Poised For Potential

Imagine this. You find a magic lamp. Naturally you rub it and, predictably, a genie pops out. You stand there, staring, waiting for the genie to tell you that you have three wishes. To your surprise, instead, the genie tells you that you have one wish, and with that wish you can change anything about the way you look. What do you say? Would you wish for longer, softer hair? Perhaps you would wish to be taller? Maybe you don’t like how small your nose is? Have you have always wanted sparkly, blue eyes? I am sure that there are lots of girls out there that can think of at least one thing that they would like to change about the way they look. But how many of them would say something like, “No thanks, genie, God made me the way I am, and I am complete in Him.” How many girls are actually happy with every part of the way they look? Girls tend to be their own worst critics. We see every little flaw in ourselves. Every miss placed hair, every freckle, every blemish. W

  Have you ever thought that maybe you don't have a purpose? That maybe God put you here without any special gifts? Just because He wanted another human on the earth? Well don't think that! I know it is hard sometimes to find what we were made to do, who we were made to be, even why we were made at all. But trust me, God put you here for a reason, a very special reason. Sometimes, it can be hard to identify the reason, and along the way we tend to lose faith and give up. Stay strong! Don't give up hope. I am going to go through a few ways you can identify your special talents. 1. What do you like to do?   I doubt that God would give you a special gift or talent that you didn't enjoy doing.  Think, what do I like to do in my spare time?  What do I like to do to help people?  What do I like to do in school?  What do I like to do at home?  Something to remember, however, is that things don't always come easily. Just because it is something you enjoy, doesn't mean t