That Spark You Have…

So my 22 month old is really into Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse right now. I blame his older brothers…BUT, it really is a beautiful movie. If you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want any spoilers, stop reading now!

The protagonist of this animated marvel is a young boy named Miles Morales. He is an extremely gifted young man and the Universe picks him to be the next Spiderman in his dimension. (I’m not proclaiming this as sound theology, but bear with me).

Miles has a father who is a police officer. His dad is stern, strong and pushes his son to be the best, as his son resists him every step of the way.

In one scene of the movie, his father goes to speak to his son as his son sits behind a closed door. His father opens his heart up in an attempt to improve their strained relationship and he says this line: “I see this spark in you. It’s amazing. That’s why I push you. But it’s yours.”

That line always grips my heart.

That spark you have, that gifting God has placed in you, is yours. Every single person around you can see it, can try to pull it out of you, can push you to use it, but it’s yours to do with as you want.

One of the hardest things parents, friends, leaders have to do is step back and let people choose to use their giftings and talents…or not.

Everyone around you can see it, can call it out, can nurture it…but only YOU can choose what you do with it.

That spark in you is yours to do with as you wish. What do you want to do with it?

With Love,

Cinder

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.”              1 Peter 4:10