11.6.23 - I Corinthians 12:4
Your gifts matter. You matter, no matter what others might say. What can you do to let your talent flag fly today?
Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit
There's more than one to go about things.
More than one way to experience, adapt, amend, imagine, or shift.
For countless years we've been doing things the same way. Same worship, same communities, same songs, lectionary, committees, leadership, voices.
And, we've lost so much as a result. We lack diversity of voices and talents. We silence critics and creatives.
We look for conformity because change scares us. And, those who are doing something different and new are sometimes viewed suspiciously.
A variety of gifts and we've washed our communities of faith clean of any divergent thought or action.
A variety of gifts, what's yours? What is your talent that scares others? What can you do that few others can offer?
Take a moment and breathe. Inhale the cool morning air, exhale the stifling you've experienced in your life. Let it go. Let it moan, groan, and float away.
Your gifts matter. You matter, no matter what others might say. What can you do to let your talent flag fly today?
--Jason Whitehead