What if you don’t need complete clarity before you begin?
Last week, I hit a pocket of deep discouragement and started questioning everything: Am I actually listening to God? Am I following His leading? Am I just trying to get His approval after the fact?
In the middle of all of that, an ordinary comment during our church connect group gave me language for what I’d been carrying: discouragement. No one was trying to solve it for me. Being in community simply helped me notice something I hadn’t been able to name on my own.
I still don’t have all the answers.
But I’ve been experimenting with something simple: showing up anyway.
Five quiet minutes. A verse. A sleeping toddler. A Connection Call that had to be rescheduled—and then no one attended live. 😆
And strangely, all of it kept pointing me toward the same thing:
Sometimes we learn by showing up, trying, paying attention, and adjusting.
That can be true in discernment.
And it can also be true with your God-given gifts.
In this episode, we explore:
What do you already know—and what is one small way you could use it more intentionally this week?
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10; Psalm 139:1–10
Sometimes community doesn’t hand you an answer. It helps you hear your own story differently. If you can see some pieces of how God wired you but would value thoughtful reflection as you notice and name the patterns, that’s exactly the kind of space we’re creating inside the God-Given Gifts Circle.
We begin September 14, and registration closes Friday, September 11.
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