In re-assessing the use of my gifts, I’ve come to the conclusion that perhaps they do indeed build the community.  If the words to a song can life someone’s spirits and encourage; if my testimony can draw the hungry soul of a woman to Christ; if reading about the woman at the well and her triumph over tragedy can cause the reader to reassess their life and realize God’s redemption, then I am doing the work God gave me to do.

If being willing to set aside other activities and accept instruction as a student, that I may know the Word of God in a clearer way, then my writing will reflect Christ.

I am giving back the gifts God has entrusted me with. I am benefiting my family, God’s household, by growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord. Towards the end of my college sojourn, should I take the Bible proficiency test once more, perhaps I will find my thirst quenched by the waters of knowledge.

(to be continued)