"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
We tend to view people who are different from ourselves as strange. And while we pay lip service to diversity, in truth, we often feel threatened by it. What we really hope will happen is that everyone simply do what we want, falling in line like ducks waddling after their mother. But God has not designed us to be that way. God, in His infinite creativity, has made us all different. We all have different strengths and weaknesses. We are stewards of these abilities, and God expects us to work together, using our unique abilities to help our brothers and sisters, all of whom have slightly (or greatly) differing abilities. They, in turn, are to use their abilities to help us, each strengthening the other, filling in weaknesses with strengths. This behavior brings glory to God.
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