If you haven't read my latest blog - "a huge announcement" - go back and read that first!
I would like to invite you to be a part of something big. God is moving in Les Anglais; you can read all about it in Shannon's blog. I am moving there to be a part of it - to fight for families and build relationships that change lives, both mine and theirs. I am overwhelmingly excited about this life. I've been counting the days - 140! I know that God has called me there, and so I will find a way to be there, no matter what it takes. And that's why I'm not begging for your help, but I would like to invite you to be a part of this grand adventure!
"12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."
1 Corinthians 12
We all have a part to play in God's story, and it looks different for everyone. It changes all the time. Right now, my part is to study hard, serve other students, encourage others, and love kids at the homeless shelter. In 20 weeks, my part in God's story is going to look different, and I can't wait to see it! What matters is that we are all a part of this grand adventure, and we are all called to participate. Partnering in this particular ministry may be a part of your story, and maybe it is not. However, my prayer is that your time, energy, gifts, and finances are all used to glorify God.
God is inviting you to show His love to a broken world, and I am inviting you to be a part of that in Les Anglais.
So message me for details (and that's not a commitment, but a chance to learn more about it)!
Or comment on this, or call me!
But I'd love for you to be a part of this story.
~Shelbs
