"But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself would be their allotment."

-Joshua 13:33

 

The past couple of days I've been reading about all the land that was divided up among the different tribes of Israel.  There are a couple different places in the chapter I was reading today that talk about the tribe of Levi not receiving an allotment of land, but verse 33 really hit me when I read it.  God promised to be their allotment.  I'm at a place of truly desiring God to be my allotment.  The tribe of Levi didn't need an allotment of land because God promised to be their allotment.  God promises to be enough for us too and my prayer is that I look to Him daily to be everything I need.  I don't want to look left and right and feel that I need what other people have; God promises to be enough for my every need and He is faithful to His word.

The VA Gold Cup Races

values and strengths

While I was at The Greater Things Business Workshop we did an exercise in finding our values and we took an assessment of our "strengths" using the book Strengthsfinder 2.0 .  My results for the strengthsfinder test were as follows:

1. WOO (Winning Others Over): "People who are especially talented in the Woo theme love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over.  They derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with another person."

2. Communication: "People who are especially talented in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words.  They are good conversationalists and presenters."

3. Positivity: "People who are especially talented in the Positivity theme have an enthusiasm that is contagious.  They are upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do."

4. Developer: "People who are especially talented in the Developer theme recognize and cultivate the potential in others.  They spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from these improvements."

5. Belief: "People who are especially talented in the Belief theme have certain core values that are unchanging.  Out of these values emerges a defined purpose for their life."

We did an exercise where we had to flip through cards that had certain values written on them and decide which were our top 6 values.  Here are mine:

1. Family: spending quality time together

2. Integrity: I am who I am, no matter where I am or who I'm with.

3. Passion: uncontainable Joy

4. Faith: belief in something bigger than myself

5. Diversity: crossing boundaries of life and culture

6. Loyalty: being committed and dedicated to something

I am sharing all of this because I sat down with Heather Zempel, Discipleship Pastor at NCC, on Tuesday and we discussed "next steps".  She said that making that sort of decision should start with looking at my strengths and values and going from there...so, I am trying to work through opportunities in accordance with my strengths and values.  It's a very interesting process, but I really am finding a lot of joy in it.  I feel so thankful for opportunities that I've had and confident that there is a specific opportunity lined up for me next...and I can't wait to find out what it is!