Great post, Mike.

Yes, I am also familiar with the Strengthfinders 2.0 book.  I picked it up as a recommendation from a friend awhile back.  While I do love the idea of knowing where my more natural strengths and gifts are, I was also cognizant of how we could easily fall into confusing moral issues as being the weaknesses we can ignore, if that makes sense! :)  ie Someone who's strength lies in teaching as opposed to 'giving' could easily use that as an excuse to NEVER give if they are in a position to do so.  This is just one example of many scenarios I'm sure we can come up with.

I loved all of the points you highlighted.  Especially this one:

'Weaknesses make me empathetic of others. Were it not for my own weaknesses, I’d judge you. I’m way too quick to judge and criticize others when they are weak where I might be strong. Judgment separates.'

In the same vein as I shared above, this  is also the other side of the coin.  This is where we have an opportunity to accept that I have certain strengths that others may not have and vice versa.  Sometimes we mistakenly judge simply over the diversity of our natural gifts and talents.  Judging someone who doesn't have a talent for speaking and teaching when it's simply not their gift! haha

Thanks for sharing your heart and thoughts Mike. I really like this post.

Sincerely,
Samantha