Variety??

Wednesday May 18th: The variety is wonderful: wise counsel, clear understanding, simple trust, healing the sick, miraculous acts, proclamation, distinguishing between spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues. All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when. The gifts of course are not to glorify the one using the gifts, but rather to glorify God. When we use the gifts to say look at me, we miss the point, we also miss the blessing. Never under estimate the spiritual gifts of emptying bed pans. It may not seem like much to a power hungry world, but to someone who needs that service, the difference between that task being done as a begrudging job and a blessed calling, means all the difference in the world. Some of the most spiritual time in my life was spent working in a nursing home. If you have not done so in your life, volunteer.