All of us, no matter what your personality or gifting, are a part of the body of Christ. A year or two ago (and it is still a daily battle!) I really wrestle through the verse 1 Corinthians 12:12
"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ." I allowed my head to become a "bobble head." You know, those bobble head dolls with the heads that shake all around. My head was swinging from left to right as I sized up my life, my personality, my gifting, everything with girls in my life. I looked at my friend Lauren and she is this beautiful, loving, smart, amazing and fun to be around friend. I would bobble over to my friend Rachel who has strong, oh-so-wise, and so knowledgeable of God's Word. Then it would bobble to Kristy who is the sweetest girl you will ever meet, always has seasoned words of more sugary sweetness and encouragement, and is always there for you. My heart just took a beating, granted it was my own fists and thoughts that were giving the beating, but still my heart was left questioning my personality, my gifting, and my role in this whole Jesus' body thing. I wonder if you can relate. I finally hit this point at the beginning of this year (yes, it took me 2 years to process this with the Lord, I am somewhat stubborn) where I simply rested in the Lord and who HE has created me to be. If I dont do my role in the body, be it that my role might be being a complete goober in front of my friends or acting crazy in public, then I am telling the Lord that he messed up. What if I am the pinky toe of Christ's body of believer... chellooo, I gotta do the job of the pinky toe! And I want to be the best pinky toe ever so that the body works perfectly throughout! Today in Bible we talked about what our spiritual gifts are and told our friends what we think theres are. I also took a test on it one year at Kanakuk but the gifts my friends told me I had today were leadership, evangalism, pastoring/shepherding, teaching, faithm wisdom, exhortation, giving, and mercy. If these are my gifts I pray that I can use them to the fullest!
"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ." I allowed my head to become a "bobble head." You know, those bobble head dolls with the heads that shake all around. My head was swinging from left to right as I sized up my life, my personality, my gifting, everything with girls in my life. I looked at my friend Lauren and she is this beautiful, loving, smart, amazing and fun to be around friend. I would bobble over to my friend Rachel who has strong, oh-so-wise, and so knowledgeable of God's Word. Then it would bobble to Kristy who is the sweetest girl you will ever meet, always has seasoned words of more sugary sweetness and encouragement, and is always there for you. My heart just took a beating, granted it was my own fists and thoughts that were giving the beating, but still my heart was left questioning my personality, my gifting, and my role in this whole Jesus' body thing. I wonder if you can relate. I finally hit this point at the beginning of this year (yes, it took me 2 years to process this with the Lord, I am somewhat stubborn) where I simply rested in the Lord and who HE has created me to be. If I dont do my role in the body, be it that my role might be being a complete goober in front of my friends or acting crazy in public, then I am telling the Lord that he messed up. What if I am the pinky toe of Christ's body of believer... chellooo, I gotta do the job of the pinky toe! And I want to be the best pinky toe ever so that the body works perfectly throughout! Today in Bible we talked about what our spiritual gifts are and told our friends what we think theres are. I also took a test on it one year at Kanakuk but the gifts my friends told me I had today were leadership, evangalism, pastoring/shepherding, teaching, faithm wisdom, exhortation, giving, and mercy. If these are my gifts I pray that I can use them to the fullest!
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