S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you Shadira Bylinowski for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored:

65%

84%

75%

46%

56%

68%

43%

84%

56%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
The spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness. I love sharing the Word and sharing my knowledge with others. Whether or not they are in the faith. I genuinely enjoy bringing the Light of the Messiah into their lives. I love spreading the good news

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My love language is to serve. I show my care, love, and affection by serving others in any way possible. Whether it be cooking, sharing the Word, etc.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to motivate others. There have been many times when I have felt sad, depressed, lonely and I would never want anyone else to feel that way. Therefore, my daily goal is to ensure that everyone I touch, speak to, or meet is encouraged to reach their utmost potential. I believe positive energy is contagious. It only takes one person being positive to spread it.

[H]eart

1. Spend time with my family.

2. Scrapbooking

3. Reading

I love to work with fellow mothers lately. Any age – just fellow mothers that understand the type of struggles I may be going through and can advise me or vice versa

MOPS
Helping the community

Drug abuse/recovery
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Call center – helping veterans obtain doctor’s appointments for the disability pension and compensation. However, I will be signing a conditional job offer with Brevard Sheriff Office as a Security Communication Officer

I worked in retail management for the last 14 years

I am really good at motivating individuals to reach their fullest potential by having them focus on their strengths rather than their weaknesses.

My positive outlook combined with my strategic mind

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Routine

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Beaver’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

[E]xperience

I was raised Catholic. However, even though I attended every service and Bible class that was required of me as a child, I did not feel a connection to God. I had so many questions that went unanswered and this prevented me from connecting. When I was a teenager, I rebelled and stated I would not go to church with my family on Sundays. At age 18, my grandfather (mentor and role model) passed away after a long battle with stomach cancer. Twenty-eight days later, my father passed from a heart attack. I was devastated. Two immense losses in such a short period of time. My downward spiral began. I was filled with anger and grief. So much pain. I moved out of my mother’s house and went to live with friends. I focused all my energy into work and going out. This paid off at work as I was quickly promoted through the ranks and had my own store within a year. I was the youngest store manager in my district. However, inside I felt nothing other than anger and loneliness. Finally, after years of this, I broke down. I was alone in my apartment and just fell to the floor. The pain was too much for me to bear. For the first time in years, I cried. I cried, screamed, and just let so much anger out at God. I yelled at Him for abandoning me, for not loving me enough to connect, for taking my grandfather, for taking my father, for everything. When I was finished I just put my head back down on the floor and continued sobbing. Then, suddenly, I felt the weight being lifted off my shoulders. I felt this warm hug. I can’t really explain it. But I knew He was there. I knew that He was taking the weight off and letting me feel His love for me. I was filled with joy and began laughing uncontrollably. I grabbed His hand that day and I have not let it go since.

Being able to find a church in Orlando that provided me with the knowledge I had longed for.

Meeting my husband and finding an unconditional ally in him. Being able to share this journey with him as well as start a family.

Being able to find a new church home in Brevard County that helps me combine my knowledge of the Word with servicing others within the church.

Losing my grandfather and father have helped give me compassion to relate to others that have suffered a loss

Having fertility issues, a high risk pregnancy, premature baby, and then subsequently postpartum depression have helped me cherish the blessing of motherhood even more as well as relating to mothers that may have gone or are currently going through similar challenges.

Having a stepson that was abandoned by his mother, has anger/trust issues, and is currently in prison has developed a passion in me for At-Risk children

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. Push / Motivate my husband to finish his degree and get the job of his dreams

4. Have my dream job of being a victim advocate

5. Help the community’s silent victims (depression, post-partum, at-risk children that no one notices)