Aug 18th, 2020: Life's Holy Moments

 

THE FINAL CHAPTERS: HOLY MOMENTS

 

I envy those who can draw and paint. Artists who can bring images of what they see onto the canvas are special people. It is just amazing to see how they interpret the images in their mind with their hands and their conceptual engagement of colors. God ought to entrust in them these talents so that they can share the beauty of what they see with us. But natural gifts are not enough. We will have to make commitments to develop and hone them.

God's gifts need to multiply. The more we learn how to grow our talents, more and more people will benefit from them. Developing them is our calling to reveal the beauty and the power of God. We no longer live independently from God. We become an integral part of God's action in this world.

God's gifts to us are our endowment in the art of living. Nothing can be more exciting by believing that our lives are God's gift to the world if we learn how to live rightly. It is like a hidden beauty that being discovered as we grow with personal development spiritually, mentally and emotionally. That happens moment after moment. Every moment we witness a gift of God is a holy moment.

God's gifts come with high callings and responsibilities. It is an incredible privilege to realize that some gifts God has given to us uniquely, not anyone else in the world has them. God ought to have His reasons in doing so, and it is up to us to discover why and what they are. None of us should go through life and believe that we have nothing to contribute to the well-being of others. Undermining God's gifts is the way to practice self-disrespect.

I have learned to be thankful that everyone I know in my life, regardless of their history, is a gift from God. Our lives are a lot richer that way while being aware of the challenges we have to face. When we can do that more often, life events are series of holy moments.

1 Peter 4: 10-11
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."

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