It doesn’t take a rocket scientist…
Living in South Tennessee/North Alabama, you probably know or live close to an engineer. You may even be an engineer reading this email. In North Alabama, especially with Redstone Arsenal, the place is filled with engineers. I always loved the saying, “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do this” because I would always reply, “Well I wish it did because I know multiple.”
I have a lot of respect for engineers. Engineers possess this ability to curate plans/designs/blueprints to create many different things. These things can be incredibly complex and intricate or designed carefully and eloquently to allow for minimal complexity.
In 1 Corinthians 12, we are taught that we are a part of a living organism, Christ’s body, the church. No one part of the body can work on its own. In the beginning, God created this incredibly complex but sufficient system in our body to care for itself much like an engineer would create a mechanical feature. When you stub your toe on that coffee table in the living room, your body works together to address that pain. Your mouth opens, eyes begin to water, neurons move through your body sending signals to say, “Ouch! Help the toe!”
As the body of Christ, we are called to do the same. When a member of our church family is struggling, we can work together to satisy the needs of that member. Proverbs 27:17, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” This is a beautiful virtue in the church. One that says we must not forget to care for those within our body, and when we do, we ourselves are strengthened. When the church body cares for one another, we take one step closer to living out God’s plan to use this collection of broken people to point in unison to a perfect savior.
March 17th, we are having a BINGO night at the church building. This is strictly to engage in fellowship with the body. We wanted to create opportunity and time for our members to better connect and get to know each other (and have fun while doing it). With better connections comes better understanding of each other. With better understanding of each other comes knowledge of better ways of serving and helping each other.
So please join us March 17th, as we meet together as the body of Christ to enjoy this time of fellowship.
