Reflection – The Gift Within Us
The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers….
Like millions around the world this week I watched in wonder and awe at the sheer beauty, grace and athleticism of the women’s gymnastics! Regardless of what country they were from I was silently urging each and every competitor I watched, hoping that they could all win! But of course, that would destroy the whole point of competition!
I was intrigued to hear that each medal awarded in the Paris Olympics has a small fragment of the Eiffel Tower embedded in the centre (let’s hope it was not taken from a load-bearing part!). And I came across the following this week in my reading from Maggie Ross (Writing the Icon of the Heart):
“It is only love that can recognise Love. It is only because we bear, each one of us,
each fragment of creation the trace of the divine,
that we dimly recognise that the hunger crying out from every human heart
can be fed by this radiance alone.”
The fragment of the divine embedded in each and every one of us, in all our diversity and uniqueness, is nourished by Christ – Love alone. And as it grows, the beauty and grace and gift of God means that we are all indeed gold-medal winners! Let us go for God!
Blessings
Ceri
