Who Am I?

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"God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another." 1 Peter 4:10 New Living Translation

We reflect the creative nature of God when we make something from scratch. God created all that exists out of nothing. We're privileged to create meals, build houses and fashion sculptures out of what God has made. God created everything by his word, we have to use tools.

There are many different cooking utensils in this picture. There are spatulas, spoons, forks and whisks. It would be hard to use a fork when whisked is needed.  It would be hard to use a spatula when a spoon is required.  Each utensil is important to the creation of an amazing meal.

Peter reminds us that we have ALL been gifted by God as a result of his love for us.

Some of us have the gift of service, others have the gift of gab. Some of us have gift of encouragement, others have the gift of leadership. All of these gifts are necessary in the community of God's people.

You need me, and I need you.

The call of Christ is to "love one another" not "every person for themselves."  Love demands an object. That object in the Christian community is the other person. I need you because I need someone to love.  You need me because you need someone to love.

For the next six day's we'll attempt to answer the question, who am I, by stating that we are people called to love. We re the redeemed of God called to share his love in our own unique, God gifted way.

Who am I? I'm a special creation of God who best reflects his nature through loving others.

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