If you could
choose to be a master (or mistress) of any skill in the world, which skill
would you pick?
Hmmm…so can
you blog readers guess what skill I would choose to be the mistress of….I’m
trying to be good at it right now. J Yes, it’s writing. Since I was a middle schooler and introduced
to journaling by my English teacher, I have loved writing for myself, for
others, for children…whoever might gleam some enjoyment from it. It’s therapy for me, and it’s also pure joy. I will most likely never be a master of this as
my writing skills have been developing and changing along with me, and I expect
to continue to grow and change throughout life, but I will continue to try and
master it until I can no longer hold a pencil or type on a keyboard.
When I was a
little girl (and sometimes now when I watch American Idol or The Voice), I would
have said, I wanted to be a mistress of music! I grew up playing piano (7 years
of lessons), taking voice lessons, and singing in any way I could in church
(musicals, special music solos, choirs, etc…). I still pretend I trying out for
Idol or Voice in my car on the way to work or in the shower. Yes, I just
admitted that! Love, love, love music and singing, but not a master or mistress
of it, but if I could go back and be….would be very tempting for me.
God
obviously had other plans for me, including things I never thought I would do.
Teaching was not on my radar growing up (even though I was an English major in
college). I wanted to write, not teach, but I fell in love with teaching when
the opportunity presented itself for me to teach developmental English at the
College of the Marshall Islands to young Marshallese students. And he had other
plans when he moved me into working in child care…REALLY never thought I would
do that, but it turns out I’m pretty good with kids (even though I’ve made my
share of mistakes with my own), and I enjoy being a part of their lives in my
workplace. Makes work feel purposeful
for me…And isn’t that better than being a master or mistress of anything?
Finding something that gives you purpose, something that you are naturally good
at without having to think too much about it?
I’m okay with not being a master of anything as long as I’m growing, reflecting
back, learning from my mistakes, and doing the best I can to be all that God
has for me to be.
“Not that I
have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my
own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that
I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and
straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize
of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think
this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to
you.” Philippians 3:12-15
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