I cannot stress enough how much I believe God gave us eachother for a purpose.
1st Corintians 12:12-27 (New Living Translation)
"The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. "Paul wrote this to the Corinthians to explain ranking people is WRONG. Humans tend to mentally rank people by how worthy they believe they are, which usually reflects on the way they treat the lower ranked people, which leaves them feeling worthless. But if you look at that passage you learn we all fit together in harmony, like the human body, and we all need eachother. So why do you treat people the way you do? WHY does the
For those of you who are not aware, my mom works at Chick-fil-a and she shared a true heartbreaking story that happened just yesterday. A man came in and asked for some water, clearly homeless, dehydrated, and starving. The workers were happy to bless him with it, and they also brought him a meal. Teary-eyed he said "Thank You".
WHY should that have to happen?!?! Im sure theres alot of christians who are aware of his condition, why dont you help him?!?! And It doesn't even have to be that serious of a case, im talking on a day to day basis. We all see people who could be helped out, why dont you help?
After all, we can't do it without them.
~Stacy Partin
