Today's Thought - August

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August 9

What you are is God’s gift to you; what you make of it is your gift to God.

~Anthony Dalla Villa

Many opportunities for growth and glory present themselves to us every day. Depending on how grateful we’re feeling, and how aware we are of the rhythms of the moment, we are able to either enjoy them or pass them by. With a quiet mind, free of ongoing inner conversations, we notice the moment’s opportunity and can know how God wants us to use our talents to meet it. While none of us can always employ our talents to the fullest, our best effort is its own reward.

Many of us still deny that we’re talented at all. But when we quiet our mind of habitual self-criticism, we see our opportunities and God-given talents. The quiet left by the silenced voices makes room for the inner strength we’ve always had to seize our opportunities and use our talents.

Our life has purpose or we wouldn’t be here. For most of us, that purpose is far from complicated. We will know it easily when we turn to the stillness within.

Today will be as glorious as I quietly allow it to be.

Today's reading is from the book In God's Care, Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery