gifting

what is your spiritual gifting? during my track time i think mine was serving and P.E. told me that if that is my strength i am a good match to be a host/greeter in church setting. and i was taken by surprise because i feel uncomfortable with the greeter role. i so desire to have the prophectic (miracle/healing) gifting cause it is glam. i still think it is a glam. gifting but i now understand that if i was to have it i would not be able to handle it.

since all TCC-ians are activiated in the prophectic ministry so i am happy enough to be at the level that majority of us are in. =) hee... believe it or not i praise God for the 'carpark' gifting that i have. i remembered hearing from someone that P.Dom once joked about how being prophetic had always helped him get a parking lot everytime in a crowded place. i too experience it, whenever my hubby and i are in a shopping mall, i will somehow know that there is a parking lot here or there. even when the carpark is fulled i will know the area to wait in and sometime even know which car will be coming out and (may sound spooky to non-believers) i will 'know' the driver - eg. no. of family members/ race/ last stop he or she made in the mall. interesting huh?

a frd sent me this link to check out what is my spiritual gifting, maybe you can try it too. but its not fool-prove so must use it with discernment (that's what the Holy Spirit is for isn't it?)
http://www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi?intro=1

my gifting:

Serving: 23
Exhortation: 19
Pastor/Shepherd: 17

Showing Mercy: 16
Teaching: 16
Giving: 14
Evangelism :12
Prophecy: 11

Administration: 7

so the advise was:
The gift of serving is not the gift God gives you when you cannot do anything else. It is spiritual in nature and as important as any gift in the church. Never think it is anything less; it only becomes less if you do not use it as God intended.

HOW CAN YOU USE YOUR GIFT? (MERCY)
Your gift may put you into action. You may serve as manager of maintenance and grounds. You can do may tasks such as paint the walls, pick up trash, sort hymnals, clean the baptistry, keep the nursery or launder nursery bedding, cook meals, paint signs, drive the bus, help with the choir, run errands, serve as an audio-video worker, help with recordkeeping, be the church librarian, act as a greeter or an usher, serve as a stage hand in drama productions or as a photographer. You may want to help in special ministries such as migrant or community help (with home repairs or meal-on-wheels for the needy and elderly), as a hospitality worker for newcomers, or as an instrumentalist. You may also enjoy beautifying the church ground with flower gardens and landscaping. The list goes on.


HOW CAN YOU USE YOUR DOMINANT GIFT? (EXHORTATION)
You may use your special gift in many areas. You may want to be a leadership trainer. You could certainly serve as a counselor in church or in a counseling center. You could teach in church training or seminars or even small groups. You would make a good telephone ministry worker and would be a tremendous volunteer to follow up with new converts. You would work well as an encourager with those who are discouraged and as a counselor in a drug or alcohol program, rescue mission, poverty program, half-way house or runaway ministry or in a shelter for abused women and children. You could also use your gift in organizing or serving in a Men's or Women's Ministry.

ghee... you judge lar... am i really that?!!?!