A Thought for the week
Week of December 7
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 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. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14
Many hands make light work. A common saying I remember growing up. That and this passage remind me that the church is bigger than one person. The body of Christ is not propped up by a pastor or a couple of dedicated people. It works because everyone is a part of the body. Everyone has a stake in the life of the church no matter how big or small because the body is made up of many parts. One of those parts is you.