God Did Not Want Me to Be a Mechanic

Don't you love quizzes on the Internet? You can discover what kind of cupcake you are, which Harry Potter house you would enter, which celebrity you would most likely marry, and sometimes it can even tell you your future.

In sixth grade, we were required to take an assessment to help us determine our career. After answering around one hundred questions regarding our skills, if we liked working with others, etc., the quiz would give you the top three career choices you were fit for. Seems like a time saver, right? Now, as a six grader we could finally understand where our fate would lead us.

What was one of mine? Mechanic.

Do not get me wrong, I like problem solving as much as the next girl... but I realized quickly with disappointment that I could not wear heels in a garage. I could not listen to people make sounds intimidating what was wrong with their car all day without laughing. I also was not passionate about cars. Plain and simple.. mechanic was a no-go.

So there I sat.. 12 years old with my destiny quickly ripped away as fast as it was given to me.

What is the point of reflecting over this juvenile memory? God did not create me to be a mechanic. God did not create me to be a school teacher. God did not create me to be a doctor or a nurse. God did not create me to be an astronaut. More so, I can tell you reasons why my gifts and passions do not fit those careers.

It is important to realize that we are all uniquely created. The Lord created us each individually with different passions, gifts, talents, and special areas we can thrive in.

It is our responsibility to discover what makes us want to wake up in the morning. It is our responsibility to find out what makes us tick and the wheels we were given to make that clock turn.

It is also our responsibility to recognize our limits. Just as I was not made to be a mechanic, maybe you were not made to be a teacher. It seems easy to fall into a path that makes the most money or a path we think will only be temporary.. but take a step back and ask yourself if that path is challenging your gifts or encouraging you to be the best you can be.

Appreciate the gifts that you have been given, but also recognize and appreciate the gifts given to others. I appreciate my mechanic as much as I appreciate my doctors or teachers because I acknowledge that I could never perform those jobs with the same capabilities they have. I also appreciate the gifts I have been given because I know that is what the Lord thought I could thrive and celebrate life through Him with.

You talent is God's gift to you. What you do with those talents can be your gift back to God.

Maybe you are not meant to be a mechanic; maybe you are. However, you were created in God's image with your own set of wrenches, parts, nuts and bolts. How will you use them?

#career #limits #call #gifts #unique #created