B Average in Spirituality

Steve and I took a personality test of sorts, except that instead of the results revealing that you're an Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judger (which I am, by the way), it tells you what spiritual gifts God has blessed you with. I love taking these types of quizzes and was curious what type of heathen this particular quiz would expose me to be.

So you're supposed to end up with two primary gifts and two secondary gifts, but I had a four-way tie for 1st place (20 out of 20 points for each). According to the quiz, God has blessed me with the gifts of:

- Discernment: the gift to know and to test whether something is spiritually good or evil.

- Leadership: the gift to set goals and then lead others to work together to carry out these goals for the glory of God.

- Mercy: the gift of showing kindness and compassion in the name of Jesus to those who suffer.

- Wisdom: the gift to offer good advice, solid counsel, and spiritual insight as it relates to God's purpose.

Hmmmm...so I'm a bossy know-it-all with a bleeding heart and superb BS detection. Yup, sounds about right.

Equally unsurprising, I got a 1 out of 20 for the gift of Hospitality and a 0 out of 20 for Prayer. My friends will readily vouch for my hospitality score, and given the fact that I try to call in sick to mass on a semi-regular basis, I'd say it's no secret that I struggle with prayer. But I plan to work on both of these. Raise them to 10's out of 20 at least.

(The quiz we took is called Spiritual Gifts Inventory by Rev. Rusty Freeman)