VII.
Before reading this passage today, take a few minutes to consider:

“We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us ….”

VIII.
Romans 12:3-8 (NRSVue)

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

IX.
What does Paul have to say about the “body” of Christ?

And note well, he writes, “… individually we are members of one another.”

You could spend some time today (and in the days that follow) considering “the grace given to [you] ….” And considering the “gift” and gifts that God has graced you with.

How will you, as an individual member of the body of Christ, share your giftedness with the body of Christ and perhaps even beyond that body?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}