It was the late 80s, and my family was experiencing what many other families were experiencing for the first time: a home computer.

I was always a natural at figuring out how to make computers work, even in the days when they weren’t so easy to figure out. One day I was surprised that a member of my family didn’t know how to make the computer print something out. “It’s just logical,” I said. At least it was to me.

Have you ever been surprised that other people don’t see things as clearly as you see them? Or have you ever been shocked to learn that someone else wasn’t able to do something that came naturally to you?

When those times come, it is so easy to think that those who are different than you are inferior to you. So keep this truth in mind: “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us” (Romans 12:6).

When you encounter others who are different from you, remember that they are exactly like you. The grace they were given just looks a little different than yours.

And when you remember that you stand as a child of God by grace, it makes it easier to reflect grace to others. Grace means you give other people the space not to be you, and it celebrates the variety of gifts that God gives to different people.