A Gift Back to God

God made everyone uniquely different. And while all of us look different and have different personalities, we are also given different talents. One of my favorite quotes is by Leo Buscaglia. It says, “ Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” God doesn’t just give us talents; he gives us the choice of how we use those talents. We could use them for our benefit or we could use them to glorify God. For example, if God gave someone the talent of having a beautiful singing voice they could have the goal to become rich and famous or they could have the goal to use their voice to encourage others and spread God’s word. You can use any talent to glorify God. If you are talented in sports, you can publicly give God credit for your talent and use any opportunity to share your testimony. Most of us, as freshman, are at the point in our life where we are realizing what some of those talents are and it is important we think about what we plan on doing with those talents. This quote is very important to me because it reminds me to use the talents I am given for Him. I love thinking of it as giving God a gift every time I make the right choice.