Sing your heart out!!

On a journey recently I was listening to, “Classic FM” on the car radio (other stations are available!) when I heard a familiar track. The presenter reminded us that it was a recording of a live performance in 1990 with an estimated world-wide audience at the time of 800 million people. It was the eve of the FIFA World Cup final and the performers were, ‘The three tenors’. Just to refresh your memory they were, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras and the famous piece they sang was, “Nessun Dorma”, translated as “None shall sleep” and certainly not in their performance!
 
Now why have I reminded you of all that? Well, it is simply that sometimes I’m sure you may be envious of somebody else or their gifts. So the picture above, perhaps give us an idea of what it would be like if we had voices like those guys. Surely, although trained, their voices were a gift from God. What a gift! So standing in front of a mirror with a hairbrush is maybe the closest that we will get to a gift like that. I do know someone close to me who actually did that!!!
 
But then I got thinking, and I know we have mentioned it before, that we all have gifts, some may be more noticeable or prominent than others, but we each have God-given gifts.
 
The other day I heard an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, and I was a little surprised to hear her say that, because she came from a very ordinary background and being a woman, she felt she had to prove how capable she was. To me, rightly or wrongly, it felt that she had a certain lack of self-esteem and had to tell people of the ability she had. So I guess we may all have some reservations of our abilities.
 
But do you know what, God doesn’t doubt us, He made you and me and gifted us in different ways. Maybe you feel you haven’t any great gifts to offer, but God has the plan for your life and He loves it when you use your gifts in His service. Trust Him, you are a special brick in the building of God’s Kingdom.