Interesting that I should read this, this morning, as a few hours later, whilst listening to the radio I heard some folk musicians talking animatedly about collaboration, how excited they get when pulling together old long forgotten folk music and re interpreting it by using their unique talents they have on their own specific instruments. One of them said we emerge on an amazing discovery, which on our own we would not have ventured!
We all see in part and some of us believe our part isn’t worth anything to anybody. The truth is we only get to be in the bigger picture if we play our part and value its importance to the whole picture. The Bible says the body is made up of many parts, not all can be the vital organs (paraphrased) the less seen parts are to be considered noble and important for the good of the body!
I did play netball in senior school, competed against other schools, I was also in the choir and in the country dancing club in the juniors but I had other reasons for not seeing myself as an integral part of any team, I never fitted in as I carried the stigma of being one of 10 surviving children, was poor, lived in a council house and had free school meals. The only way I could survive was to crack the jokes before they came at me. I was cheerful, no point crying over spilt milk and I told myself I was happy with what I’d got, our family was a world within a world which only we understood.
I believe I came into my own when I had my own family. I had to become broken bread and poured out wine to sustain them and I often like to make the analogy of a cake, when saying what I think a family unit could be because if all the ingredients refuse to be unwrapped and battered out of shape you cannot become the cake you were intended to be. Likewise if we hold onto individuality and refuse to lose ourselves for the greater good then we’ll never know how wonderful we can make other peoples lives and by it enhance our own.
Bless you for your wonderful out pourings, they mean so much to me. Keep them coming🥰
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and your own experiences. You are so right that the Bible teaches us we are all part of the Body of Christ, and therefore all hold value and all need each other to learn and grow as disciples of Jesus. And the church is supposed to be a family, which in itself is a kind of team... something worth remembering when it comes to fostering a healthy church community. Like you say, team work is about losing ourselves for the greater good... rather than diminish who we are, it actually enhances our own lives too.
Thank you for your encouragement too! I look forward to hearing from you again!
PJ
Interesting that I should read this, this morning, as a few hours later, whilst listening to the radio I heard some folk musicians talking animatedly about collaboration, how excited they get when pulling together old long forgotten folk music and re interpreting it by using their unique talents they have on their own specific instruments. One of them said we emerge on an amazing discovery, which on our own we would not have ventured!
We all see in part and some of us believe our part isn’t worth anything to anybody. The truth is we only get to be in the bigger picture if we play our part and value its importance to the whole picture. The Bible says the body is made up of many parts, not all can be the vital organs (paraphrased) the less seen parts are to be considered noble and important for the good of the body!
I did play netball in senior school, competed against other schools, I was also in the choir and in the country dancing club in the juniors but I had other reasons for not seeing myself as an integral part of any team, I never fitted in as I carried the stigma of being one of 10 surviving children, was poor, lived in a council house and had free school meals. The only way I could survive was to crack the jokes before they came at me. I was cheerful, no point crying over spilt milk and I told myself I was happy with what I’d got, our family was a world within a world which only we understood.
I believe I came into my own when I had my own family. I had to become broken bread and poured out wine to sustain them and I often like to make the analogy of a cake, when saying what I think a family unit could be because if all the ingredients refuse to be unwrapped and battered out of shape you cannot become the cake you were intended to be. Likewise if we hold onto individuality and refuse to lose ourselves for the greater good then we’ll never know how wonderful we can make other peoples lives and by it enhance our own.
Bless you for your wonderful out pourings, they mean so much to me. Keep them coming🥰
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and your own experiences. You are so right that the Bible teaches us we are all part of the Body of Christ, and therefore all hold value and all need each other to learn and grow as disciples of Jesus. And the church is supposed to be a family, which in itself is a kind of team... something worth remembering when it comes to fostering a healthy church community. Like you say, team work is about losing ourselves for the greater good... rather than diminish who we are, it actually enhances our own lives too.
Thank you for your encouragement too! I look forward to hearing from you again!