John Carver Show - What to do with your Gifts

“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.” Thomas A Kempis.

When you and I get confused or so arrogant to understand that we should be servants to other people we miss out on the best life has in store for us.

Gary Inrig, Life in His Body shares:  Several years ago, two students graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The highest ranking student in the class was a blind man named Overton and, when he received his honor, he insisted that half the credit should go to his friend, Kaspryzak. They had met one another in school when the armless Mr. Kaspryzak had guided the blind Mr. Overton down a flight of stairs. This acquaintance ripened into friendship and a beautiful example of interdependence. The blind man carried the books which the armless man read aloud in their common study, and thus the individual deficiency of each was compensated for by the other. After their graduation, they planned to practice law together.

5-7 That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

One of the biggest hurdles is to stop comparing what you have to offer (the world) with that other people have to offer the world.