Quotes about Gifts

Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.

Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

As you give God your time, your gifts, your resources and talents, He will use them to have a critically important and eternal impact on this world.

Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see, you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

She did it because she was desperate, and so she listened to her heart. In my experience, there is a lot to be said for desperation—not exactly a bright side, but something expressed in words for which "God" could be considered an acronym: gifts of desperation.

treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

Becoming a linchpin is a stepwise process, a path in which you develop the attributes that make you indispensable. You can train yourself to matter. The first step is the most difficult, the step where you acknowledge that this is a skill, and like all skills, you can (and will) get better at it. Every day, if you focus on the gifts, art, and connections that characterize the linchpin, you'll become a little more indispensable.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

A Warrior of the Light does not accept gifts from his enemy.

God is sovereign in the bestowment of His gifts, both in the natural and in the spiritual realms.

And what is faith but the acceptance of heaven's gifts, or the trusting in the record wherein those gifts are promised.