Our Giftedness
“Father, they are your gift to me.”
John 17:24a
The month of June is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the very heart that bled for us, that nourishes us and saves us, and that which makes us the beloved of the Father. In His prayer, Jesus says to the Father that we are the Father’s gift to Him. We, flawed men and women, in our weakness and brokenness, are the Father’s gift to Jesus, and Jesus takes great joy and delight in that gift.
Our giftedness that comes from the Christ is not in our talents or in the things we do well, but rather in our weakness, brokenness, and vulnerability. It is such because is it only we recognize our weakness are we able to see and experience the power of God and the great love with which He loves us. It is our brokenness that the Lord wants us to bring to Him so that He might make take what is broken and turn it into a new creation.
Brothers and sisters, in life there will be times when we feel defeated and times when we feel hopeless or weary. At those times we may be tempted to turn inwards to ourselves, but that is from the enemy. It is precisely at those times that we must turn outward and look up to the Lord and give to Him our defeat, hopelessness, despair, sorrows, weariness, and frustrations because when we do, He will not shame us or be disappointed in us or remind us of our sinfulness or scold us for our lack of faith, but rather He will gaze upon in tenderness and remind us of our giftedness and belovedness. “You are my beloved, and I will take care of you.” May we claim our giftedness in Christ by offering up to Him our brokenness and weakness today.
