I have an opportunity to speak to a group of mentors tomorrow about bridging the gap between what is and where they want to be.

For the past seven years, I have received these speaking opportunities with gratitude and without having a word-for-word prepared speech, have taken the stage with a love in my heart and a desire to share what the audience is ready to hear.

My heart and God’s inspiration have never failed me. Many times, words flow from my lips that I could never have planned. And always I hear comments from individuals of “that is exactly what I needed today”, or “it felt like you were talking directly to me”.

I have taken courses on NLP and proper speaking technique. And I am grateful for the background that helps me be more connective in my body language on stage. However, today in our silent meditation, I realized that speaking solely based on what I have learned in a class is inauthentic to me.

My gift and genius is receiving inspiration and having the ability to transfer that inspiration into digestible information that is easily understood and absorbed by those who are willing and ready to receive it.

The scientific approach seems so primitive in comparison. The words that came to me in that silent meditation were: elementary, false, flesh, manipulative, preying on, false manufacture of emotion.

I am not knocking techniques like NLP or body language that are taught by many to help people feel confident on stage. For me, with my particular gift of touching hearts through inspiration in the moment, it is not the best method.

Trusting my gift, requires me also to trust God and to trust myself to listen. Even beyond that, I must trust that those who I am speaking to will listen and feel the power and truth of my message.

Mary mentioned on our call today, that she has had a similar feeling that she must trust herself, God and even trust that she is on the right path!

Felicia reminded us on the call about Queen Esther in the Bible whose uncle said: 

“…and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” -Esther 4:14

It takes courage to trust, as Esther did, that we are being and have been prepared for whatever we are facing in our lives. Our daily habits (like Gratitude and Daily GPS), prepare us for ANY opportunity that arises for us to show in defense of a cause we believe in.

One of Coleen’s favorite scriptures to quote on our calls is:

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” -Proverbs 3:5

We only have part of the picture. What we observe in others, could very well be God’s guiding hand. It may look crazy to us (sometimes I feel that the guidance I receive looks crazy to other people), but God sees the outcome and if we trust Him ourselves and others, we can see a little further than if we rely only on what logic is telling us.

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