Discoteque
Rock n' Roll Doggie
After our pastor gave yet another powerful sermon tonight (they're never really like 'sermons' in the true sense anyway, they're usually pretty amazing...wish I could share them with y'all), I drove home thinking about...spiritual gifts. Those who use them, those who haven't yet discovered them, and those who never do. I know the Bible says that God gives everyone a unique 'gift' of some type to use for His glory, and I'm always curious about those who truly discover their gift(s) and use them?I know personally, I'm desperately wanting to figure out what mine is/are...what I'm good at, what I enjoy doing, how I can best serve. I went through a bit of a catharsis tonight, trying to "let go and let God", esp. being in the position of being unemployed, and scared for my future. God has a plan for me. It's just that I want to know what it is NOW.
Patience, Grasshopper...
But I digress.
Which brings me to U2, of course, specifically Bono.
I am continuously in complete awe of the gifts that have been bestowed upon Bono - especially that he discovered his gifts so early, and how he continues to squeeze every last drop out of them, and how (I believe) using his gifts have helped to propel U2 to the top of the music industry. I know Bono is a uniqeu blend of so many things: his Irish heritage, his childhood, his tragedies, his friends, finding deep faith at early age, what was happening musically in the world at the time, etc. But with his gifts of words, philanthropy, thought, and political activism, I find myself looking to Bono as a picture of really what could be accomplished if I - if anyone - put their own unique gifts and abilities 100% to the task, whatever it may be. It makes me think of what an amazing world this would be to live in if strived for this...it would be such a remarkable place to live in... *wistful*
Does anyone else struggle with this? Trying to find their way in the world, to see the bigger picture, to leave a mark, to make a difference...TO DO SOMETHING??
But I digress.
Which brings me to U2, of course, specifically Bono.
I am continuously in complete awe of the gifts that have been bestowed upon Bono - especially that he discovered his gifts so early, and how he continues to squeeze every last drop out of them, and how (I believe) using his gifts have helped to propel U2 to the top of the music industry. I know Bono is a uniqeu blend of so many things: his Irish heritage, his childhood, his tragedies, his friends, finding deep faith at early age, what was happening musically in the world at the time, etc. But with his gifts of words, philanthropy, thought, and political activism, I find myself looking to Bono as a picture of really what could be accomplished if I - if anyone - put their own unique gifts and abilities 100% to the task, whatever it may be. It makes me think of what an amazing world this would be to live in if strived for this...it would be such a remarkable place to live in... *wistful*
Does anyone else struggle with this? Trying to find their way in the world, to see the bigger picture, to leave a mark, to make a difference...TO DO SOMETHING??