----We All Play A Part ~~

--"So we, being many, are one body in Christ...having then gifts differing according
to the grace that is given to us. - :--[Romans 12:5-6]

---Last Sunday, the choir director came up to my daughter Karen, who, like her mother, doesn't carry a turn very well. "I've noticed that you don't sing the hymns, he told her.

"I can't sing!" she said.
"It doesn't matter," he replied. Really! Some voices are right on pitch , and we need those people. But in the congregation, we also need the voices that aren't perfectly pitched in order to round the sound. All of them blend together and God hears it whole!" So please, go ahead and sing! Karen decided to do just that next Sunday--and her mom might even getup the courage to do it too.

Maybe it's the same with any other ability. The world surely needs the very talented ones, those who truly excel. But perhaps, just as in the singing of hymns, those with average talent still have a contribution to make. So, with my writing and teaching, I will quit comparing myself to others. Instead, I'll work hard at what I do. I'll sing my own part of the song, knowing God that "God hears it whole!"

-"Thank You, Lord, for giving each of us valued parts in Your inclusive song. You get all the glory."

--Guideposts/MMK~
--"All things work together for the good to those who love the Lord." -[Romans 8:28]