What Are Spiritual Gifts?

To be honest, I have tried getting a few blogs going & then I would just lose interest in it. I think I was maybe trying too hard to get things just right & likely worrying about how I would write it etc. A few people said they would follow a blog if I wrote one...just on the day to day stuff. The stuff I enjoy & try to find humour in each day. I found a quote on Pinterest that I think will be my new motto:

"Be weird, Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the person you hide."

Anyway, getting to the topic of "spiritual gifts". Little story that unfolded this week. I was at my sister's house with my Mom and my mom's best friend...catching up, gabbing, having a glass of wine. The conversation takes on the topic of a childhood friend of my sister. Sadly, this friend - Suzanne - just passed away from lung cancer. My sister started talking about Suzanne & another friend, Brenda (who passed away quite a few years ago) & how they camped in Suzanne's back yard & just the fond memories she had of that time.

So...a week to the day (which is today) I go to my Mom's for a visit. While I am at Mom's, I decide that I will make a baby birthday hat for my grandson who will be born any time now. I don't usually do crafts at Mom's so I am not sure why I decided I would. Anyway, I am trying to make a pattern for this hat & Mom offers me a ruler to use. I use it, pass it to her, she flips it over and reads...Suzanne?...and I am thinking in my head..."if she says her last name, I will be freaked out". Anyway, it has Suzanne's full name written in faded large black print & underneath her name is the name "Brenda" written in pen with smaller print. I was thinking..."oh my god". Mom said she never paid attention to anything on the back of it. It was just a ruler that she had shoved in her knitting basket & it is likely close to 45 years old. Is that a "spiritual gift"?? I think it is just really cool & I love when things like that happen. Funny part is when I call my sister (which I had to do right away when we found the name) & the first thing she says is "Oh my god, I must've stolen her ruler".....family...they kill me...LOL