Dedication

Every Friday after church, I always have the intention to write a blog. Since I'm always so motivated after talking about the bible, I will take this opportunity write about how I felt.
Yesterday, we talked about our talents and spiritual gifts in first Corinthians 12. First Corinthians 12:1 says, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant". Then somewhere after this, it says the spiritual gifts: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge by the Spirit, faith, healing, prophecy, and speaking and understanding tongues. These spiritual gifts were given to us from God. They are not meant for us to Ignore them and to be negligent of our talents, but to develop them in the name of God.

I know that God has given me a purpose in my life and that I've been blessed with certain talents and/or spiritual gifts. I have yet to know what most of those are but I know God will reveal them to me if I start to develop the ones that I already have. Perhaps, I may already know what my purpose is, but I am not ready to serve it yet. Last Sunday, I learned that if I am not prepared for God, I will never receive Him.

Remember what I wrote in a blog once or practically implied? Joanne told me in a comment that I shouldn't be so eager to grow up and to "enjoy the journey". I think that I understand that more. After speaking with Julie, I realized that I shouldn't "deliberately change [my] course of action" to achieve something. This can have different meanings but I mean it in a way where I don't hurt myself and don't feel empty in the end. But, I do wish to change on the inside.

This is where I will mention dedication. When you find something that you are good in, you would want to dedicate yourself to it. I think that dedication and determination go hand in hand since you need to be dedicated in something before you are determined to do good at it. There are many things that I wish to be dedicated in and so, I will decide to be more dedicated in certain aspects of my life and certain decisions that I will dedicate myself to. I'm not going write them down since I have to keep them to my heart. If i forget about them, then I really won't be dedicated to it. So from now on, I will just live my life as I know it and try not to over think too much. If I find a talent, I'll develop it. If I find anything that is important, I'll also dedicate myself to that. But I will have to dedicate myself in my dedication.