Then, God showed me this verse. As every man hath received gift, even so minister same one to another, as good stewards of manifold grace of God, I Peter 4:10. And, right there it is, in black and white! You aren't just given a gift. You actually have to receive one and with it comes ability to give it again.

So, that tells me that, in order to have gift of miracles, for example, you would have first had to receive gift of miracles. And, if you have received a miracle, you have gift of miracles ~ whether you know it or not.

Many of us have likely taken Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tests in attempt to determine our Spiritual gifts. But, this is a sure test in which we can 'know' our gifts and is also a measure by which we can determine if we are being good stewards, using those gifts, or not.

So, you just might want to think about it. You could have abilities you haven't yet discovered!

Like Job, we all need an unwavering perseverance. The only way to deal with pain and suffering is to go through it, not around it, or away from it. One must remember, however, that we need not go through it alone. Jesus is with us, and we also need to reach out to our church community. We need prayers, assistance and lots of hugs from other prayer warriors, who have likewise, have met their Goliaths. Trials strengthens and stretches all of us. If life was always easy, we’d be weak and superficial. I’m a single mother of two children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, rarely get child support on a regular basis, and suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Raynaud’s Disease. My pain is as real as next person’s, and I’m just as deserving of Lord’s comfort and help, and I now can embrace it for myself, and receive His help. God doesn’t differentiate between types of pain. His love and healing are available to all indiscriminately. All we have to do is call on Him, and He’s there in pain with us. He understands human suffering because He lived it, and suffered one of worse deaths imaginable. He truly knows pain and suffering, but by His stripes, we are healed, and we need to embrace that for ourselves, and never give up hoping, even during times when there seems like there’s no reason for hope. We must persevere, and if we do, Lord in all His mercy, will transform us, and we will walk into promise land here on Earth.

No one said journey was easy, but those who push through, do make it, but we have to have faith and trust in Lord, and when we don’t have that faith, we need to call on friends to have faith for us. God only requires us to have faith size of a mustard seed. He grants us wide berth. How lucky we are to have such a loving God that truly knows our suffering, and is more than willing to dry our tears.

Those who sow in tears

Shall reap in joy.

He who continually goes

Forth weeping,

Bearing seed for sowing,

Shall doubtless come again

With rejoicing

Bringing his sheaves with him (Psalm 126:5-6)