“Since our gifts vary depending on the grace poured out on each of us, it is important that we exercise the gifts we have been given.” (Romans 12:6 VOICE)
When I was a kid, I woke up early on Saturdays to watch my favorite cartoon: Super Friends. The show featured different superheroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Wonder Twins, Batman, and Robin. Each of them had unique powers. They worked together to fight villains and solve global disasters. If all of them possessed the same superpowers, the show would have been boring!
As I grew up, I began assembling real-life super friends. Each of them has unique powers. My team is not a group of like-minded people who look, think, and act in accordance with each other. They differ in age, ethnicity, talents, and perspectives. I relish this weirdness. It keeps things interesting. Honoring differences and working together can be challenging. But super friends have to be unique. A bunch of clones with redundant gifts cannot impact change!
Since our gifts vary depending on the grace poured out on each of us, we were created to be diverse. Recognizing our uniqueness allows us to create space so that we may each exercise the gifts we have been given. Superheroes are meant to be weird. We are meant to transform the world, not conform to it.
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