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Post by Sabertooth on Jan 16, 2012 4:30:05 GMT -5
Rom. 12:6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7 If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. I have always been taught that each of these gifts had corresponding personality types. Specifically, one with the gift of prophesying might tend to see things in black & white. Does this sound familiar...?  |
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Post by jackmt on Jan 16, 2012 5:02:15 GMT -5
Prophesy, prophecy, profess, = to speak forth. As an Aspie, I have a license to be rude. |
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Post by Sabertooth on Jan 16, 2012 5:20:41 GMT -5
Well, physicians have to get fresh with us sometimes in order to do their jobs...
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Post by jackmt on Jan 22, 2012 0:19:02 GMT -5
But is Asperger's a gift? Of all the millions of possible combinations available at the time I was conceived, God picked me. Who am I to argue with God? (I am an Irish twin, 4 days from being an Irish triplet, 1 of 10 kids in less than 15 yrs.) I see things clearly but communicate them badly. At least orally. I seem to do better when I write. Still I have an amazing gift of offense, aka the 'sandpaper ministry': I rub people the wrong way. |
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Post by Sabertooth on Jan 22, 2012 4:08:57 GMT -5
I like the phrase, "sandpaper ministry." Have you seen the new TV series, "The Finder?" I identify with the lead character in many ways. He claims that when he finds someone's lost item, he often finds other things that they don't want found as well. In our fallen world the Truth is almost always bittersweet.
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Post by sbs2012 on Aug 27, 2012 17:26:56 GMT -5
"A Gift"?...Huh?...I just don't get it?...I'm not good at being with people...I annoy them and I find them annoying...and right at this moment, I'm mad that they don't see what I do is "normal"?...for me...Emotions confuse me to the point that I think people are "stupid" and "illogical"...and those "smiley" faces, people use on the computer are annoying since I can't get the emotions of them right!...
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Post by Sabertooth on Aug 27, 2012 18:14:42 GMT -5
"Love" is a verb. You have to choose to love people. If you are saved and pray that God will help you, He will [help you].
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit really helps to that end. The Holy Spirit does really cool things with our Aspergers, if we let him. It's a little like being an Apple in a PC world, but it doesn't slow God down for a second.
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Post by sbs2012 on Sept 7, 2012 16:52:04 GMT -5
What is it with NT Christian people!...Why can't they accept me as an Aspie and not make it "sound" like I'm not what I am?...I've tried to explain what it's like to be an Aspie and I'm "attacked" that I shouldn't be that way.(?)... I can't handle some noises or sounds and this guy annoys me cause he repeats a lot with words like, "right" when I say something...what if I say something wrong and he says, "right"?...duh!...and I'm trying so hard not to yell at him to Shut up, your repeating is annoying to my hearing!  ...I just wanted to sit quietly at the computer playing Bingo and enjoy the silence...  |
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Post by Sabertooth on Sept 8, 2012 0:25:45 GMT -5
As Christians, we all wrestle against the tendencies of our flesh as we seek to serve God. It isn't that NTs or Aspies are better or worse in that regard, because
I believe that our fleshly tendencies tend to be more in one direction while theirs tend to be more in another. They fail in ways that we think should be a no-brainer, as do we (from their perspective). Without God's grace both camps tend to get frustrated with each other and unnecessary divisions arise.
It seems like the "confusion of Babel" continued into modern times. Our "atypical use of speech" doesn't help to that end.
We can't compel others to walk that out, but we can make it our aim. And God promises to bless that...!
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...I just wanted to sit quietly at the computer playing Bingo and enjoy the silence... 