Verse of the Day:
1 Corinthians 12:27
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
If you know me very well you may know that I absolutely love this blog called ‘1000 Awesome Things’. The guy who writes it discusses an ‘awesome’ thing each day. They range from ‘The sound of rain from inside the tent’ to ‘Eating ridiculous things for breakfast’ to ‘Peeling an orange in one shot’. All really great things that we often overlook and under appreciate. Reading it always puts me in a better mood.
Today’s ‘Awesome Thing’ is ‘Hanging On’. Read what Neil has to say about it and then I’ll share my thoughts on how I think it relates to us and the verse I chose for the day.
We’re all pretty much the same.
Packed tightly in our skintight skin is a bumpy clump of slippery organs and brittle bones. Yes, you’re a pile of bones, I’m a bucket of blood, you’re a slab of muscle, I’m a chunk of chub. And no matter what we got squeezing through our veins, zooming through our brains, and dripping out our drains, one big thing just always remains.
We’re all pretty much the same.
We’re all pretty much the same.
We’re all pretty much the same.
Baby brains buzz and little eardrums pop, baby lungs breathe deep and little eyelids flop, but as we grow up and grow older maybe we start letting differences be our guide, start choosing our own adventures, start carving paths and curving wide. We settle into ourselves, settle into our skin, settle into our lives, and find the comforts within…
We grow up, we grow older, some grow hotter, some grow colder. We focus on our tastes, on our preferences and our choices, we find our kinds of friends, we read our kinds of voices. We might cut deep paths, we may turn others away, we may deepen our divides, we may have nothing nice to say.
But way down deep in our stomachs, way down deep in our hearts, we can always remember that no matter which way we turn, which lessons we learn, which bridges we burn…
We’re all pretty much the same.
We’re all pretty much the same.
No matter what money we earn, what chances we churn, what choices we spurn…
We’re all pretty much the same.
We’re all pretty much the same.
Because we’ve all got cracks and chips, we’ve all got sores and scratches, we’ve all got doubts and dreams, we’ve all got hearts with patches. We laugh and cry, we soar and sink, we go up and down, we stop and think. Behind your favorite things, behind your bestest friends, behind your fears and doubts… we’re all waiting here again.
We’re all in this big show together.
We’re all singing the same song.
We’re all walking into the future.
As we all keep hanging on.
(1000awesomethings.com)
We ARE all the same. And we are ALL God’s creation. All of us are a part of the bigger picture – the body of Christ. No matter how different or strange someone seems to you, you have one huge thing in common with everyone. You are a part of a great thing. Everyone hurts, everyone wants to be loved, everyone wants to be accepted, and everyone is searching for their own but the same thing. But no matter what, we are all in this thing together.
The Simple Truth: We’re all pretty much the same.
Pray:
Lord, thank You for providing me with the people I have in my life. I am lucky that I have friends who listen to me, parents who love me, and people to support me. Help me to see that we’re all the same and that every person out there is a part of You. Amen.
Peace, love & prayers-
K
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