10.24.2017

Members of the Body of Hope

{all photo are mine}

 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should 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. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. // 1 Corinthians 12:12-27  





























A face you glimpse as you pass by,
And you can't help but wonder:
What put the heartache in their eyes 
And turned their path asunder?

A little glimpse revealed so much
That they would never speak of-
The pain, the sorrow, and the hurt,
The heart that never felt love.

You long to stop and pull aside
The person whose face you saw.
And tell them of the hope that's near,
And of the love that broke the laws.

But it's too late- the face is gone,
And you realize with a start
That your opportunity has passed on by
There goes another broken heart.

Oh, Lord, you pray, please help me
Next time not to just pass on by.
Not to be a priest but a Good Samaritan,
And go seek them where they lie.

I will, you hear Him answer now
For you are my hands and feet.
The body's members should be going out
With My words of hope to repeat.

A face you glimpse as you pass by,
And you can't help but remember.
You take a breath and smile bright,
And think Yes- right now I'll be a member. 
- written 10.23.17






 // click here to listen to a powerful song about this topic //

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12 comments:

  1. That is an incredible, incredible poem. And I relate so much to those words. May I choose to be a member. xx

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  2. Beautiful Emily! You have such a gift...I'm always wowed!!!

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  3. This is beautiful Emily. The poem is beautifully written and relatable.

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    1. Thank you, Sarah! I'm so glad it encouraged you. xx

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  4. So good Emily! That's one of my fav. songs!
    You're really good at making real poetry. Like stuff that actually rhymes. I have issues with doing that. It never says what I want it to.

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    1. Thank you Libby! The song is one of my favorites as well (but so is pretty much anything by Casting Crowns).
      Aw, thank you! I actually don't write much rhyming poetry since it's a lot harder than free verse, but every now and then a poem like this will find its way out. Don't worry if you don't think yours is "good"- I have a lot like that, but if you're writing for Jesus, than it doesn't really matter, right? xx

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  5. Wow, what a powerful verse and poem! I love the concept of the Body of Christ being an actual body--with all its individual functions. That passage explains it so well. Isn't God so good to do that? Yet I wish we as the Body of Christ would really function and work together like a body should. We are so self-centered and contentious sometimes, no? Good thing God remembers that we were made from dust, and has mercy on us! May He purify His body and help each of us to do our part.

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    1. Thank you Jewels! Yes indeed, God is so good to show us this so plainly through His Word. Amen- wonderful words! xx

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