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Sunday, December 11. 2011

Gifts of the Spirit

It's gift time, and I have been thinking about my own gifts, such as they are. Besides being fairly tall, possessed of regular features, a Victoria's Secret killer shape despite 3 kids, and a functional IQ and an athletic nature, what are the gifts with which God has endowed me? Am I doing justice to those gifts?


I have recently made a project of listing my strengths and weaknesses, and my special abilities which I view as my gifts. Middle age will do this to a person. Like most people, my list of weaknesses and of abilities is long, but my talents are f.


Do I use my semi-talents well, those gifts of the spirit, and do I use them in service of the Lord? Do I neglect them, or do I use them only for my foolish personal wants? I do love my foolish personal wants, however pointless they may be. Like a certain Michael Kors handbag. For what?


That's my sermon to myself this afternoon.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Our Essays, Religion at 15:03 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Thanks Doc--you help me to organize for the new year! Also, to help me keep the pain of life in academia at bay!

Merry Christmas!
#1 faculty wife on 2010-12-12 20:05 (Reply)
The Good Lord deals everyone a long suit in something. It is up to us to figure out what it is.
#2 feeblemind on 2010-12-13 02:58 (Reply)
The ability to realize critical self awareness is more than a semi-talent. Sermons to ones self is what makes this country exceptional. Well done Doc!
#3 indy jones on 2010-12-13 10:15 (Reply)
The content in this post strongly calls out for a picture.
Victoria Secret killer shape? Va Va Vooooom
#4 Rick on 2010-12-13 20:18 (Reply)
I second Rick's motion.
#5 Sam L. on 2011-12-12 11:08 (Reply)
Sorry guys, but the Doc's a tease. Not the first time she has alluded to a presence we'd like to see, though never will. As it's all in the mind anyway, right. She's just assisting us, in a metaphorical sense, to fill in the blanks of a rather broad canvas.
#5.1 XRay on 2011-12-12 20:48 (Reply)

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