Have you ever wondered why the very things you excel at never get used? I felt that way all my life. In many ways, those understandings made me feel unseen and unappreciated. Like the very things I was amazing at, no one else seemed to notice, and I certainly wasn't getting to use them in everyday life.

Fast-forward nine years into my walk with the Lord, and it dawned on me that God is using all the skills I excel at. Every bit of my untapped talent is now being used for His glory. I mean, everything I am good at is getting used.

Then it hit me: God feels the same way we do. He's with us, but we don't see Him; most of us don't even know His abilities. He can do anything, achieve anything, create anything, heal anything, restore anything, transform anything, and the list goes on.

We think we know what to do regarding our lives. Except we weren't created to navigate this world alone. When we walk with the Lord, God is present. Not only does He know the untapped talent lying within each one of us, but He also brings it to the surface. And all at the same time, I was learning about the wonderful abilities God possesses. He used His abilities to completely redesign my life. Not only my life externally, but He also redesigned who I am internally. 

Now, I see humans and God as a unit. We go together; He made us for Him. When we give Him our time and respect, beautiful stories get written. He made each and every one of us "one of a kind." There isn't a person on the planet who can help us reach our true potential. Only God can access the innermost parts of our being, and when we give Him access, He brings all of our talents and abilities to the surface. And He does so by using all of His talents and abilities. It really is the most beautiful reality about how God and humanity flow together.

Only then will we ever truly feel loved and seen. There isn't a single person or institution that can develop who we were meant to be; it's not possible. We can't even begin to know the real us; it takes God to introduce us to ourselves, and only then can He start shaping and developing who He created us to be.

If you feel everything you are amazing at never gets to shine, start your journey home with the Lord. We all fit together like a beautiful puzzle. We complement each other in ways you can't even imagine.

The journey home back into the light is filled with so many wonderful truths and discoveries. If only I could go back and relive my life with God from the start, I would.