Or as Barry Danylak says: «A spiritual gift is not a talent or bestowment for one's personal benefit but a divine enablement given for the mutual benefit of strengthening the substance and mission of the church» (Redeeming Singleness, 199). (relevantmagazine.com)
I'm heavy hearted as I read your post tonight... and as I start to write a friends CD who passed away recently plays — Day by Day and with each passing moment, strength I find to meet trials here — trusting in my Fathers wise bestowment — I've no cause for worry or for fear — the tender hymn goes on to to say Help, me then in every tribulation to trust in your promises... But it turned my sorrow for you, my prayers I've prayed, to turn to hope. (theletteredcottage.net)
This somber film about the luxury of human choice begins somewhat strangely: An elderly rabbi delivers a rousing sermon to his northern London congregation about the Creator's unique gift to man that allows him to choose between the wisdom of the angels and the instincts of the beasts, the bestowment of the capability to disobey the law decreed by God and to pursue another less indoctrinated path. (austinchronicle.com)