Leadership ~ Archangel Gabriel

This is your card reading for Thursday, October 22nd/15.  Your card skimmed out of the 'Archangel' deck, authored by Doreen Virtue.  Your card is 'Leadership ~ Archangel Gabriel', and Doreen's message for the card is this:
"Archangel Gabriel:  It's time for you to assume your leadership power and position, and lovingly guide others...
Embrace your power in a loving way, and use it for the greater good.  I'll guide your actions so they inspire and motivate others.  I'll also replace any self-doubt about your qualifications with an increased desire to serve, help, and teach.  When your focus is more on 'How may I serve?,' then you won't worry about what others may think of you.  Focus upon your strengths, the many lessons you've learned, and how good it feels to be a living example of following one's Divine guidance."

My message for you today is this:
Archangel Gabriel's name means 'Messenger of God', and as such, Gabriel is often referred to as the 'communication angel'.  Many experience Gabriel's aura as copper in color, and a crystal said to align well with his energy is Citrine, as well as the metal, Copper (I personally experience Gabrielle's energy as a feminine energy...of course, the Archangels are Light Beings who have never been in physical form and thus are neither male nor female.  Yet, they present themselves in ways that we here in the physical can relate to.)
There are MANY arenas and situations in which you may take on a leadership role.  Your 'audience' need not be numbered in the hundreds for your leadership to be effective and impactful!  You may take on a leadership role within your own family in assisting someone to move through a challenging situation. You may take on a leadership role by organizing a charity event within your community.  You may take a leadership role by assisting a close friend in healing through an illness.  And yes...you may even take on a leadership role in a more 'public' way that requires you to make yourself more 'visible'!  
Last year, I was asked 'out of the blue' by a close friend to be a guest on her radio show. Let me tell you...I DID NOT see that one coming!  As frightened as I was about 'exposing' myself in this way (I was still somewhat in what I call the 'psychic closet' with various people in my life), I agreed to do it.  I agreed to it, because I knew beyond a doubt that this experience had been Divinely orchestrated and that it had been presented in my life for a reason.  So...I chose 'faith not fear', as my daughter says!  What an incredible, uplifting, affirming, joyful experience it was!  We were to be on the air for a half an hour, with the provision that we could remain on for over an hour if 'all was going well'---we remained on for over an hour!  If you had ever suggested to me that I would find being a guest on a LIVE radio show speaking unscripted about spirituality, I would have called you crazy!  Even now, having actually experienced it, it feels surreal to say that I loved speaking on a live radio show---this in NOT the vision I hold of myself!  The moral here is that when Spirit presents you with opportunities to take on a leadership role, beyond even what you would imagine for yourself, choose 'faith not fear' with the knowing that the Divine holds a higher view than you do here in the physical.  The Divine recognizes your potential and possibilities. Step up!
Archangel Gabriel has presented for you today to encourage you and support you in embracing the leadership role that has, or will be, asked of you in the near future.  Do so, with love and compassion and you cannot go wrong!
Blessed be...