Spiritual Gifts

We were having a heart felt discussion in our prosperity class this past week and one attendee said she didn’t think she had done anything spectacular in her life, like questioning if she had reached her ultimate purpose. And before I could really say much as the “teacher / guide / facilitator” another bright student of Truth said, it is not the Big things that we do that count but the everyday thing that touches peoples’ lives. I certainly could not have said any wiser words.

Most of us do not do something so outrageous that the wind ceases to breathe for an instant or herds of animals stop marching midstream; no, most of us make little impactful moments each day even when we don’t realize it simply by being who we are like when we smile at the person ringing up our groceries and just simply comment on the how busy that person is or smile at the teenager putting them in a bag and telling them what we are making for dinner after we snack on the bag of Cheetos that is going in the front seat with us so don’t bag that item. Or how we hold the door open and let someone go in front of us – or maybe return the cart for someone elderly just trying to go home. It is so easy to allow the little things we do everyday to touch the lives of others and in turn, we can pause and think of those who have touched our lives, making a small impact, rather than inventing the next 10.0 version of the cell phone or I-pad or smart watch. And there is nothing wrong with our techno geniuses that are creating things to make our lives easier every day if we could just remember the password! 

 I was recently at the Vincent Van Gogh exhibit at The Dali Museum. Amongst these wonderful paintings of sunflowers and bouquets of roses and irises, embraced by symphonies of cascading notes, words appeared across several screens, scrawled in what appeared to be Van Gogh’s longhand –

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh

Let it be the small stuff that brings us together,  simply having an impact using our gifts that we offer every day. 

Until we connect again - Peace and blessings,

 Rev. Tracey