IV. What am I good at? Home Hello again! In the past couple of weeks, you’ve had a chance to reflect on your life journey thus far and have looked in-depth at some of the things that give you “life” on a daily basis. This session is helping you to dig deeper into who you are by identifying what you are good at, not only what you like to do, but what you are really good at. We all have things that we are gifted with. Too often the problem is once we’ve identified our gifts, we have no idea what to do with them! This session will help you to look at what your gifts are and will help you find places to live them out!

:A.  Stop & Listen “As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracle of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.” —1 Peter 4:10-11 B.  Discovery Use the calling cards to identify your gifts and strengths. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.  From WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK copyright © (supply year from publication)  by Richard Leider, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA.  All rights reserved.  www.bkconnection.com C.  Reflection What do you think you are good at and what do you think some of your gifts are? Why are they your gifts? What do others affirm that you are good at? What do you think you are supposed to do with your gifts? If you had a dream job, what would it be and would you be able to live out your gifts?

Food For Thought “There is another aspect of work viewed as participation in the creative purposes of God which particularly needs further consideration. Each person is called to discover and develop his special capacities which have been entrusted to him as gifts by the Creator, gifts for both enjoyment and service. There are diversities of gifts, and each person is summoned to live his own life to the full. The acceptance of this call enables all forms of work that are undertaken for the glory of God and rules out any hierarchical scale of values as regards the kinds of work performed.” —E. Clinton Gardner “Religion in Life” vol. XXV, Rethinking the Protestant Doctrine of Vocation "Although calling runs through our whole lives, we are not called once for life.  Responding to our call is something we do every day.  Calling breaks down into daily choices.  In responding, we ask ourselves again and again:  How can I consistently give my gifts away?" And what are these birthright gifts?  The following questions provide clues:  What gift do I naturally give to others? What gift do I most enjoy giving to others? What gift have I most often given to others? -- from Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro Music:  I’m Alright by Bebo Norman I've got a little hope in my pocket, I want to share a bit with you Just be careful that you don't drop it, but don't worry if you do 'Cause I got broken down inside me, and I might just need some help But I will get by more Film:  Legally Blonde "In the sharply funny LEGALLY BLONDE, Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods, the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. When she first appears, Elle seems to be no more than the bright cousin of CLUELESS's Alicia Silverstone. Expecting her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) to propose, she is mortified when instead he says he needs somebody serious as his wife. When Elle discovers Warner's brother is engaged to a law student, she decides to go to Harvard. She studies for the LSATs, submits a video essay--in which she appears in a sequined bikini--and, miraculously, is accepted. At first, Elle is rebuked by Professor Stromwell (Holland Taylor) and is the target of snide comments from other students. But, gradually, it becomes clear that Elle is no fish out of water--she is smarter, more driven, and more likely to survive in the rarefied Harvard atmosphere than anyone else." - synopsis from RottenTomatoes.com