1 Corinthians12:12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free —and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
My family and I just returned from Colorado where we were able to spend a couple of weeks on vacation in the mountains. One of the things I like to do every morning while in the mountains is get on my bicycle and ride. Cyclemeter Log
Riding in the mountains is both torture and awesome. No humidity. No Oxygen. But the beautiful views and wonderful smells compensate for chapped lips and burning lungs.
One thing I do when I ride my bike is spend a lot of time communing with God. Sometimes I talk. Sometimes I listen. One day while riding God helped me to notice how interesting the mountains are. Any part of the mountain environment taken on its own is not that remarkable- a dusty rock, a plant with a few flowers... But combined together in just the right way and all of the unremarkable individual pieces form together into an environment that bears the powerful fingerprints of God.
God reminded me that this is like the church. Each of us on our own is impressive as a human being created in the image of God but, like all of humanity, we are flawed and fallen. However when God places us together in just the right way as the body of Christ we become a collection of unremarkable individual pieces that are formed into a remarkable whole that bears the powerful fingerprints of God.
That's pretty incredible!
Don't forget who we are and why God has put us together!
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