Your Mission...(should you choose to accept it)

I've been thinking a lot lately about my purpose or function in the body of Christ. Every one of us, as believers, has been given a specific purpose. (1 Corinthians 12:12-18)

I teach a Sunday School class at church, and the more I teach the class, the the more convinced I am that teaching is not where I'm gifted.

So...I've been thinking about where my place is in the body. Our wise Father has given every member of the body a specific purpose. A purpose that is helpful in growing the body and moving it forward.

I believe I have been given a talent for writing. I have always (since I have learned to read and write, anyway) been able to express my thoughts and emotions in writing far better than I can speak them. When I write, I can express a thought or idea exactly the way it is in my mind. When I speak, something happens when the thought goes through the filter between my mind and my vocal chords.

Some of the most intimate times I have had with our Father, the most meaningful communion with the Holy Spirit, was when I was writing. The most intense worship, when I have felt His presence the strongest has been when I was writing. There have been times when words of worship were flowing out of my fingertips and spilling out onto my keyboard. Sometimes I will start to write something and the Holy Spirit will reveal more deeply to me Who He is, and as I write, I will weep tears of joy and awe.

I love those times. I have never been to a praise and worship service or a concert where the worship is more intense for me than it is when I write.

I believe that when God created me, He put this in me. He gave me this compulsion to write down my thoughts and ideas. I will use it for His glory. Even if it is on this little blog. One day, He may decide to speak to the world through me, or maybe He just wants to speak to you right now.

For the masses or for just one or two people. For His glory, I will write.