You may not realize that some of your spiritual gifts and God-given talents are uniquely connected to your purpose and what you have to offer the world.
They can shape the way you serve.
The way you work.
The way you encourage people.
The way you create.
The problems you naturally know how to help solve.
And even the kind of meaning you experience in your own life.
That is why overlooking your gifts matters.
If you never take the time to recognize what God has placed inside of you, you may spend years comparing yourself to people who were given completely different assignments.
You may underestimate something simply because it comes naturally to you.
Or worse, you may convince yourself that what you carry is ordinary when it is actually one of the ways God intended for you to serve others.
That is why I have been spending so much time exploring my own God-given gifts.
First Corinthians 12 has become especially meaningful to me because Paul describes different spiritual gifts while making it clear that they come from the same Spirit and are given for a purpose.
We are not all supposed to carry the same gifts.
That is the beauty of it.
I Had a Hard Time Seeing My Own Gifts
This became personal for me because one of my greatest struggles was not believing that the things I naturally did were particularly special.
I have always been able to connect dots.
Someone can tell me what is happening in her life, work, relationship, career, or business, and I naturally start seeing patterns.
I can often help her put language around what she is experiencing, identify what matters, and see possible paths forward.
For years, I did not really have language for that.
Eventually, I began calling one of those gifts my Meaning Translator gift.
Another is what I now think of as my Peace Guide gift.
I tend to help people slow down the noise long enough to see something more clearly.
And ironically, I was much better at helping other people recognize what was inside of them than I was at recognizing the value of what was inside of me.
I was looking at followers.
Views.
Reach.
Other creators.
Other careers.
Other people’s strengths.
Meanwhile, my own gifts were already showing up over and over again.
I just wasn’t valuing them as gifts.
That Struggle Became Part of the Becoming Kingdom
That experience is one of the reasons I created the Becoming Kingdom.
The Kingdom gives me a way to turn some of these very real struggles with identity, purpose, healing, and gifts into stories.
And this week, we met Beatriz.
Beatriz has what I would call an invisible gift.
She loves putting little things together.
She creates beautiful invitations.
She thinks about details.
She helps people gather.
And when Princess Amaya notices how special her work is, Beatriz is almost surprised.
Really? You like them?
That little response says so much.
Because sometimes someone else recognizes the gift before we do.
“It Was No Big Deal”
Then Zuri sees something deeper.
Zuri tells Beatriz that she has a deep-rooted gift.
But Beatriz brushes it off.
It wasn’t a big deal.
She just likes putting little things together.
And THAT is exactly how invisible gifts can hide.
Maybe you naturally make people feel welcome.
Maybe everyone calls you when they need perspective.
Maybe you see solutions quickly.
Maybe you organize chaos without thinking much about it.
Maybe children trust you.
Maybe you can make complicated information simple.
Maybe you notice the person everyone else forgot.
Maybe you can gather people around an idea.
And because you have always been able to do it, you assume:
Doesn’t everybody do this?
No.
They don’t. 😂
Sometimes the thing you keep calling nothing deserves a second look.
Princess Amaya and Zuri See Gifts Differently
This is also where Princess Amaya and Zuri’s roles in the Becoming Kingdom are beginning to come alive.
Princess Amaya is the Peace Guide.
She helps quiet fear, distortion, and confusion so someone can recognize what is true about herself.
Zuri is the Keeper of the Healing Gardens.
She understands roots, nurturing, healing, cultivation, and what it takes for something hidden to eventually bear fruit.
So when Beatriz cannot see what is special about herself, they respond differently.
Amaya helps her see it.
Zuri helps her understand that it has roots worth cultivating.
I love that.
Because recognizing your gift is only the beginning.
Eventually, you have to receive it.
Develop it.
Use it.
And allow it to mature.
What Gift Have You Been Overlooking?
This is where I would invite you to reflect.
What do people consistently come to you for?
What do you do naturally that seems unusually difficult for other people?
What did you love doing before you became concerned about whether it was impressive or profitable?
What kinds of problems do you instinctively want to help solve?
What have people complimented you on that you immediately brushed aside?
And what part of yourself have you been comparing away?
You do not have to discover everything today.
But I do believe there is value in intentionally exploring what God has placed inside of you.
That is part of why I am building The Becoming System™.
I want to create a process that helps women look at identity, gifts, strengths, values, life seasons, purpose, and the other pieces that help us understand:
Who am I becoming, and what has God given me to work with?
Because sometimes we are asking God to show us our purpose while overlooking clues He has already placed inside of us.
You’re Not Behind. You’re Becoming.
And maybe you are reading this thinking:
I don’t know what my gifts are.
That’s okay.
You are not behind.
You are becoming.
Recognition itself can be part of the journey.
Give yourself permission to explore.
Pay attention.
Pray.
Notice patterns.
Receive what others lovingly reflect back to you.
And most importantly, stop assuming that something cannot be special simply because it feels natural to you.
It may feel natural because it belongs to you.
Own the gift God gave you.
xoxo,
Chauntel 💛
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