Tuesday, September 19, 2006

spiritual gifts quiz

i did a spiritual gifts quiz, and tho i wasn't impressed with the way the questions were phrased, the results were interesting:

21 Prophetic
21 Exhortation
19 Faith
19 Discernment
17 Music
17 Giving
17 Knowledge
17 Hospitality
15 Pastoral
15 Teaching
15 Helps
14 Mercy
13 Craftsmanship
13 Wisdom
11 Healing
11 Apostle
11 Intercession
11 Serving
8 Missionary
7 Evangelist
5 Leadership
3 Administration

one thing that's interesting is that the top 8 results are the ones i would suppose *were* my gifts....! kewl.

prophetic used to be low, and administration was at the top last time i did one of these quizzes, a few years back. my, how things can change....

i used to desire leadership and hospitality (i think i wanted to be a clone of our lead elders, lol!)...

well, i'd be suprised to find that i now score high in hospitality - if i were still wanting to be a clone.... hospitality for me is my doors are open to you, you are welcome in my home regardless of it's untidyness, in my activities regardless, and my life regardless... for me, it's less about blessing people with beautiful meals and a clean, comfortable, restful home for the weary traveller (an awesome form of hospitality!).... my home is an awkward untidy mess... yet i've had feedback that people love being at my place. (so come over a little more often, eh? lol) ... so my hospitality is a lot more.... untidy? a messy desk is a sign of a messy mind, is that house it goes? well what about a messy whole house? lol.... if you feel like you are a mess, you'll prolly feel comfortable at my house....!!!!!!

so what about leadership, now? do i still desire it? nyet. nope. nil. i have no desire for it, but i would desire to be a faithful servant if God called me to some form of 'formal' leadership. am i a leader now? yes in that priesthood-of-all-believers kind of way... i lead my friends by example, exhortaion, encouragement... but it's humbling even that, and the emphasis in my heart is on servanthood, ie a "servant leader'....

i used to score low in the prophetic... my pastor always said, lynne, run after the prophetic (we are a lot alike in how the prophetic flows thru us, lol)... but i always felt stalled, stilted. so it was kind of frusterated to pursue something that was so.... awkward. but now it's flowing a lot more, and i see it, and i'm like WOW.

cuz it's all about Him.
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6:05 p.m.

    I failed " the spiritual gifts" quiz....Whaaaaa.
    No I didn't just kiddin..

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