connecting the body

Has your leg ever fallen asleep? Worse, has your leg ever fallen asleep and you didn't realize it, so that when you tried to stand up you almost fell over? The rest of your body had to compensate and your walking was impaired for a while until you were able to feel your leg again and could move normally. And you couldn't quite cover up by saying, "I meant to do that."

It seems to me that the various parts of Grace Community aren't always communicating well with each other. The individual part may be healthy, but the fact that there's a lack of communication affects the whole body's ability to function. Or the individual part may be hurting, but other parts don't know it. Either way, the body can't function as it should and in general, things just don't feel right.

Our prayer ministry is making an effort to get the various parts of Grace Community communicating with each other (and God) through the Prayer Circle. It's a way to let other ministry teams know how you're doing and in return to take an interest in another ministry team's concerns and bring them to God. It's a step toward being connected and being the Body of Christ as we should be.

A severed limb is both grotesque and useless (except to the director of a slasher movie). But a body with all the parts working in concert feels right and can accomplish a lot.