Gifts and talents
Gifts and talents since people have different combinations of virtues, talents, gifts, and skills. In knowing
the desire of God with respect to a course of action or accepting an offer/opportunity, we ought to
carefully ponder whether it makes good sense based on our skills and talents. In this stage of
discernment, God does at times need us to attempt new things and find new abilities, but it is more
typical that He will ask of us things that are at least somewhat in the range of the possible based on our
individual gifts. Young are frequently still during the time spent finding their gifts and abilities and ought
to be more open to attempting new and testing things.