“Go and Be a Gift”

There are some actions in life that change things for ever. They often begin with the smallest of words, ‘yes’ or ‘no’. They are often taken without full understanding of their implications, and we even have a sense that some things still need working out, but we need to do them anyway.

We encounter moments when the only response that can enable us to move forward, is one of trust. Our heads may still have questions, but our hearts hear the words of Jesus, ‘let it be so for now’, encouraging to let go of our need for certainty and control and open ourselves to the ongoing call of God.

‘Go and be a gift’. What a challenging yet encouraging instruction!   We can never fully know the blessing we can be to others, often those we may not even know. We may imagine that our giftedness, the blessing we have to offer is something to be achieved by our best efforts.