Enneagram

 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us…                                                             Romans 12:6

I recently listened to a podcast featuring Dr. Elizabeth Orr, speaking about the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a testing tool and explanation system that helps people understand how they view and interact with the world around them. The Enneagram has become much more popular in recent years, largely due to social media. It has become a topic of conversation by many Christians who accept this as a way of seeing how we can better understand ourselves and others.

I am no expert on the Enneagram, but I do find it interesting. One of the big advantages of such tools, like the Myers-Briggs, StrengthFinder and Enneagram, is to see them as a vehicle of self-compassion. When we can learn and accept how we are wired, and how we see the world, we can then see that as how God made us differently, but also masterfully.

We can experience and accept that our “wiring” is just how God planned us, and that no “wiring” is better than another- just different. We can also see that others perceive the world in a different way than we do.

That is a good thing to celebrate.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the diversity of gifts you have endowed us with, Amen