How Beautiful is the Body of Christ

Remember the saying, “He can’t see the forest for the trees?”

I think, often that applies to us as Christians. We go along and wonder what or if, God has an individual plan for our lives.  And even when we know, at times we allow doubts to invade our minds.

Remember when John the Baptist sent word to Jesus, “Are you the one?”  Even John needed that reassurance from Jesus.

I wonder when David was hiding in a cave while on the run from King Saul, did he second guess Samuel’s anointing?

This coming January, I will celebrate my own “wakeup call” of sorts.

I had received a phone call about 5:00 a.m. asking me to come to the hospital.  And getting up and going to the hospital was about the last thing I wanted to do.  But I went.

It was a long, tiring day and I didn’t return home until late afternoon.  All I cared about, was taking a warm bath and going to bed.  However, while bathing I remembered it was Sanctity of Life Sunday.  I became so upset!  I remembered one of the churches in Oklahoma City was placing small white crosses on their lawn, to remind people of how precious life is.  There were marches scheduled entitled “March for Life.”  Around the country there were all kinds of opportunities to bring awareness to the sanctity of life.

And because I was at the hospital, I did not get to participate in any activity anyway, shape or form. Nada.

So, I’m bemoaning the fact that my day was interrupted, when I felt this question in my heart, “Where were you today?”

Okay, I know when I get that “inter-witness” and my first reaction was, “You know where I was.”  I was in no mood to be gracious.

Again, I feel this tug at my heart, “Cheryl, where were you this morning?”

“Father, you know I was at the hospital.”

“Why were you at the hospital?”

“Because, Dee called and said she was having the baby and she needed me.”  Okay, I’m a little slow at times. . . but, I got it!  I made the connection.  It was Sanctity of Life Sunday and I was at the hospital because a young lady was having a baby and she needed my support.  So, instead of being “sidelined” for all the day’s events, I was in the middle of a very important event.

That little “event” will be thirteen next January.  He came to our house the day he left the hospital.  He loves fishing and riding anything with a motor.

About three years prior to his birth, I knew we would be raising children for many years to come.  One afternoon, while praying, I knew that I knew.  That’s the only way I can explain it.  At that time, our youngest was a freshman in high school.  I knew our future would include providing a home, primarily for boys.  But, I let my own thoughts enter in to the equation and thought it would be older boys, not babies.

So when “Teamer” was born on January 19, 1998, I didn’t give it a lot of thought, even though his brother (who is a year and eight days older) had been ours from the time he was three weeks old.

The day we brought “Teamer” home we had two daughters in college and a son finishing high school, plus a one year old and now a new baby.

Believe it or not, I still did not make a connection with our circumstance and what I knew was our “calling”.  Strange as it seems, it took two more boys to come into our lives before I really “got it.”

My point is, often we may be operating in that which God has called us to do, but we may not realize that is what we are doing.  Back to the forest – tree thing, we just don’t see it.

“Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” 2 Timothy 1:9

My point is, if you are willing to do what God has called you to do, that’s about all you have to do.  You can relax. If you are willing, He will take care of the details.

You may be like me and not even realize when it actually happens.

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