Many Parts Of One Body

Hey, Y'all,

Ran across this passage the other day--I never get tired of re-reading it (I always seem to pick up something new that I hadn't read or understood that way before). It's Romans 12:3-8...

Don't think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

Two things jumped out at me this time; been kind of rolling them around in my head, especially in the context of "many parts of one body"...

(1) The idea that "we all belong to each other"--what does that look like?
(2) The exhortation to do well whatever it is you do. Everything I do?

Hmmm...

You've been prayed for today...