I have come to fall in love with teaching in Catholic schools. What are YOU in love with?...

"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything." - Pedro Arrupe

Monday, March 5, 2012

Finding Strengths...for the Journey

I'm not going to rush into posting too much about this too soon, but I'm fascinated already...

Okay, so, Kelly, what on earth are you talking about?

Well, in response to an invitation on retreat a few weekends ago, I joined a small faith-sharing/discussion group called "Strengths for the Journey" - we've had one meeting so far, and then we were given an assignment to take an online assessment that would calculate (in order) our top 5 "strengths" (more about what "strengths" are at a later time - once I understand them more).

I'm still reading up on my results, but here are my Top 5:

1- Strategic
2- Responsibility
3- Includer
4- Learner
5- Adaptability

And what's especially interesting in reading more about the different strengths is that each one is discussed in the book using certain Bible passages (okay, it's the Catholic edition of the book) to give further insight.

For example, take the strength "Strategic" - here are 2 Bible passages centered on this strength:

"Without knowledge, even zeal is no good; and he who acts hastily, blunders." -Proverbs 19:2


"No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it." -1Corinthians 10:13


I think those match up pretty well with me.

Now, once we've all taken our assessments, we are going to read the book Living Your Strengths (Catholic Ed.) and participate in 3 more weeks of small group discussions about the book, our own personal strengths, and, finally, how we can best capitalize or use our strengths to serve God and others.

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This is turning out to be a pretty worthwhile and meaningful Lenten promise. Amen to that.

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