365 Questions--January 18

What are your personal gifts

This is kind of a loaded question to me. I am talented in the artistic sense. I can dance. I'm trained in almost every style, including liturgical, except ballroom and tap. I've been stepping since I was about 4 or 5. I can sing a little bit, and I've been playing the piano since I was 8 years old. I'm not the best at any of those thing, but I have a very creative mind. I can  hear a song and come up with choreography almost immediately. When I used to sing on the praise team, I could make medleys of songs through worship. I have very sensitive ear for music. I may not be the best singer, but I know what I hear. To be frank, I am naturally talented. It doesn't take much for me to catch on to anything art-based. It comes very quickly and almost second nature to me. 

The reason this is a little bit of a loaded question is because spiritual gifts are one of the many things that popped in my head. I know that I definitely have the gift of discernment. I have always had very strong intuition, even as a child. I could tell if someone had ill motives just from having 1 conversation with them. It doesn't take a lot. Funny thing, when I decided to write about this, I took a spiritual gifts test on two different sites. One 1 site, my top 5 were: discernment, pastor/shepherd, word of knowledge, exhortation, and helps. On the other, the top 5 are: discernment, wisdom, faith, mercy, and knowledge. Discernment and knowledge were the ones in common. I'm not a Bible expert, but I know scripture. I can hear something once or twice and repeat it back. That's not just with the Bible. Just in general, I can recall something very quickly. There are other things that I do think God uses to tell me things, like my dreams. I have very vivid dreams about people, and sometimes it's with people I don't really know. It's almost like I'm having a nightmare. Every time I close my eyes that night, I'll see the same thing over and over until I speak to that person again. What are your gifts?

But the gift God gave to you, give it back to Him
When He sees it operating, it’s a compliment to Him
But the gift God gave to you, give it back to Him
For the gift it will make room, position, for great men to see you

--Donald Lawrence