Do you Cultivate your Gift??

I posted earlier last week on FB, how we can get caught up in things, and spread ourselves too thin, many projects and things going on in life. 

I am a giving person, and find it hard to say "no" to someone when they genuinely need my help. And this causes me to sometimes set aside things that are important to me and absolutely can't be set aside, they are crucial to the well being of my life, my spirit, my soul.

Each person is given gifts and talents by God, to use in their life for themselves and for others. Some cultivate those gifts, others don't. Some follow God, some don't. Some acknowledge that their talent and gifts are from God, others don't.


I'm not talking about just spiritual gifts, other things, like creativity, empathy, being able to speak in front of people. Some people inspire you just by their presence. They always know the right thing to say that makes you feel better about your situation or yourself. 


Whatever gift or talent you have, it is God-given, and Proverbs 18:16 reads that a man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. 


To me that shows the favor of God on a person's life, that whatever they have been given to use for good in their life, it will open doors for them. Opportunity knocking. 

I have a question and then I will close this, and answer it from my own heart another day.


How do YOU cultivate whatever gift God has given you?

Answered Prayer for My Roof

Sometimes the way our prayers are answered, are not in the way we expect.
I've been praying for over 4 years for my new roof and floors. 2 weeks ago, my new roof went on. It wasn't that I had a large sum of money to do this, in fact I didn't!
A lot of folks don't understand that God is the source of income. We as humans think that our job (or a gov't agency) , is our source , but it isn't.
The scriptures state that if we are obedient and put God first, he knows what we need and He will supply.
God works with things in the natural world, by moving them around supernaturally, or bringing something to your attention you never knew before.
He works in our intuitions as well. If we listened and gave God credit, we would have a better guidance and radar system in place.
With my roof, I just "happened" to notice a sum of money connected with some finances and when I inquired, was told "Yes it was available to me". I had never seen this before, but it was there!
I took my business card and passed it to someone in my area, and asked for  a call for an estimate. 2 weeks went by and no call. I was sitting here at my desk, closed my eyes and asked God for guidance, and a quick picture went through in my mind, with a truck, and the words "Fix My Roof" on it. I immediately knew who it was, called the man, and he knew who I was, and he came right away, gave me an estimate that was very reasonable and within my budget, and I have to say, he had the best co-ordinated crew, and they ran like a well- oiled machine. They started at 8am and by 3:30 they were done, and even cleaned the old leaves I had raked into a pile, and swept my sidewalks. I was impressed!

That little flash was God showing me that I would have favor if I used that company. It is my prayer that "Fix My Roof" will be a very blessed company, because that man helped me.