Gifts from God

Some scholars say that Harriet Beecher Stowe's work, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a key factor in doing away with slavery.  But she always reflected in praise of her work, and basically said that it was God who wrote it; she was His instrument in bringing it to completion.

In a sense, Paul is saying the same thing in our letter to the Corinthians.  "Not that of ourselves we are qualified to take credit for anything as coming from us; rather, our qualification comes from God."

Perhaps today you and I can be a person of gratitude for the gifts that we have been given.  Not of anything that we have earned, but as free gifts from God - the gifts that enable us to give praise to Him.

Monsignor Daniel Hoye