So, I was reading about the gifts of the Spirit tonight in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. And, having heard a ton of people talking about spiritual gifts over the years, I started to think about what they had said and wonder which spiritual gift might be mine...

I got to verse 9, where it mentions faith and couldn't really remember anyone I knew who claimed to have the gift of faith. And, of course, I turned introspective for a moment and thought, "Do I have the spiritual gift of faith???... Eh, I don't know, I doubt it."

And that kind of answered that for me.

But anyway, to be serious for a moment, a lot of times in church or youth group or camp meetings or Christian publications, the discussion of spiritual gifts has always seemed a bit...odd to me.

First of all, I was made a little bit leery the first time I saw a quiz that would tell me which spiritual gift I had. It seemed WAY too similar to the kinds of quizzes in magazines for junior-high girls which promise to tell you which celebrity you will marry when you grow up or how good of a kisser you are.

Second, it seems just a little too focused on self and not on glorifying God or loving those around you. I heard a lot of "where do you feel more comfortable serving..." and "what makes you happiest..." and "what are you good at..."

Honestly, if it truly is the Spirit imparting these gifts on us, it will likely not be in areas where we are comfortable or capable on our own. He will take our weaknesses and make those into strengths in his own name right? And He will probably not give us one main thing to focus on and obsess over.

I think He would probably much rather that we stop looking for our "own area of gifted-ness" and spend more time looking at the lives of those around us and praising Him for giving them gifts in areas where they could not possibly have excelled on their own and allowing them to see the same things in us.

Anyway, I haven't studied the matter really. These are just amateur, and uneducated thoughts...not to be taken as more than just thoughts. I think I will try to learn a little about the subject now though.

It's 2:33 AM.

I have a question for you: WHAT is drier than the Saharra desert?

Answer: The batch of donuts I am deep frying right now.

I'm not really sure what went wrong, but deciding to make donuts at 2:30 AM might have been half of the problem.

Hungry? Bring several gallons of water and come on over.

In other news, I am going to buy some Clarifying shampoo. I should start making more sense in a week or two.