When I was much younger, I wanted to be prime minister (like everybody I guess). Now I want almost anybody but the current incumbent to be prime minister (I guess that’s how it usually works). I realised before adulthood that I had none of the talents I would have needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But most of my life I’ve looked across at other people doing other jobs, and thought, “Blimey, I wish I had the ability to do that. What courage, what energy, what heroism, what wisdom, what talent!” Maybe Paul writing to the Christian community in Corinth (Sunday’s Lectionary<\/a>) has some helpful advice – for we all have gifts, even though we may regret not having the gifts of other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, I may not be able to do what she over there is doing. But I can do other things. Also, I believe that God can poke us into discovering gifts we didn’t previously believe we had (but more on that in a couple of weeks).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I was much younger, I wanted to be prime minister (like everybody I guess). Now I want almost anybody but the current incumbent to be prime minister (I guess that’s how it usually works). I realised before adulthood that I had none of the talents I would have needed. But most of my life … <\/p>\n