An excerpt from an archived blog post from January 2019.
This morning, I have been thinking about whether or not I am the kind of person that likes to fly high or dive deep. Not sure why this thought came to me, but perhaps it will be helpful to you as I share what I think it means.
There are people who like to sprint and those who prefer a longer run that is not as fast. There are people who like to process things slowly, and those who like to process quickly and get on with life. But I have found that there are people who operate their lives often seeking a big picture perspective. Visionaries, fly high with their thoughts and are always asking the question: “What is the big picture here?” Then there are those people who dive deep in their thoughts and often they are good with details and figuring out how to help their high-flying friends accomplish their vision. What I have come to recognize is the value of the body of Christ in accomplishing both.
Paul describes Christians coming together for God’s purposes through using their gifts and the way that the Lord has wired them:
For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. If the foot should say, because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body, that would not make it any less a part of the body. (I Corinthians 12:16)
As we come together in Christ, we each have significance and we each have ways to help our brother or sister accomplish their God-given goals. The dependency we have on one another suddenly becomes one of the best gifts ever from God. Friends, we need each other. If I were to spend my days envisioning a future and did not have my good-with-detail-friends I would be lost. And if my deep-diving friends didn’t have me they might get lost at the bottom of the sea looking for shells. I know that is a bit far-fetched, but am hoping you are following my train of thought. God designed us in a way that we need one another.
So we, being many are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another (Romans 12:5)
Joanne
