ASLC Devotions -- Friday

Romans 12:4-5 For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.

We are holding an online Bible study here at All Saints at http://bookoffaith.ning.com/group/allsaintspalatine. We were recently discussing a similar passage to this but Paul had written it in 1 Corinthians. As we discussed the variety of gifts that God has given to the church and the need to work together with those gifts, disdaining none and holding none as more important, a wise comment was made.

A participant who shall remain nameless (let's call her "Jill R") used the analogy of a puzzle saying that God has made us as pieces of a puzzle. Our variety and diversity fit together. If one is missing, the whole thing is off. And we need one another. I like that. I think Paul would have liked that and would have used it in one of his letters. You are a special and vital puzzle piece. And so is everyone else. We are thankful for each piece of the puzzle and how it works together to make the whole with everyone else.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

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