The Gift
Today I had the privilege of meeting with a wonderful new young missionary. Our conversation wandered down several paths...one of them was one that I find myself frequently discussing as I hear young (and some older) people talk about their personalities. I decided I would write this down since it is a major way that God has worked in my life. I grew up awkwardly shy and quiet. I was confused for many years, thinking that I was "suppose" to have a bubbly cheerleader type personality. My mom discovered the personality tests when I was a teenager and I found out according to the test that I had a melancholy/phlegmatic type personality. While this relived me from the heavy burden and stress of being "out-going" and helped me understand why I acted the way I did many times....I then began to resent who I was. Why did God not give me the bubbly personality? I don't want to be quiet and shy... and on and on my inner dialogue would rant. One d