God has set the member, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:18
The film Miracle tells the true story of the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team as it marches to an improbable gold medal. At the outset of the story, coach Herb Brooks is shown selecting the players for his team. When he gives assistant coach Craig Patrick a list of names he has chosen, Craig says in surprise, "You're missing some of the best players." Brooks responds, "I'm not looking for the best players, Craig - just the right ones."
Brooks knew that individual talent would take the team on so far. A willingness to fit into his style of selfless play would be far more important than talent. Clearly, team success, not individual glory, was the priority.
The biblical call to service has a similar emphasis. In God's purposes, each believer does his or her part, but the results are team-oriented. After explaining the wide differences in the spiritual gifts of believers, Paul says, "the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all" (1 Cor. 12:7). When we use the skills God gives us, His purposes are accomplished, and He gets the glory. In God's service, it's not about being the best, the most talented, or the most gifted. It's about being the right people - the ones God "set...in the body" ---joining together to serve the same team.
---Bill Crowder (Our Daily Bread)
"Mountains 2 Molehills"
M2m Missions Crew
Jordan Dennard, Kim Wood, Darlene McDonald, Susan Hambrick, Beth Stewart, (Me), Aaron Holley
We are back from our first mission trip to Peytona, West Virginia. I simply cannot find the WORDS...there are not enough words to describe what our eyes and hearts have seen and felt. We all went one way and came back changed forever. Our hearts and constant prayers go out to the precious people of West Virginia and especially to our newly adopted parents in Christ...Papa & Mama T
(Brother Howard & Twala Alford).
Thank you Lord for choosing this wonderful, loving, caring, giving, & compassionate group of believers to be YOUR hands and feet. The lives that we touched and more so the ones that touched us will be a part of our souls forever. We were blessed so much by people that have so little.
M2m Crew...THE RIGHT PEOPLE!!!
Also, I would like to say that there are others (many others) that are a valued part of this group that even though they could not make the trip...this mission would not have been possible without them.
Natalie & Rob Raines
Natalie & Chad Keadle
Stephanie McDuffie
Alison Humphrey
Jake Stewart
Marie Mizell
Scott McDonald
Hope Smith
THERE ARE NO UNIMPORTANT PEOPLE
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST!
...more to come soon about our trip!
