My Space [pt 1]

I apologize for posting late. I tried this afternoon and the blogger site was under renovation and maintenence. If you need to get a hold of me, you have my numbers and you can also email me at jatwood@liveoakchurch.org.

We all want to belong to something. Maybe some more than others, but it's in our nature to herd. To be a part of a club, organization, group, whatever. Even when we don't consciously choose to be a part of something bigger, greater... we somehow get placed into cliques. The internet now has one of the most popular groups around... MYSPACE.COM. There tag line? A place for friends. So even through the cyberspace, you can become part of a group.

If you've watched any teen booper movie, you know they are big on the idea of groups. Watching "Mean Girls" or "High School Musical" you know that there are the Jocks, the Drama Group, The Cheerleaders, the Academics, the Skaters, the Smokers... And although these types of movies simplify teen life, we know the different divisions exist.

So, we all need to belong and there are groups out there to belong to... which one will you CHOOSE to belong to? In the New Testament, Paul writes about a great group-- a group that believe in Christ-- a group he calls THE BODY. In this body, everyone has a part. Not everyone can be an eye. Not everyone can be a toe. Some are little hairs on the back of the neck, others are viens running down the legs. In this body the head is Jesus. And in this body you can find your place.

You must CHOOSE daily to be a part of the body of Christ. No other group or organization in the world has benefits like the BODY. No other club or clique has the power like the BODY. Don't you want to be a part of the BODY?

This month we will delve into how, what and why we should be a part of the Body of Christ. We all have a palce in the kingdom. I will leave you with this thought I heard tonight in Camp Meeting: "If you were a banana, stay in the bunch. Becuase if yo leave the bunch, you are liable to get peeled and eaten." Discuss amogst yourselves.