slow learner

It has taken me awhile, but it's finally dawning on me that God isn't asking me to use gifts he hasn't given me. He's asking me to use gifts that he has given me, even if these are in areas that produce anxiety or fear in me. I'm trying to train myself to rejoice when I find that I'm fearful or anxious because it probably means that I'm going to be learning something new. Pavlov z.