“Life isn’t always about finding yourself. More often than not, it’s about discovering who God created you to be.” David A.R. White The church bulletin announced a woman’s event: Bloom Where You’re Planted. With sweaty palms I thought, "No way. I will not limit myself to just the hand I was dealt. I will make something of myself; I will achieve beyond what my parents were able to do. I will be happy." I didn’t want to attend but my friends were going so I did too. My low expectations, however, resulted in not remembering one single thing from that event. But, I was young. It took a while to realize that God not only gifted me with certain gifts and talents, but He also planted me in a particular part of the world, in the state and city where I would be born. He pre-determined my parents who would shape my life (both struggles and encouragement) and build in me the strength and courage I needed in order to do what He had planned for me to do. In addition, God set my life in this generation intentionally. I was not born a hundred years earlier or a hundred years later. My purpose was designed for these very years. All the world events, social change, spiritual influences, as well as technology, automation and medical science discoveries were all orchestrated for me to learn and grow and serve within. My grandmother was destined for her era, but I was destined for now. My soul’s unique thumbprint—gifts, talents, personality—were very intentionally planted in the US in the 20th and 21st centuries. How God has blessed me with usefulness to Him has been in direct correlation to how willingly I have allowed myself to bloom….when and where I was planted.
Do you desire to break out of imposed limits and become all you can be? Are you aware of your gifts and talents, and do you practice them? How will you apply your gifts to become all that you can be in this world, today? Lord, thank You for helping me better understand what it means to Bloom, to discover what it means to be who You created me to be. Amen “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made...” Psalm 139:13-14 What are your thoughts? Libby Note: David Andrew Roy White (1970- ), an American evangelical Christian actor, screen writer, producer and author of Between Heaven and Hollywood. White is co-founder of Pure Flix Entertainment, a distribution and production company specializing in Christian-themed movies.
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