Vision

There is a specific calling each and every one of us has. There are also many gifts that makes us who we are. But....sometimes we either forget, become confused, or simply become discouraged. We don't want to pursue our calling because it's hard and many times we doubt whether it's really something we're passionate about. This happened to me with photography. Not to say that I believe it's my ultimate calling In life (because I lack talent and I'm sure there's room for growth). But I had ignored that passion in my life and I simply ignored it. The last time I took photography seriously was during high school, and I stopped learning. I was still the creative and artsy Michel, but I had ceased to practice.

Recently, I started updating every single dead talent of my life. Does that even make sense? How can talent be dead? Well I assume It's like a plant. If you water it and give it its necessary amount of light it will flourish. But If you don't maintain it, then it dies. So I have an unwritten list of the many talents I stopped doing before college and that now I have the time for. One of them is singing. I am now in a band with my husband called "Eyes on the Sparrow". There's six of us and we lead worship at our local college ministry, at Faith assembly. LeeAnn, one of the band members has been teaching me how to harmonize. Though I don't feel comfortable yet to lead the band, I definitely have learned so much. Last time I truly sang for a commitment was in middle school when I was in choir. The second thing I picked up again is my drawing. I haven't drawn a lot but my last outburst of drawings took place during my high school years. And my third passion, photography, is currently being watered and cared for. Why do I write about dead talents that are being brought back to life again?

Because when these things are ignored, it does not go away. It sits there in the back of your mind, incomplete, waiting to be fulfilled. Because Christ is my center, I do not find my fulfillment in these things, but I have learned to recognize that these are the gifts He has given to me so that I may use them. And that I may use them well. In wisdom and in Truth. DO NOT ignore what keeps you awake at night. When there is a vision in your heart, you must seek it out. Ask and you shall receive, Jesus said. Then ask, and ask, and ask, till you know why it does not go away. As I am booking photography sessions I realize why I loved it in the first place. And why God loves it that I love it. It is because I get to talk about Him. I get to actually spend an hour or so hanging out with people who have real problems, worries, and concerns. I get to hang out with these people and talk about Jesus. The one who calms the storm. Wow! What a privilege! With this said, is there a talent that is dead right now? That you have hidden in the back of your mind where it's dusty and getting rotten? You must revive it. You must ask why you can't forget about it. To Him be all the glory.


Matth 24:14-30

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ 21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ 23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ 26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. 28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.