“Your spiritual gifts don’t have to impact the globe to matter; you can make a difference where you are, as you are, right now, with the gifts God has given you.”
This is from a devotional magazine called Christ in Our Home and was written by Lisa A. Smith.
The next paragraph presents examples.
“Your spiritual gift might be preaching to thousands, or knowing what to say to a loved one in crisis. Your spiritual gift might be donating a large sum to a charity, or giving the gift of time to a cause that’s important to you. Your spiritual gift might be modern-day miracles of surgery, or the tedious work of mending a broken relationship. With God’s help, none of us is lacking in spiritual gifts.”
As a child, I wanted to be a missionary doctor or maybe a psychiatrist. Then, I learned that I don’t function under stress.
Over the years, I read some books on spiritual gifts in the hope of finding my place in society. Here is a picture of some of those books. I was jealous of a friend who could donate larger amounts of money and more time to the church. She ran a Bible study at the local work release jail too. She did so much more than I ever could.
My current job is in a factory. While I am proud of my employer’s commitment to recycling, I wish I could help people more directly in my working life. But my depression symptoms come out when I am stressed which keeps me from those kinds of jobs.
What are your spiritual gifts?
How do you use them?