I was thinking the other day about how I would like to be really good at something. I have never been great at anything. For instance, I am athletic enough to play sports, but I was never a starter; I can carry a tune, but I am not going to sell any records; I can take a decent picture, but you won't find them in National Geographic. Even my personality comes out in the middle, when given one of those personality tests. Is my God given destiny to be the median for everyone else? I guess someone has to do it. Why not me?
Is greatness all about gifting and ability, or is there something else to it? When I was discussing my desire to be the best at something with my husband, Michael, he said he had too many different interests. He said those who are really good at something have few, if any, other pursuits. Olympic athletes, for instance, practice eight or more hours a day. They practically live, eat and breathe their sport. So it seems, that along with talent, one must have a passion to pursue as well.
This makes sense in my case. I never was overly aggressive in sports and whether basketball or piano I detested practicing. I just wanted to play! I do have a variety of interests and am always trying to make sure my life is balanced. I never want to forsake one thing for another. I have trouble deciding on what I like best. Is one way better than the other?
As in most aspects of life, either side can be taken too far. It is not healthy to forsake relationships for whatever passion you are pursuing. But on the other hand, maybe I don't focus hard on any one thing because what if I try really hard and don't succeed? It seems safer to just dabble. Is safe what I want?
If the medium line is what God wants me to represent in this life, then I will learn to be content. I will enjoy that which I do to the extent it can fit into my life. But I do not want to miss what I am good at simply because I am afraid.
In this life, the destiny of some may be to offer one great thing and for others of us it may be to offer many lesser things. But they are lesser only in degree, not in affect. For who, having been touched by a small act of kindness, considers that act small?
It seems to always come down to whose definition you live by. After all, it was God who chose the foolish to shame the wise and the weak to shame the strong (1 Cor. 1:27). Seeking God and being obedient is what matters.
Well, I guess that settles it. Now I can go start on that new project I have been wanting to try. Why fight it? The median isn't such a bad place to be. ;)
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