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

Thank you Meghan Moody (Leonard) 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 (in alphabetical order):

50%

65%

81%

62%

93%

43%

56%

59%

53%

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:
I’m an empath. My heart hurts when others hurt & I am extremely sensitive to those who are in pain & are suffering. I believe in forgiveness.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to build up people & encourage their strengths. Learning from others is important but having people believe in themselves is the root of encouragement in order to have confidence so that they may have the ability to teach others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I speak truth with love, at least that is my goal when I’m speaking of Christ and my walk with Him. I may not know all the biblical references by heart, but I do know how Christ has changed me thus far & I’m willing and in fact, happy to share my experience.

[H]eart

1. Being a Mom to my daughter, she gives me purpose.

2. Art. Painting & figuring out how to glorify God doing so. Teaching Art to kids, their little brains are made for creating! Seeing the joy and happiness that comes when they create art is priceless!

3. Doing hair for a living gives me so much joy when I’m able to make someone else feel better about themselves.

kids mostly, they are full of energy & their inquisition of life is naturally comical, endearing, & loving

helping those who need it. helping those less fortunate in other countries, those who need love, food, homes, family, etc.

Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
At-risk children

[A]bilities

I am a cosmetologist & Artist.

Teaching Art to kids, ages range from 4-13, working with several non-profits to help children, babies, those that are homeless. Also working with other addicts in recovery.

I am sensitive to the supernatural and very empathetic to those who are affected by it. I can help bring a vision out through art, expression. I can help those suffering from drugs & alcohol as well just by being in recovery for as long as I have been.

I have developed a curriculum for learning basic children’s/ young adult knowledge of Art. I have also spoken & lead several meetings about recovery.

Art & my love for teaching Art to kids, helping them see the joy in creating.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

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

[E]xperience

I grew up in a family that was generationally fairly legalistic. From early on I was taught to live by rules & rewards for good behavior follow. If I didn’t have good behavior then my soul was basically at risk or damned. I had a lot of questions as I grew up but not a lot of them could be answered. So I then went from believing in a God who punished to not believing at all. When I was 19, I was baptized. It was not a joyful experience by any means. I was interrogated for hours being told that I could very well die the next day and if that were the case I’d then go to hell. Since I was confused & crying, I just agreed to get baptized in order to get everyone to shut up. Then, I continued to live my life for the next handful of years questioning God and trying to look for answers. It wasn’t until July of 2010 that everything came crashing down like a ton of bricks in order for me to see that God is in fact, REAL. That Jesus was in FACT ALIVE. I was in Israel for almost a month. A day where I was just walking around, I ended up in the Holy Church of Sepulchre. I stumbled upon the stone where Jesus was prepped for burial without having any idea where I was or what I was looking at & then it just hit me. I felt a massive weight in my chest and my heart & had to take a moment to let it all soak in. I prayed immediately for peace in my heart & happiness & for God to speak to me. He answered those prayers almost immediately. In order for my life to get better, it had to get worse first. I still had more suffering to endure before my eyes & heart could open more. But there was NO DOUBT that Jesus was there with me & has been with me ever since. That day made me a believer. I never doubted Him from then on. I also realized that Faith is something that I can not see physically but there’s no denying that He is in my heart. I trust God, my Lord with my heart & soul.

My family being believers (although between us, we have a different approach)

My brother and I aren’t even a year apart & he and I have always been very close. He’s my 1st best friend & all throughout life, we’ve always had each other throughout everything.

Art & music have always been a positive outlet for me.

My parent’s divorce – My Mom abusing my brother & I, having to testify against her in court. Going to court for my parent’s divorce on my 16th birthday.

Becoming addicted, overdosing several times. The first time at age 13, my first suicide attempt & being in the ICU while my Dad told me that I was a loser. Spending the night there by myself.

Being sexually assaulted & not having the cops back me up to help me. I couldn’t even press charges. Becoming a little bit agoraphobic because I was scared to go outside and be assaulted again.

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. Having a huge studio to paint for a living & teach kids.

4. owning a home & being able to take care of close friends & family

5. being able to provide a future for all of my kids