“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts.  Use them well to serve one another.”  Peter 4:10

Some of you have recently taken the two-session course on Your Spiritual Gifts.  I hope you found it has enlightening as I did.  Yes, each of us has been blessed with spiritual gifts, but our gifts are unique to us.  Praise God that he has not made us all identical.   How unfortunate it would be if all of us had the gift of generosity, but no one could sing.  Or perhaps all of us were gifted with leadership, but no one had a deep faith.  God works in mysterious ways, giving his gifts to each and every one of us.

I’d like to think I have the gift of stringing a few words together to write a blog, though some of you may rightly disagree.  But I don’t have the strength to clean or care for the church and its property.  I may offer comfort to those who are suffering, but leadership is not in my toolbox.   It seems to me that when we volunteer for tasks that match our spiritual gifts, we are happy in serving and find the work rewarding.  If we volunteer for tasks outside our personal gifts, we may find ourselves frustrated and overwhelmed.   

Life is an adventure.  Ponder and pray about the gifts God has given you.   Are you a natural leader, a talented musician, gifted with artistic talents, a teacher, a speaker, naturally generous, strong in your faith, eager to be merciful, blessed with the gift of servanthood, or are your talents in the kitchen?  These and many more gifts have been freely given to us.  Why?  So that we may serve one another.

Praise God for his Wisdom.

Judy