“You are the only person on earth
who can use your ability.”
who can use your ability.”
Isn't it wonderful to be made in the image of God, yet given your own special set of abilities, the Gifts of the Spirit that make you a separate, yet integral part of the body of Christ? Is the brain more important than the heart, or the fingers more important than the toes? I would say definitely not! They all have their place in the body, to operate a system, to pump all of the fluids, to do work and be able to grasp and finally, to help us keep our balance when we stand walk or run. It is the same with us as a whole, but separate being, making up the body of Christ.
Some of us are administrators, some of us are teachers, some of us are artists and yet others are exhorters...all very important jobs within the body, all important vocations to pursue to His glory. So delight in your gifts, delight in the gifts of your brothers and sisters and most of all. delight in our wonderful Father in Heaven Who put this whole system together. For we are all distinct and wonderful in His creation, but we are even more wonderful as part of His body.
God's grace be with you,
Fr. Charles Butler
1 Corinthians 12
Concerning Spiritual Gifts
12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b]
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
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