Sunday, February 12

Worship @ Willow Street this week has the theme, "Let It Snow."  It's preschool Sunday, featuring our preschool students and staff.  Each snow flake is unique, made that way by the infinitly variable combinations of moisture, wind, altitude, and temperature as the droplet of water freezes and drops to the ground.

Likewise, all of us are created as unique individuals.  Our genetics, families of origin, cultures, as well as our life experiences come together to enhance this uniqueness.

Though snowflakes are each unique, snow is snow.  Though we are all unique, we are all human beings--creations of a loving God; created in the image of God.

In 1 Corinthians 12, the focal scripture for this Sunday, Paul uses the analogy of the human body--many different parts, all one body.  Each of us has been given a unique combination of gifts from our Creator God.  Like each individual part of our body, every gift is important in the body of Christ. 

Indeed, there are many gifts, but the same Spirit; many gifts but the same God; different gifts but one body of Christ.  Thanks be to God!