I am a simple christian woman...even that statement implies different things to different people. The word 'christian' means different things depending on which christian you are talking to. Why???
My only answer is this - because the LORD made each of us unique. Then he modelled his master plan of the church on the human body. The human body made up of many different parts playing many different roles united as one. A complex ever changing entity.
(I don't know why he didn't model us on something simple where everyone is the same. But if i remember to ask him when I see him then i will.)
Each of us has a place in that body...but we spend a lifetime trying to figure out what and where our place is. If enough of us get-together and form a hand or a finger...we look around at anyone else who is different and judge collectively that 'one of these things don't belong together' (or however that sesame street jingle went....)
So if you are part of a foot, say a toe and you are surrounded by people who are fingers which form a hand...you think you might fit in but something is still not quite right...you don't look like them exactly but you have a nail, you bend....but still you don't fit in...so you feel like a reject. Everyone that makes up the fingers know you are a reject. If they are nice they try to make you fit in...if not they treat you like an outcast.
Why don't we Christians understand the LORD's 'body' model?? Why do we try to get everyone to be the same? That's not of the LORD that's of this world. The LORD expects us to be unique, different to some and similar to others. But as one whole body we function best UNITED as one, every part playing its individual role to bring harmony to the whole.
The LORD created each of us for a purpose. He knows what and where our place is.
So if you're a toe stuck amongst fingers - get out! Talk to your creator and find the quickest road down to the other end of the body so the church can move forward!!!
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