The Perfect Body

The beauty of difference and diversity is in mutual acceptance and a sense of comfort with the fact that we need each other. That is how God has designed creation and this is how he has designed us. Just think of the intricacy of an ecosystem. If one variable is eliminated it upsets the balance of the entire community of life. Similarly, if we think of the human body, we understand that the life and health of one member – teeny or not – breathes life (so to speak) into the whole.

God is never after just an individual. His sense of purpose is far more expansive. He called Abraham and then out of Abraham he called forth nations and a universe full of star-studded royal heirs – sons and daughters of righteousness. God sent Jesus to earth to live a life of perfect obedience and then called many more sons and brothers to walk the walk of perfect righteousness in Him – many branches connected to one vine.

When we walk through trouble and turbulence it can be a very solitary and lonely kind of experience. However, from God’s vantage point, He sees and delights in the complete tapestry which He is weaving together – your joy, my sorrow, your sorrow my joy, my faith, your righteousness, my quest, your courage, my sacrifice, your kindness, my prayer, your strength, my trust, your wisdom, my hoping, your patience. God takes all those threads of our individual experiences, colours them with His ways and His character and then weaves them into a masterpiece of kingdom artistry.

I am a thread of many colours, every experience dipped in the hues of how God works out His righteousness in every dimension of what makes life life. As a thread I stand alone, but when I am woven with others, my life takes on meaning which goes way beyond the singularity of my simple spool. I become part of a panoramic tapestry where my thread finds its place – significant yet sharing significance with others. Together we make God’s purpose for creation complete.