Parts is Parts!

First of all I want to thank everyone for your response to last week's blog. It is so encouraging to hear that many of you are already beginning to "doodle through scripture!

Our small group is coming over Sunday evening and normally getting the house whipped into shape isn't that big of a deal.  But last week I cracked a rib doing something as simple as getting frozen corn out of our chest freezer!  Never mind that I thought myself a contortionist, as I was practically 

standing on my head but OUCH!

So needless to say, I asked two of my granddaughters if I could enlist their help this Saturday in getting my work accomplished.  Fortunately they both agreed to it!  What would I do without them? 

I am making my cleaning list (and checking it twice) so hopefully, I will be ready for company.  

This got me to thinking about all of us working together in the body of Christ. Paul addresses this in I Corinthians 12:14-20:   "Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.  And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the boy" It would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be?  If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?  But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.  If they were all one part, where would the body be?  As it is, there are many parts, but one body."   

Another reason this has also been on my mind is because of a new task I am taking on. I used to organize, plan, and execute dinners and banquets more times than I can count! However, due to health issues, I cannot do those things anymore.  I had been praying about where best to serve God, when I was approached to see if I would be willing to call people and organize food whenever there is a funeral dinner at our church.  These dinners are such a comfort during a very stressful time in families.  Yep, that is how God works "Ask and Ye Shall Receive!"  I had to remind myself, that even though I wasn't setting up tables, cooking, and serving, what I would be doing was just as important as those who could.  

My question and challenge is this:   Has God been calling you to ministry?  Have you even asked Him where He might want you to serve? Your local church body needs you!  Ears are needed, eyes are needed and even noses are needed, to make a functioning body of Christ!  Yep, "I took it to the throne last week and now I am literally taking it to the phone for Him in the future!"