A few months back when I started this blog, my first post was the story behind the name, The Toenail. I didn’t have scripture to back up what I was experiencing and longing for “in real life”, but I heard God’s message loud and clear: We are all important to the Body of Christ.
Yesterday, several months after creating this blog, I came upon scripture that revealed this very same message. How cool is that? How I came across it is even “cooler”. The devotion that I read (most every day) from our church referenced 1 Co 3:13. Immediately desiring to see what the word had in store for me, I turned to Colossians 3:13. This scripture reads:
“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Then it continues in verse 14: “And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Hmmmm. This is great scripture – and the subject of forgiveness is always a dear one for me – but it had absolutely nothing, from what I could tell, to do with the devotion I had just read. Then I noticed that in my devotion book, the scripture had a “one” before the initials Co. I didn’t have a first Colossians in my Bible. I wondered why the devotion book had placed the “one” before the initials. Not even thinking that I could be wrong, I asked my son about it. I’m so glad he doesn’t judge me for not knowing the abbreviations for the books! Apparently Co stands for Corinthians, of which there is a “one” and “two”, instead of for Colossians. So next, I turned to the correct referenced scripture. It reads:
“…his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work.”
Okay, this makes more sense with the devotion, which was about “doing what you’re supposed to do”. Still, the conversation with my son continued, as we shared about different parts of 1 Corinthians that we have studied. That’s when I came across the scripture – THE scripture! – the message God had so clearly revealed to me months earlier when I was doubting my significance in the Body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12 verses 12 through 31 are so exciting to me! It’s beautiful scripture. Look it up! I’m so thankful for God’s perfect timing in revealing things to us. Had I been shown that scripture months ago, I may not have started this blog. But because of my experience and wondering how God can use “little ole me”, He has shown me personally, allowing for the creation of this blog, and has now validated His message to me in scripture. That is so cool! His word is certainly alive!
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