Personality

Everything I have been reading and watching lately has been about personality. MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) had us take a personality test, the book I have been reading is about personality and finding yourself as a mother, Joyce Myers teaching this week and the CD set I borrowed from mom, also about personality. So what is God trying to tell me? I wonder, why all this about my personality? Is he trying to change my personality? Is he trying to remind myself of who I am above Gianna's milk machine and diaper changer?

So here is the hard part in taking personality tests: who you are vs. who you think or know you'd like to be.

Am I sociable, strong-willed, self-sacrificing, or submissive? Well yes. All four at different times and all at once!
Am I inspiring, independent, idealistic, or inoffensive? Again YES!
Am I talkative, tactless, too sensitive, or timid? you see the point. this is hard!

But I did learn something. First of all I am a mix between Popular Sanguine and Peaceful Phlegmatic (which are opposites on the scale, lol) which basically means I like to have interaction with people who like me (who doesn't?) and I need regular time with family and friends where there is no conflict and I am not in charge (this is why mom is my sanctuary).

Second of all, Dyrs took the personality test too and we are complete opposites in every category. Which explains a lot.
Where I am more extroverted, he is more introverted.
Where I am more intuitive, he is more structured.
Where I feel, he thinks. Where he judges, I perceive.

At first I thought, no wonder we bicker! And then I thought harder. We are perfectly balanced.
He is my perfect match, where I am weak he is strong. Where he is weak, I am strong. What a wonderful discovery!

So what does this all mean? I think it means I am learning to accept, rather, appreciate myself, my personality. As long as I work at it, I can not only not loose myself as a mother, but nurture my personality and have it be for the glory of God!
I can also learn who I am so I can better interact with others. I read all the personality types, and I know someone who fits into them all. It also gave helpful hints on how to deal with other types.

I am glad this has all come up, I feel more at peace, there is actually not that much difference between who I am and who I know I would like to be, because I know I would like to be ME~