Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you. 

1 Timothy 4:14 NLT

Elsewhere in his letters Paul talks about everyone getting some kind of spiritual gift, not so much for themselves, or ourselves, but for others, for building up and encouraging others. 

The "how" of this seems a bit unique for Timothy, but the intriguing part today is the "do not neglect" part. 

I'm sure Timothy won't have forgotten the day this happened, but juat like all of us, Timothy may have  been distracted from sharing this gift, or diverted into other things, or discouraged by someone's comments or opinions.

Finding that place where our heart sings in communion with God, where we are blessed and being a blessing, where we are exercising what God has given us, sharing what He has blessed us with, working out our vocation, stepping out in faith in some way, maybe even just trusting Him enough to get up, to move, to breathe, to reach out...

Not many people experience what Timothy did, but all of us get to share something of God's goodness and love.

And it's the Goodness and Love of the Giver that helps us walk past the distractions, diversions & discouragements that would lead us to neglect seeing, using and sharing what we have been gifted.

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