The ExchangeSample

When a parent asks you to help get the groceries from the car, are you a one-trip person? Do you load up on all the shopping bags because you refuse to take a second trip to the car? Despite anyone offering to help you, you might say, "No I got it!" only to spill the eggs or drop the milk! We're not super-humans — sometimes we do need support from those around us.

One gift that we all have is to encourage others — especially when they're unsure of the gifts God has given them. It doesn't take fixing someone, but being there for people as they discover their gifts. It's an awesome way for us to grow together. When we feel the pressure of the responsibility that comes with the ways we are gifted, we can lean on one another to carry each other's burdens.

If you see a gift in someone else, how can you encourage them?