Monday, April 30, 2018

Talk About the B*** of the Church

There was something about the Church, which is the Body of Christ, that has been on my mind for quite awhile, and that is: if the butt (buttocks) were a part of the Church, I wonder what kind of people are they?

At first, I sometimes jokingly thought "You know those more difficult people in the church? Someone's gotta be the butt." 

No doubt, there ARE difficult kinds of people in the Body of Christ who are, sad to say, just a pain in the bumbums. And sometimes I do briefly think, hmm why ya? Why do these "butt-people" need to exist, or what kind of role do they play?

If it is just because of the fact that no one is perfect, and there is no perfect earthly church, so I guess maybe those are the more "imperfect" parts of the church? But still, no matter what, we are still one body so.. *shrugs~



1 Corinthians 12v12, 18:
12For 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.


18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

Boy check out verse 18, so.. the Bible meant to say that God is the one who hand-picks whoever is which part of the body? Even the butt? 


*whistles...~ O-kay... 


However, when I give more thought to this, I realised, and was reminded of how crucial the butt is. Rather than being the troublesome poopie-holes, they are the ones who actually get the s*** out of the body. 

They are the ones who work hard and with utmost urgency to keep the bad out of the Body of Christ. 
Or rather, DUMP out the bad that was produced inside the body. 

Now that I think of it, maybe being the bumbums of the Church isn't so bad after all. In fact, it is somewhat noble and too many a time, the Body of Christ lacks members who are in this position...


Helping to keep the peace between members...

Being there to reconcile and help resolve matters...
Willing to just clean up the mess, remove what is unhealthy, restore a "clean and clear" environment...

I am sure there are many more functions but my brain could not think of any more for now. 



 1 Corinthians 12v24-25: 
...But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.


Indeed, no matter what role you play or what you are in the church, let us have the same care for each other, because


26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 
-- 1 Corinthians 12v26

Monday, February 5, 2018

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.
1 Chronicles 4v10

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.

My condition is able to change, God is able to change my condition.

Can He heal me? Can He speak to me like how He did to this person?

Yes, He can. Can He only heal colds but not heal critical illness? Can He only speak in a certain way and not speak more? Is that all God can do?

No, He can do more. A lot more than we can ever imagine. He can make miracles, then why do you think that He can't help me?

How can I be a blessing if I don't feel blessed? How can I change my situation and feelings to feel blessed?

Its not over yet, my condition does not stop here.

I am blessed to bless.

I am not a cause of suffering, I am a blessing.