Laela
Sidestepping the "lynch mob"
What is your personality type?
God has created us with different personalities for different reasons. Our personalities are unique, a part of us from our conception. They are not mistakes because we are not mistakes.
There are many personality studies that classify different types of people. None of these are totally accurate in analyzing personality types, but they can be helpful in giving us insight into what our personality strengths and weaknesses are.
For example, one study classifies people into four different personality types:
1. Drivers
2. Expressives
3. Analyticals
4. Amiables
Drivers are people like me–project oriented, shakers and movers, fast moving, decisive, in-charge and productive. They also tend to be insensitive to people, self-centered and impatient.
Expressives are fun-loving, laid-back, creative people who run on their emotions and feelings. They get bored easily and don’t always finish the projects they start; they don’t think strategically, but live in the present and worry about tomorrow tomorrow.
Analyticals want to do things right and they tend to be perfectionists. They are very organized and abide by the rules. But they can be procrastinators because if they don’t have time to do it right, they just won’t do it.
Amiables are friendly people-lovers, who care a lot about others and try hard to please everyone. They are peace makers and try to keep everyone happy. But in the process, they worry too much about what others think, often fail to confront when they should, and try too hard to please everyone.
Think of some of the personalities in the Bible. Peter was obviously a driver, always in charge telling everyone else what to do. Martha was a driver, too, trying to tell Jesus and Mary what to do. Mary, on the other hand, was amiable, quiet, unassuming and meditative. Thomas was undoubtedly analytical: he had to have proof. “Show me the nail prints or I won’t believe,” he said. And King David probably had a large amount of expressive in him—the creative poet, a loving person, who acted without thinking and did what felt good at the moment.
Were their personalities* mistakes? No, and neither is yours. Did they need some personality polishing? Yes, and so do we.
-Mary Welchel
God has created us with different personalities for different reasons. Our personalities are unique, a part of us from our conception. They are not mistakes because we are not mistakes.
There are many personality studies that classify different types of people. None of these are totally accurate in analyzing personality types, but they can be helpful in giving us insight into what our personality strengths and weaknesses are.
For example, one study classifies people into four different personality types:
1. Drivers
2. Expressives
3. Analyticals
4. Amiables
Drivers are people like me–project oriented, shakers and movers, fast moving, decisive, in-charge and productive. They also tend to be insensitive to people, self-centered and impatient.
Expressives are fun-loving, laid-back, creative people who run on their emotions and feelings. They get bored easily and don’t always finish the projects they start; they don’t think strategically, but live in the present and worry about tomorrow tomorrow.
Analyticals want to do things right and they tend to be perfectionists. They are very organized and abide by the rules. But they can be procrastinators because if they don’t have time to do it right, they just won’t do it.
Amiables are friendly people-lovers, who care a lot about others and try hard to please everyone. They are peace makers and try to keep everyone happy. But in the process, they worry too much about what others think, often fail to confront when they should, and try too hard to please everyone.
Think of some of the personalities in the Bible. Peter was obviously a driver, always in charge telling everyone else what to do. Martha was a driver, too, trying to tell Jesus and Mary what to do. Mary, on the other hand, was amiable, quiet, unassuming and meditative. Thomas was undoubtedly analytical: he had to have proof. “Show me the nail prints or I won’t believe,” he said. And King David probably had a large amount of expressive in him—the creative poet, a loving person, who acted without thinking and did what felt good at the moment.
Were their personalities* mistakes? No, and neither is yours. Did they need some personality polishing? Yes, and so do we.
-Mary Welchel
Glad to hear that..and you're welcome, sis!
