Interdependence Of The Body

Well, Sandra, its time you stopped thinking about yourself. Haha xP

When any member of a body suffers, the rest of the body will inveitably suffer with it!

How True...

Another thing which is also highly present in our church but is conveniently overlooked by most people is,

"When any member of a body REJOICES, the rest of the body rejoices with it"!
Or at least, is supposed to rejoice with it....

I cant speak for others, but i know that i have at times been overcome with jealousy, envy which stems from my prideful nature. You might exclaim: "What? What have you got to be jealous about? You have a role in the cantata, have good friends, in the choir..." but let me tell you,

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

i DO get such negative feelings!

i envy the rest of my friends who are not in school anymore (even though i know many who will protest indignantly in support for schooling to working life)

i envy those who can play piano without any effort at all

i envy those who seem to score so high and who seem to know exactly what to study

i envy those who are helping out in areas i am not helping out...

(Note: All this is just in church context)

ETC ETC!

Haha, surprised?

Tis' not that i want to take their place- if someone asked me to play for service, i would conjure up enough butterflies to fill the Butterfly Kingdom.

But, its still envy.

Not that im like trying to hang my dirty laundry out in the open, but this is just a sharing for those who always think that they are the most totally insignificant person in the church and start envying others... Tis' human nature!

Im not saying that we're stuck with that, for The Lord can, and WILL change us if we commit this to Him (:

i think i have come to the point where i have kinda lost the point...but the main issue is the Interdependence of the Body and so we shall go back to that.. haha.

Just One more thing:

IT TAKES GRACE TO PLAY THE SECOND FIDDLE!

And im so glad (: For example- i love helping out in the back, and prefer it to helping in the forefront (cant believe it, right. sigh) However, in the first EVER cantata when i was still so young..i was doing the logistics (i love doing log!Yay!) but when the performance started i would wistfully think of being on stage and GETTING THE RECOGNITION.

What i didnt know, Then, was that that was my flesh speaking. And i think that is the temptation, but when you decide to DO something about it or let it INVADE your mind till its full of that thought, it becomes sin.'

And i know that it was temptation because i know i like doing Log, and seriously, i would like it better than being on stage because :

1. I have stage-fright. What i am on stage is all due to the Lord's grace and i thank Him for using me. But each and every one - Log, Sound etc- are playing an equally important part in giving glory to the Lord if we do it with a right heart!

2. I KNOW my tendency to become proud and am afraid that i might forget my place and end up taking the Lord's glory.

....haven't thought of the other reasons yet. But i KEEP DIGRESSING!

Ah well.

i DO earnestly want to reach out to those who might feel as if their presence is not noticed- or not even WELCOMED- because it is certainly not true. I have felt like that some time this yr and i have realised that the reason i feel unwelcomed is because i set up a barrier myself! When i feel something, i tend to have this nasty habit of twisting everything people say into WHAT I BELIEVE THEN TO BE SAYING.

But i am not trying to convince anyone of anything- rather, i just want to put this across:

IT IS THE BELIEVER'S UNITY WITH CHRIST WHICH CREATES THE FELLOWSHIP WITH BELIEVERS,

NOT THE FELLOWSHIP WITH BELIEVERS WHICH CREATES THE UNITY WITH CHRIST.

Do 'Chew On It'. I am glad i copied this down, for i pondered over it and realised the weight it carries!