Unique Gifts - 2

Unique gifts
from the creator’s heart
each of us
given our part
Ours to use
as we are called
for the kingdom work
giving our all

September 25, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/tphfw?sk=wall#!/tphfw/posts/249627938414190
“God gives each of us our own unique gifts. It is our job to recognize these gifts, nurture them, and utilize them to live up to our full potential. Look around you and inside of you and recognize what you do have. It may be an artistic talent, a business talent, or strength of character. God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest.”, by T. D. Jakes
&
earlier poem,
“A Gift”
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A Gift

In either translation,
“A gift”, “whatever gift”, not the gifts, the talents
a singular gift we each are given
by the creator, for His glory
Our “starfish”, the thing we are to share
the way we are to serve
A member of the body of Christ
a disciple, a part of the church
Each of us gifted, for His glory
Sharing our voices, our hands,
our special gift with the world
in our creator’s, our savior’s name

September 20, 2009
1 Peter 4:10-11
in New Revised Standard Version
and New Century Version
and Upper Room daily devotional for 9/20/09
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=9&day=20&year=2009
“Gifts and Talents”, by Norma L. Santos
&
Psalm 92:1-4
Isaiah 43:18-21
Luke 12:54-56
and sermon, “The View from Seven Decades:
The Power and Danger of Paradigms”,
by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
July 19, 2009
and
Psalm 100
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 43:1-3a
Isaiah 43:18-21
and sermon, “The Power of Vision”,
by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
including, The Star Thrower Story by Joel Barker,
inspired by the writing of Loren Eiseley,
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
July 26, 2009

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