One body with many parts

On Monday, I met with Jay Hart Román and Andy Flannagan, the two people I would be spending the majority of my time with during the week.

Jay is the full time Office and Communications Manager of CSM, she is very friendly and says that she strongly values hard work. She is obviously a very committed and hard-working individual with a passion for God and for CSM.

Andy, the director of CSM is an extremely enthusiastic and active person as demonstrated yesterday at around 4 o'clock when the rest of us were getting tired and worn out, Andy was still running from door to door delivering leaflets.

At our meeting on Monday, Andy asked me a number of tough questions to get me thinking, one of them included what I thought that the top 5 issues were that Christians should prioritise. At first I didn't know what to say and it is a question that I shall continue to ponder throughout the week and probably beyond. However, I have always noted how different Christians have different passions and different issues that God has put on their heart. A friend of mine at Church is strongly passionate about the persecuted Church and gives a lot of time to that cause. Indeed, personally I do care about the persecuted Church, however I don't feel it is something God has particularly put on my heart, while at the same time I'm sure my friend isn't passionate about the things God has put on my heart.

This goes back to 1 Corinthians 13 where Paul explains about the body of Christ being made up of many parts. In verse 27 it says "Now all of you together are Christ's body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it." (New Living Translation), therefore as Christians we do all have different passions, interests and characters that God has given us and different causes God has called us to.

Grace Vanstone-Hallam, 22/07/2009