.  I have always been fond of the fitness classes, cause they are an hour, someone else has a plan and once I am there I am good to go. The thing about going and just working out on equipment is that I have to make myself commit to keeping on doing something. I have a tendency to get on the elliptical, do that for 10 minutes, feel like I really done something, then hop on the treadmill, tootle on it for about 15 minutes and then my mind starts going to all the other things I "need" to be doing at home or work. So I am hoping that today I will stay the course. This will be my first workout in at least a year. :( 

On a good note, I done really great last week, I am down 3lbs. I'll take that.:) Today I have done really well.I plan to weigh in every Monday morning.  So we'll see. 

I am stoked about going to bible study this evening after my workout with some amazing women from church. I also started a new bible study program today for my morning bible & time with God.

And I'm off, hope your day is going great wherever you are and whatever you are doing.