I've been wanting to write a blog on the body of Christ for a while. I probably could've wrote it a while ago, but I tend to procrastinate. Odd, because there probably would've been more passion behind this blog a few weeks ago, but as I sit here listening to the rain and thunder and watching the rain pour off the roof of the house next door, I can take a slightly different approach to this.
The whole idea that I had before was to talk about how I was seeing the body operating within the church. When I first got the concept for a blog on the body, I was seeing a woman who had just lost her son (who was only in his late twenties), be loved on by many people, prayed for, and just held as she cried. At the same time, a friend of mine was diagnosed with RA and I was (and still am) wanting to be there in any way I can....from a really long hug, to a box of tissues, to helping with any simple task I can, to praying for healing. And all this got me thinking about what it really means to be the body of Christ.
In the church I go to, I find it a little more difficult, since we are from so many different areas. To help my friend (mentioned above) with something as simple as doing a load of laundry, it would be a $15 and 4 hour task. It's not as simple as me driving across town. It's an hour drive. YET, a drive I'd be willing to make because THAT IS what I believe the body is all about-supporting each other when we've lost our strength, encouraging each other when we've lost our hope, standing with each other when life is difficult and we don't have answers, helping each other with daily tasks, and praying with each other AT ALL TIMES.
I titled this "Be the Body" because being the body isn't a selfish thing. Being the body" is NOT a "why aren't people doing these things for me?" question. Instead, it's a question that says, "Am I doing this for other people?" BEING the body involves actively DOING something. Kind of an oxymoron when you think about it, since "to be" is just to remain constant. But to BE the body, I totally believe it is constantly acting as Christ would toward one another. "
Today, and tomorrow, and throughout your life, I ask you to evaluate your life to see if you are being the body of Christ to the people you encounter.
1 comment:
We are called to serve one another, not serve ourselves. I know that we forget this more often than not. Sadly. I pray that more people will remind us of this. Love you and thanks for the reminder!!!!
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