What Do your Gifts & Calling Have to Do with Your Spiritual Gifts

So…What do your Spiritual Gifts and Calling have to do with your Creative Expression?

Your spiritual & natural gifts deal with your areas of weakness, your areas of strength, and your ability to think, imagine, and be creative. Oftentimes God uses your gifts without even your knowledge that you are using them. There is a scripture that says: the gifts are without repentance. That means wherever and however God decides to use them, whether you are walking in a place of less than perfect – or you are walking in love, your gifts are often used for his glory.
Your gifts are how God uses your voice to express Himself throughout the earth. Whether you have a voice, or not… you should still be able to express yourself. There are many deaf and mute person in this world, you have a whole lot to say, and they can make themselves known in a HUGE way! (I was impressed by this blog and she doesn’t even have a voice she uses outwardly!)
Here are an example of how gifts may be used to bless God’s kingdom, or your life!Your gift of faith may require that you take risk on several levels and if you can often believe like no one else can – you may take unbelievable chances to reach your dreams! Sometimes your gift will take you places no one else has ever been, and other times some will mock you for what you believe!
If you are a person that loves to write and express themselves through knowledge and you CRAVE research, writing and reading, then more than likely you have a gift of a word of knowledge.
Take these spiritual gift tests and see if what you LOVE may actually have a lot to do with what you are creatively gifted to do!
If you are one who loves people and relationships, relating and specifically showing and revealing love to the unfortunate and have a heart for those who are suffering and have a tendency to be very forgiving, and compassionate enough to show you CARE in a big way – you are a one who has the gift of a mercy.
If you love giving in any form, but mostly monetarily and giving for worthy causes and can fundraise at the drop of a hat; or love to give towards meaningful causes whenever there is a need – and enjoy the pleasure it brings to the hearts and lives of God’s people, you have the gift of giving.
If you are called to “be” on this earth, then you are called also to express God on the earth! We all have a divine purpose, and if we don’t fulfill this call, we cannot express God’s image on the earth!

long version
http://www2.elca.org/evangelizingchurch/assessments/spiritgifts.html

short version
http://mintools.com/spiritual-gifts-test.htm