Wow, what an ending! (Week 2)

Thank you for your patience!!! I was going to update on Saturday, but things didn't quite work out the way I had planned. Long story short, I ended up in the ER Saturday afternoon. I'm doing much better now! Thank God! Turns out the extreme pain I was having came from an ulcer I apparently have. They gave me 2 prescriptions and I am supposed to stick to a specific diet, and all should be well in 8-12 weeks.

As I processed this whole situation, I realized that this was a serious wake up call. Most of you who know me know that I don't have a terrible diet, and I try to stick to healthier foods. At the same time, I developed this ulcer. I think there is definitely something to be learned from all of this. On the health side of things, there is a quote that I heard a few years ago in a class at FMU (thanks J.M.), "Ignore your health, and it will go away." This is very true!!

On the other hand, in life what implications does this same concept have. I have thought about it a pretty good bit, and in regards to our talents, abilities, strengths, etc. If we ignore the things we are gifted in, or the things we know we are capable of learning, or even those people we always mean to call but always seem to forget, we will lose them.

I was reading an article the other day about natural talent vs practiced skills and natural talent came in last if there was no practice. There are many things that I would like to be good at, then there are things that I am naturally drawn to.....but why do I often want to be known for those things which I only dream of being good at and ignore those things which I have been gifted in?


"We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess."- Mark Twain's Autobiography; More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927

I know that was a bit off topic from my other blogs but it was on my mind.

On this same note, I hope to definitely start working on some of this and start putting to practice the things I was given, in order to accomplish the things I was made to do. When other opportunities come along I will welcome them, but I hope to move away from always seeking after things which draw me away from my God-given talents and abilities, and embracing my untapped potential.

Ponder this quote:

"Disturb us, O Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves; when our dreams come true only because we have dreamed too little; when we arrive safely only because we have sailed too close to the shore; when with the abundance of things we are losing our thirst for more of You; or when we lose our thirst for more of You because of the hopelessness we face."
- Sir Francis Drake



I will update again in a few days. :)