if we are the body

1 corinthians 12: 12-31

12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If 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? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

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read this earlier. stuffs have been happening around.. not lately tho.. have been going on quite a while now.. some people have given up, most just left. some who stayed back just decided to hang around to see the ending of it. there is a batch though of a few who are still hanging on, not giving up, choosing to believe what God has put into their hearts , doing His work.

why don't we all just go and leave things as they are ? why don't we all give up and move on to where the grass is greener? we may even get something better on the other side...
maybe the question is why CAN'T we, instead of why don't we.

maybe it's hope. maybe because somehow all of us are holding on to something. hanging on, having faith, hoping that one day things will go right. eventually.. i hope.
maybe cause it's hard walking away, leaving the people, or rather the family you grew up with, the family you belong to. knowing no matter how far you go, you will never be able to forget and feel the same way. you cannot leave your home.

a family sticks together in the times of trouble. no one is going to leave anybody because everyone cares about everyone.

we are one body of Christ. we form a church in Christ. if anyone suffers we suffer along with them. and we will stick together in the times of trouble. nobody is going to leave anybody behind because deep down we all care about our brothers and sisters in Christ.

we all care about our family in Christ. and we are going to go through this together and solve this problem, as a family, as one body of Christ.