DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Today's reading: 1 Peter 4-5

Aaah, nothing like 'falling back' in Daylight Savings Time, is there? An extra hour. A longer sleep. A day that seems a lot less rushed than usual.

Daylight Savings Time was instituted to help the American public manage their daylight time. To increase productivity. To help manage what's been given--twenty-four hours.

The Lord's done the same...

"God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you." 1 Peter 4:10 NLT

The gifts you have been given probably aren't as apparent to you as they are to those you've ministered to with them. The ways God intends for you to show His love won't be showy, spotlight kind of opportunities--they'll come naturally, and quietly.

Managing our gifts is up to you. Managing does not, I repeat: does not, entail storing our gifts in a closet somewhere. Managing means looking for places where His love, the kind you can show, is needed most--and showing it.

Sure, the time's changed this sunny weekend--His call for your life has not! Use the gifts He has blessed you with--and use them often! Be a good manager of God's gifts to you.