ONE MIGHTIER THAN THE OTHER?

At church today there was a discussion about spiritual gifts.

And the instructor mentioned "higher" or more important gifts.

We were discussing D&C 46 - "To every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God" where it goes on to describe gift of tongues (abilities with language), of prophecy, of obedience, of bearing testimony and of hearing or having faith in that testimony.

Several people in the class, including myself, had wonderful stories about speaking in a language they didn't know, but the teacher alluded to "greater" gifts than this.

And I don't know if I believe in that.

Let me explain.

One of the most common human failings is our rush to judge others - to proof that we are "better" than them - more spiritual, more righteous, more dependable.

And this categorizing of one spiritual gift as "lower" leads right into that.


But I think from Heavenly Father's viewpoint, we are all little tiny toddlers, fighting over who gets the biggest & most brightly colored toy in the nursery.



In comparison to His abilities, our "greatest" or "highest" spiritual gift (or power, as you will) is wielding a fake light-saber in a mock Star-Wars battle.