(I didn't really go over and edit this yet, so there's bound to be a lot of mistakes)
Due to some changes or rather plans being implemented at our churched , I am “forced” to go over again, to reassess my spiritual gifts. Although I do like taking the various tests and such, in order to classify which gift (s) it is I have for ministry, still how to use these results is another thing.
To start, I have always known for sure which gifts it is - that I don’t have. This hasn’t changed. The other, of which gifts I could possibly actually hasn’t changed much either in 20 years. In fact In the beginning it mostly started out answering according to how I felt- & or what I was inclined to. Then as the years pass one actually gets experience and talks out involvement in various areas. So in taking these tests again (I took all I could find online, plus I have two on paper from a couple different churches that I took tests at) I find the results are the same.
A lot of them come up pretty high as far as numbers go, I was hoping it wasn’t because I was arrogant or something, but then I read an explanation for that. After one of the tests it said something very realiving and helpful, implying that high numbers are usefully because of people who are involved in ministry. It usually occurs , by those who are in full time ministry. I’ve always wanted to be in “full time” ministry, thereby that would make sense that I would want to be/be doing the various things it lists in the tests.
OK, from what I knew and was confirmed: always at the bottom for me are:
Healing:
Helps:
Tongues:
Hospitality:
Serving:
Interpret:
Teaching is also usually near the bottom, and I know that I know that’s one of my gifts. I definitely am not called to be a teacher.
I also know I’m not called to be an administrator, I don’t have that spiritual gift. Although, on written tests it gets a bit hairy because I do have some organizational skills and can be very detailed minded. This kind of throws the tests off and they can’t call it cut and dry. I can organize stuff and enjoy doing that, and can be very detailed minded when it comes to something on paper (such as school work, research, something online, letters and other written things) and also when it comes to people- such as remembering & classifying details about people & their lives. I am pretty good at making lists & written plans. Ha, but when it comes to organizing & arranging time I am absolutely horrible, I am pretty average when it comes to managing/administrating money (but up from lousy and on my way to being pretty good-, but I don’t think into the point of being stellar or gifted). These F & C grades keep me from being a good administrator/manager overall. But that’s OK, God made me that way for a reason. I do however have a lot of respect and admiration for those that are.
It is soo ironic my husband is the exact opposite of me, he is ahem “great” with time schedules and organizing time. He however hates dealing with stuff, organizing it working with it. As a teacher he was horrible at using resources/handouts/materials etc. ( I can’t think of the exact word for that now). He hates writing and often misses a lot of details, and also the same with other uses of words such as in perceptions and speech. This being, how what he is saying is coming across, the meaning of how others are saying something, their body language etc. He is also not very detailed in his work (which I try to be, or don’t get involved at all), mostly he just likes to get something “done“ (sometimes missing how well done the finished project actually is)
He has also been pretty good at managing money though, I’d say a B or B+. Things he has missed in this area is only because of things he has forgotten (the why of that is another story, another topic).
So I think if people see only one side of us the can get the wrong idea either way. Its so funny how people can be “wowed” by him at first when they see how reliable and structured he is. Then though some ( the real administrators) can get irritated that his finished product turns out not exactly as they had hoped of him. Except, in direct working with people, I think the good & the bad balances out, and when he does make the effort, people are appreciative and impressed.
For me it’s usually like people appreciate my final project, how it all turns out, how much I put into it (details) the work I completed. Yet they are often exasperated like, she does good work when she does it, or I wish she was more reliable, she has to start being on time and follow the schedule. The same with me, when it’s more about people & dealing with people, the good & the bad also balances out and the overall impression or effect is usually positive (except for those administrative & teacher types, I can drive crazy).
I guess if we work together our two halves can compliment and administration can be done on all sides. But, that is easier said than done.
Due to some changes or rather plans being implemented at our churched , I am “forced” to go over again, to reassess my spiritual gifts. Although I do like taking the various tests and such, in order to classify which gift (s) it is I have for ministry, still how to use these results is another thing.
To start, I have always known for sure which gifts it is - that I don’t have. This hasn’t changed. The other, of which gifts I could possibly actually hasn’t changed much either in 20 years. In fact In the beginning it mostly started out answering according to how I felt- & or what I was inclined to. Then as the years pass one actually gets experience and talks out involvement in various areas. So in taking these tests again (I took all I could find online, plus I have two on paper from a couple different churches that I took tests at) I find the results are the same.
A lot of them come up pretty high as far as numbers go, I was hoping it wasn’t because I was arrogant or something, but then I read an explanation for that. After one of the tests it said something very realiving and helpful, implying that high numbers are usefully because of people who are involved in ministry. It usually occurs , by those who are in full time ministry. I’ve always wanted to be in “full time” ministry, thereby that would make sense that I would want to be/be doing the various things it lists in the tests.
OK, from what I knew and was confirmed: always at the bottom for me are:
Healing:
Helps:
Tongues:
Hospitality:
Serving:
Interpret:
Teaching is also usually near the bottom, and I know that I know that’s one of my gifts. I definitely am not called to be a teacher.
I also know I’m not called to be an administrator, I don’t have that spiritual gift. Although, on written tests it gets a bit hairy because I do have some organizational skills and can be very detailed minded. This kind of throws the tests off and they can’t call it cut and dry. I can organize stuff and enjoy doing that, and can be very detailed minded when it comes to something on paper (such as school work, research, something online, letters and other written things) and also when it comes to people- such as remembering & classifying details about people & their lives. I am pretty good at making lists & written plans. Ha, but when it comes to organizing & arranging time I am absolutely horrible, I am pretty average when it comes to managing/administrating money (but up from lousy and on my way to being pretty good-, but I don’t think into the point of being stellar or gifted). These F & C grades keep me from being a good administrator/manager overall. But that’s OK, God made me that way for a reason. I do however have a lot of respect and admiration for those that are.
It is soo ironic my husband is the exact opposite of me, he is ahem “great” with time schedules and organizing time. He however hates dealing with stuff, organizing it working with it. As a teacher he was horrible at using resources/handouts/materials etc. ( I can’t think of the exact word for that now). He hates writing and often misses a lot of details, and also the same with other uses of words such as in perceptions and speech. This being, how what he is saying is coming across, the meaning of how others are saying something, their body language etc. He is also not very detailed in his work (which I try to be, or don’t get involved at all), mostly he just likes to get something “done“ (sometimes missing how well done the finished project actually is)
He has also been pretty good at managing money though, I’d say a B or B+. Things he has missed in this area is only because of things he has forgotten (the why of that is another story, another topic).
So I think if people see only one side of us the can get the wrong idea either way. Its so funny how people can be “wowed” by him at first when they see how reliable and structured he is. Then though some ( the real administrators) can get irritated that his finished product turns out not exactly as they had hoped of him. Except, in direct working with people, I think the good & the bad balances out, and when he does make the effort, people are appreciative and impressed.
For me it’s usually like people appreciate my final project, how it all turns out, how much I put into it (details) the work I completed. Yet they are often exasperated like, she does good work when she does it, or I wish she was more reliable, she has to start being on time and follow the schedule. The same with me, when it’s more about people & dealing with people, the good & the bad also balances out and the overall impression or effect is usually positive (except for those administrative & teacher types, I can drive crazy).
I guess if we work together our two halves can compliment and administration can be done on all sides. But, that is easier said than done.
