Today, I took a long walk, and I do mean "long" because we live in the country and we have an extremely long driveway, lol, so when you start out for a walk...you better be ready! As I walked, I looked around me at the beauty, I listened to the sounds around me, and I began to talk to God about some things. I had a lot of things on my mind. I began thinking about my life all the way back to my school days, and spent a good bit of my day walking and thinking about where my life has taken me. I thought about the talents God has given me, and what I had done with them for the most part of my life......
As I looked back, I remembered in the fifth grade, I won first place in a 4H speaking contest. God had given me the ability to stand before a crowd and speak. I remember taking the blue ribbon home and being so proud of it. Funny, because in fourth grade, my teacher sent home on a report card that I was a good student but I talked too much! Lol... But what did I do with that talent? I left it laying for a long time...Now I'm beginning to pick it back up.
God blessed me with the ability to sing. I sang for a long time in a gospel group, then when I wasn't trying to live right, I sang in clubs. Finally got my life straightened back out and began singing again with my family. We sang for years, and I sang solo for awhile, I sang on Praise and Worship Teams, and now in my church choir. But my dream? It was to have a career in singing. Did I pursue that? No I didn't. If I had chose to give it my all, I could have fulfilled that dream, and I love to sing, but I talked myself into believing that it was just a dream, so I walked away from that. I still sing, but I wasted a lot of time not using my singing talent.
God blessed me with the ability to play the piano. And I have played for years, yet I don't play it as much as I used to. Why? Another talent left lying to the side.
Writing.....oh do I love writing! And God blessed me with the ability to write. I've written poems, cards, songs, I love writing! But I laid it aside for a long time, and now, my desire to write is overwhelming and so that is what I am doing now.
So today, I looked back on my life and seen all the talents God has given me, then I looked at what I had done with them, and sadly to say....very little. I let other things get in my way, change my plans, make me fearful of stepping out on that limb, I let people hold me back because of their negative comments, and I wasted a lot of time. You see, when we have talents, we either use them or lose them. God gives them to us for a reason, and that reason is not to set on them. There are a lot of people that have went out there and used their talents and they have been blessed in their lives and their lives have been fulfilled. But we have to have a passion for our talents and use them and not let anyone discourage us. God has given me a wonderful husband now who encourages me in every way to use my talents, and even though it is later in life for me, I will never again push those talents to the side. I am working on a book now that God has given me and it's burning inside me. I am speaking more now like God wanted me to in the first place, which I have no problem with at all since I have been told alot of times that I talk alot...lol, but that's okay with me. I will not sit back anymore, and waste any time I have, because, even though I cannot do anything about the time I've allowed those talents to lay dormant, I do have now and the rest of my life to make a difference.
What about you? Do you have talents that, for some reason, you have just left lying there? Do you have a passion to use them? Think about it.....what do you need to do with those talents?
Use em' ......... or Lose em'.............. Come on....it's never too late!
As I looked back, I remembered in the fifth grade, I won first place in a 4H speaking contest. God had given me the ability to stand before a crowd and speak. I remember taking the blue ribbon home and being so proud of it. Funny, because in fourth grade, my teacher sent home on a report card that I was a good student but I talked too much! Lol... But what did I do with that talent? I left it laying for a long time...Now I'm beginning to pick it back up.
God blessed me with the ability to sing. I sang for a long time in a gospel group, then when I wasn't trying to live right, I sang in clubs. Finally got my life straightened back out and began singing again with my family. We sang for years, and I sang solo for awhile, I sang on Praise and Worship Teams, and now in my church choir. But my dream? It was to have a career in singing. Did I pursue that? No I didn't. If I had chose to give it my all, I could have fulfilled that dream, and I love to sing, but I talked myself into believing that it was just a dream, so I walked away from that. I still sing, but I wasted a lot of time not using my singing talent.
God blessed me with the ability to play the piano. And I have played for years, yet I don't play it as much as I used to. Why? Another talent left lying to the side.
Writing.....oh do I love writing! And God blessed me with the ability to write. I've written poems, cards, songs, I love writing! But I laid it aside for a long time, and now, my desire to write is overwhelming and so that is what I am doing now.
So today, I looked back on my life and seen all the talents God has given me, then I looked at what I had done with them, and sadly to say....very little. I let other things get in my way, change my plans, make me fearful of stepping out on that limb, I let people hold me back because of their negative comments, and I wasted a lot of time. You see, when we have talents, we either use them or lose them. God gives them to us for a reason, and that reason is not to set on them. There are a lot of people that have went out there and used their talents and they have been blessed in their lives and their lives have been fulfilled. But we have to have a passion for our talents and use them and not let anyone discourage us. God has given me a wonderful husband now who encourages me in every way to use my talents, and even though it is later in life for me, I will never again push those talents to the side. I am working on a book now that God has given me and it's burning inside me. I am speaking more now like God wanted me to in the first place, which I have no problem with at all since I have been told alot of times that I talk alot...lol, but that's okay with me. I will not sit back anymore, and waste any time I have, because, even though I cannot do anything about the time I've allowed those talents to lay dormant, I do have now and the rest of my life to make a difference.
What about you? Do you have talents that, for some reason, you have just left lying there? Do you have a passion to use them? Think about it.....what do you need to do with those talents?
Use em' ......... or Lose em'.............. Come on....it's never too late!
Renee, yes, you're certainly talented. Do use those talents.
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