I count as blessings things I could have benefited from, even if I neglected to utilize them. A gift is still a gift, even if left wrapped and unopened.

God gave the seed, but he wants the fruits back. Pick the seeds up. Plant the best ones. He promised the rain. It will be a bumper harvest!

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Some of most valuable gifts come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

Our strongest gifts are usually those we are barely aware of possessing. They are a part of our God-given nature, with us from the moment we drew first breath, and we are no more conscious...

The operative word here is ‘gifts’, plural, meaning not everyone will necessarily have the same combination of gifting that God has ordained for them to utilize in fulfilling their purpose within the Body of Christ....

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God’s best gifts.

God plants our spiritual giftings deep, so it will take years to claim them, but that gives Him time to refine His message in our hearts.

One of the best gifts you can give to someone, is a wider perspective. It’s also one of the best gifts you can receive. So if you have given someone a wider perspective, don’t feel...

The hills and mountains on your ways are going to be removed. But remember that’s what should happen when God gives you the shovel. Use your gifts; it’s the escape route!

It’s awkward to wake up one day to see the trumpet working hard to lead in the shoes of the microphone. You can only lead where you can function better!

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Find a vocation and passionately commit your life to it.

Women are gifts, open them with care, judge them with leniecy, test and weigh their depths, then accept those with true worth and value.

Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.

Mental illness is not a fraternity or a social club for like minds. It is its own religion to each person that has it. Their mind is their pastor, their feelings are their scriptures and...

Don’t let someone keep putting out the flame God keeps re-lighting, we all have a purpose. As a wing to a bird. As wind that goes the destiny over the sea.

It is a tremendous gift to simply and truly listen to another.

Just as every crop performs on its specific type of soil, and not all fishes can grow in every kind of water, so is leadership. You can’t lead where you can’t thrive; you can lead...

I gave the robber a gift that transformed him from a thief to an honest recipient of a present when I said what he took from me wasn’t stolen, but was a gift from me...

Your Temporary Santa, “He says presents aren’t important, but I think they are- not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say ‘I understand you.

You have been given all the good things one must have, be proud of yourself and enjoy your gifts.

Ever since Eve gave Adam the apple, there has been a misunderstanding between the sexes about gifts.

Answer this to yourselves, & expel from among you those who pretend to despise the labours of Art & Science, which alone are the labours of the Gospel: Is not this plain & manifest to...

Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song.

When does God make a want a need? When you think about it everyday and you journey that same path back to it, in order to experience what makes you feel special and alive.

Count blessings and discover Who can be counted on.

The greatest joy is in giving; after all, God gave Christ for us.

The best gifts anyone can give to themselves are good health habits.

Leaders are not known by their positions; they are known by their roles in those position. You have many gifts as a leader, but your dominant gift is what you will use to lead.

Expecting gratitude for a gift is… unseemly.

Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

We collected all the bones we could find, and yesterday, Natividad wrapped them in a shawl that she had knitted years ago. It was the most beautiful thing she owned.”A thing like that should serve...

Been eating candies, have you?””You sent those?” She kept her mouth closed as much as possible.”Of course.” He picked up the brown bad of candy on the table. “What’s your…” He trailed off as he...

A happy birthday is measured not in the amount of gifts one gets, but in the amount love one receives.

A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.