When Grace Covers What Gifting Doesn't

There’s something quietly beautiful about being at peace with your own limitations — like standing barefoot in the soft soil of who you truly are, without needing to bloom in every garden.

This week at Elijah House A-School, I’ve made a fair share of clumsy mistakes while serving on the sound desk. Wrong buttons. Missed cues. A tangle of wires and sighs. And then yesterday, Sandee gently told me, “This is not your gifting.” I'm not sure if it was a comment or a question. A few years ago, that would have pierced my heart and her "we love you" that followed would have missed my heart. I might’ve internalised it as failure, as unworthiness, as shame but without missing a beat, I heard myself reply with calm clarity, “No, it’s a skill — something I’m capable of, but not something I’m called to excel at.”