America loves entertainment. Men and women exhibit great acting skills by moving and speaking in a precise manner at the right moment...for a particular impact on the audience. Recording artists excel with vocals. Musicians make the world go 'round. Authors provide hours of reading pleasure.
But: One thing I've learned in life - everyone has talent. Never judge a book by its cover and never underestimate a person's ability to perform. Some of the most talented folks I've ever met shine brilliantly when they enter the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. Cooking, sewing, carpentry, administration, teaching, mechanics....there's no end to the talent inside people.
Where would we be without people who used their talents and abilities to enrich our life...they've helped us over and over. Thank God we have each other. God has been good to us. When you think you have nothing to offer...look again. You've been a source of encouragement more than you know. Eternity alone will reveal moments when you touched a life. For example: when you helped someone fix a flat tire...the time you cooked a meal for a family in need...or simply spoke a word of kindness just at the time it was needed.
The least appreciated effort must certainly include those whom we (in the church world) refer to as prayer warriors. Unseen, unrecognized, they are the internal combustion engine that propels the ship through deep waters - they are as fuel to a rocket engine. These people had an inner desire and God-given ability to put one knee down, then the other...and they stayed there until they were spent in prayer. That's a gift, also.
Thank God for placing gifts in men/women. You have a lot to offer. You have a gift. It's in there. You are a person of worth.
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