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It became more important to me to feel God’s presence than to have my problems solved. I learned to wait, to listen, and to surrender. It was there I discovered God can restore my spiritual personality. I fell into stretches of stress and anxiety, managing everything but my inner fears. I focused on problem solving to get rid of the uncertainty. Before you know it, you feel a damp puddle where the paper towels used to be stocked. Real changes, good or bad, usually happen like a slow drip from the pipe underneath the kitchen sink. God took me through a dusty road through the wilderness, stripped down to my resources. I don’t have a short story to tell about how I got my spark back. I was working way too hard inside my heart. Without this light, everything feels flat and muted. Joy is the sunshine that brings our God-given, unique personalities to life. Fears of losing my job, a growing number of disappointments and spiritual confusion over what God was doing in my life did a number on my personality. This all felt very self-empowering, until I hit a perfect storm of problems. I kept myself busy, inspired to change, always up to something new. But whatever I did could never be sustained indefinitely.įailure didn’t stop me. There was always an initial boost whenever I tried something new to become less stressed and more relaxed. I used to feel defeated trying to get rid of negative traits I saw in my personality. The Sparkįaith is the biggest catalyst to changing our personality, but it’s not all that popular. While there are genetic as well as psychological and social factors that create deep impressions into our personality make-up during early childhood, the role of faith is missing from the whole conversation. I was surprised to read about a study published last month on LiveScience that asserts one’s personality is set for life by 1st grade. Now that I’m a mom of two boys, I see the same sort of fascination with personality applied to the parenting. It only intensified, as marriage experts offered relationship advice, based on the presumption that people really don’t change all that much. We wouldn’t want to waste time going out with someone whose personality was incompatible with ours, would we?Īfter I got married, the topic of personality didn’t die down. When I was single, I’d see tons of articles about dating written to help everybody assess a potential girlfriend or boyfriend’s personality. Is an individual’s personality set in stone or do other factors influence behavior? I say faith trumps everything because faith can actually change your personality. If you don't have a post to share, no worries. For those joining in the Faith Barista Jam today: At the end of the post, click the blue button to submit the url