Everybody has a “go to” phrase. I’ve heard several, some of which I pray to never hear again. Some even incite immediate rage in me because they are so “junior high”. Some aren’t even verbal but visual, again causing rage. The one that I go to several times a day is this: “Somebody has to be the butt”. And yes, sometimes I say the bad word for butt, it depends on the reason I’m saying it. Not acceptable in the eyes of God, but that’s how I justify it.
My “go to” phrase was incited by the Disciple study a few years back when we read and discussed these verses from Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:
12 There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. 13 We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. 14 So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.
Courtesy of the study note for this verse, Paul compares the body of Christ to a human body. Each part has a specific function that is necessary to the body as a whole. The parts are different for a purpose, and in their differences they must work together.
Thus my go to phrase: Somebody has to be the butt.
Ponder that,
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