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February 15, 2005
Unused Treasures
By Cindy Tucker
January 2005
A few days ago my daughter asked me, “Mom, why do you have all those pretty pins hung up in your bedroom, but you never wear them?”
When my grandmother died, I inherited all of her jewelry. It is vintage costume jewelry. On two velvet ribbons hang a collection of pins going back 50+ years. Not only do I have that, I have my own jewelry that I have received and purchased during my life. Why don’t I wear these beautiful trinkets? How did I answer my daughter? “Well, I’m always in a hurry, I’m too busy to decide what piece of jewelry goes with what outfit. I’m just trying to survive, throw my clothes on, and go.” These treasures are sitting in my bedroom, always available but rarely used. What a shame to have all this beauty at my fingertips but not use it.
This got me to thinking about a much more valuable inheritance I have received- God’s inheritance. When I became a child of God, I received peace, joy, and the Holy Spirit’s continual healing. I received the power to resist temptation and overcome sin. God also gives the gifts of teaching, mercy, preaching, evangelizing, helping, wisdom, and discernment. Every talent I have comes from God. Do these gifts sit unused also?
God has many blessings and gifts that are the Christian’s to claim. The believer must not let them sit on a dresser and gather dust. At life’s end, it would be a shame to look back on a life of unused gifts and blessings.
Posted by fraubleuler at February 15, 2005 06:41 PM
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