I was reading a devotional the other day that talked about the gifts we have. The entire book is about apples. This particular reading centred on the 1000's of varieties of apples that exist.
In a recent sermon, we heard about giftnedness, and how we use our gifts to serve . We ALL have at least one.
Just like there are many different kinds of apples, we are different people, created with different gifts, and because our gifts are different we bear different fruit. I thought that was sooo cool.
Sometimes we wish that we were like someone else, but God needs us to be who He created us to be. If you try to be like someone else, you will be an imposter. You have to be "true to your raw material" (John Ortberg). God created you the way you are, to bear the fruit that He created you to bear, to meet the needs in the circumstance He has placed you. No one else can fill that space but you.
You might not feel like you need to be in a certain place, but maybe someone in that place needs you....just the way you are.
1 comment:
Nice way to put it. Hope this apple is in the right place. Sorry for being absent for a while. Back to checking blogs again now. Hope to update soon.
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