Foot First
 

Foot First

Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-20

If the foot would say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
-1 Corinthians 12:15 (NRSV)

I am not particularly vain, but before I go out in the morning, I check my face in the mirror. Did I remember to brush what hair I have left? That's not automatic. Did I shave? I sometimes forget. How do I look? There's not much I can do about that. How about the bow tie that rests just beneath my chin? Is it properly tied?

Judging by the amount of time I spend, you'd think my face was the most important part of my body. But my doctor doesn't think so. When I show up for a check-up, the first thing she tells me is to take off my shoes and socks. Because I am diabetic, she wants to check my toes to make sure that I have good circulation.

Just as every member of the body is important for a different reason, so too every member of the church is important and valuable. Each of us performs our individual ministry. Whether we clean the pews, dust the altar, bake a cake, visit a prisoner, pray for the sick, teach Sunday School, or greet another believer with a smile, we are all essential to the shared mission of bringing the good news of Christ to a struggling world.

Frank Ramirez (Pennsylvania, USA)
Prayer
God of diversity, help us to recognize and celebrate the different ways we all contribute to your work in the world. Amen.

Thought for the Day
God delights in our differences.

Like this, could identify so much. For most of my life, I was a head first, but they were looking at my feet, not looking at where I was going.

My definition of an Aries is, "The left foot is moving forward and the right foot, doesn't even know it has to move yet."

They say that pains in our feet means insecurities, so guess I still have a lot of them. Your ankles mean you don't have a leg to stand on, all of which is fear based, instead of walking in faith.

That is what I mean by the spiritual outlook and applying the Steps to heal the thinking and the deep rooted old tapes, habits and behaviours.

Physically, I have diabetes and as a result, neuropathy. I am on medication for gout and I also have pseudo gout in my feet, knees, hands, shoulders, elbows, and I think sometimes in my head. So the pain can be explained, but a lot of it is me and my attitude toward it, and me doing the do things that will help, instead of going into the old way of thinking, "I don't care" or "What is the use any way?"