Spiritual Gift(s)

Anyone know what their spiritual gift is?? Some days I feel like I have a TON of them and I can't read where God wants to use me first because I feel like the Philippians 4:13 woman, "I can do ALL things, through Christ who gives me strength!" But then there are other days where I feel so insignificant in what I'm actually capable in doing for God. How can one little vote, or one letter to a political power, one stand for what's truely right in God's eyes, actually make a difference?!
Well, I'm going to admit that sometimes one person doesn't make a difference to the rest of the world. But I'm here to tell you the good news that one person does make a difference to the Creator of THIS world! What can be worth more than that?? Every action you make matters to God, your Father. If it's a huge protest on the front steps of the Washington Monument, or if it's an annomyous letter to your politcian about the true sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman. God sees the difference and God uses your actions, big or little, for His perfect plan.

God knows what you do in secret:
Matthew 6:6 "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

God's perfect plan was laid out before the beginning of time, and you are apart of it, with no action or lots of action, your life was a part of God's script!

2 Timothy 1:9 "Who has saved us and called us to a holy life - not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us before the beginning of time."

Well, I'm hoping to hone in on which spiritual gift of mine that God wants to make a statement with. After doing many years in church activities and leadership, I feel God has trained me up for many years now and is telling me I'm ready to go outside the church and take his message from here to the nations!

Matthew 12:18 "Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations."

We can't reach the lost in a house of the saved. We are trained up in the house of the saved.

Mark 2:17 "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'"

So I hope you check back as I weigh my options on so many groups and organizations that need faithful servants to make and impact for Christ. The more people we reach the soon Christ will come back to take us to everlasting peace!

So Behind... last of San Fran

Here, to play catch up here is the remainder of our trip pics. I actually have other things to blog about this summer even if I don't have too many pictures to add. Enjoy!

I just fit!

I made AJ sit on this huge tire since I got into the big rope!

That's the Golden Gate bridge behind us. You can see closer up pictures from last years trip.

Lunch in the sun with a bottle of wonderful Calfornia Wine!

Where they make the best chocolate in the world! Also, notice I'm in tennis shoes with my skirt because after 5 days of wearing cute instyle shoes in a very hilly city... I learned my lesson and I was just going for comfort for our last day of walking city adventures! I pulled it off ok, didn't I?

Cheesecake dessert before our Dancing Broadway Show we saw on AJ's birthday!

At he top of Macy's at the cheesecake factory over looking union square on AJ's birthday!

Yes, that is a dog, with a cat on top and a mouse on top of it. Yes, they were all live and living. You can see this guy on Utube too!

AJ wanted fried shrimp for his birthday...

We both got sick from eatting so much fried food... that were not used to... blah.

We got hot chocolate, tea and coffee brought to our room for free every day with a wake up call! It was so nice being in an upscale hotel for a change! Bathrobes too! What fun!

This is me mad on the cable car ride on St. Patty's Day because AJ wouldn't stop taking stupid pictures in the dark of every car we saw while riding up the hill...

This is AJ super excited to be on the cable car and refused to sit down inside the car but hang on the outside like they do in the movies.... sigh.