tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82268810506383421822011-04-21T18:14:08.344-07:00-noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226881050638342182.post-49484986799794159722008-06-14T18:45:00.000-07:002008-06-14T18:51:03.491-07:00When I was in college, I was blessed with the opportunity to speak in chapel.  It was amazing.  I loved it.  Not for the fame or being on stage and having everyone listen to me--that was the worst part--I loved it because I love blessing people with the depth of the Word, especially young people.<div><br /></div><div>I actually snuck out the back and stayed away from people the rest of the day.  I didn't want people telling me how cool or good I was.  Half of them would have been lying and the other half would have made me think too highly of myself.</div><div><br /></div><div>God created each of us to be different tools in His toolbox.  Nothing makes a tool feel more fulfilled than to be used for the purpose to which it was created--our Spiritual Gifts, if you will.  My Spiritual Gifts are such that I love to hide away in dusty theology libraries and research a subject days on end for years, and then emerge to write some books and speak on the wisdom I uncovered from the ancients.  </div><div><br /></div><div>It's what God created me for and it is how I most feel...well, fulfilled. :o)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8226881050638342182-4948498679979415972?l=matthewdfreeman.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>-noreply@blogger.com0