Body parts

I’m not a big 1 Corinthians 12 fan. Sure, I liked the imagery the first 100 times I heard that the body wasn’t just EYE or EAR, and that one body part can’t tell another body part to get lost. I still haven’t figured out a way to tastefully weave “less honorable body parts” into a Sunday sermon.

But as one of our Spanish-speaking members and I were reading through that passage yesterday, I was struck by God’s truth when Paul wrote:

… Para que no haya desavenencia en el cuerpo, sino que los miembros todos se preocupen los unos por los otros… (12.25).

Okay, everyone close your eyes and count to three (and when you open your eyes, the text suddenly appears in English):

… That there should be no division in the body, but that its parts would have equal concern for each other… (NIV)

Just imagine a body, a church body, where each member is esteemed and each member has equal concern for every other member. This is the picture that the Apostle placed in my mind yesterday.

If we take the charge seriously, we will honor members that have received little honor and labor to convince every member to be concerned for every other member.

Que Dios nos ayude.