Everyone has a different gift

I've been praying and thinking alot about my previous posts and about my dilemma  and I have come to the conclusion that we are not all equal.

It's not a bad thing... its actually quite a relief.

Some people are meant to go out and be doctors, lawyers, president etc... while others are meant to be farmers, grocery store clerks, nuns, receptionists etc... ALL important in their own world, but so completely different in so many aspects.

So some people are meant to go door to door and "recruit" new followers of Jesus! Some are good at it! Those people that can talk to anyone for hours about nothing or something pretty important! There are people out there like that and I know a few.. but I am not one of them.

I think God has us all strategically placed all over the world to do his work at different paces, different venues and for different audiences. Mine is not door to door, mine is not approaching people and starting the conversation... that's not me. Now that I have realized this I feel so much better about myself and my job as a Christian. I was doubting who I was and what I was really being asked to do, knowing I couldn't live up to being "that person", wondering if the spiritual journey I was already on was going to be enough for Him...

And I realized it is. I am doing what I know is right. I speak to people on my terms, when the opportunity shows itself, I am not pushing, I am not feeling myself that I am overwhelming someone. Its pretty amazing feeling now that I have come to the realization that I am a servant of God. I do what He intended me to do and when He intends me to do it. I was put in the job I am in to meet people where they are, sometimes in their weakest, most horrible moments, to be there to offer God's Grace, forgiveness and most of all caring heart. I do that, and I can do that.

Volunteering in a Mission Outreach, sorting through medical supplies to go overseas to help out all over the world, that's God's work.
Holding a dying baby, comforting the parents and praying for the child to have a safe trip back to heaven, that's God's work.
Casting a broken bone, comforting a child and making them feel better, once again, God's work.
They can see Him in me.

It humbles me to see and hear people ask others to pray with them, to ask questions about God and be able to answer or offer some insight.... its pretty amazing.