The body of Christ

[Dages]

Hi all,

 

As you know we all are members (pun intended) of a body, being in the congregation, the worldwide brotherhood of Jehovah's servants.

Thinking about this body (Romans 12), with my family, we tried to identify which part of the body are our local friends.

It was a funny thought experiment/meditation subject because we tried to focus on positive things about our friends.

 

Sometimes we decided we did not have enough info to associate one friend with any limb... So we need to get to know him/her more.

 

For instance, we have an elder would could be the "hand", he is a great asset of the congregation, he is working with the hospital committee (hand of the surgeon with a scalpel).

 

There is another who is an "eye", very wise, always noticing good points to improve, also he has glasses and is often smiling.

 

Also we discussed about ourselves, individually explaining how we view ourselves, which limb/part of the body we would be. Then compared... It was very fun and upbuilding.

 

I told I think I'm a "cheek" because I like to smile

And it helps with anything related to eating and speaking

As a servant, I serve and help the friend (distributing literature (spiritual food) for my group and helping with territories (preaching)).

 

Which are you?

Edited July 5, 2021 by Dages

[Tortuga]

I'm a fingernail. Small, insignificant, easily removed. Sometimes I get picked on or  chewed on but I keep growing. I like to dig and I'm always scratching at something.

Edited July 5, 2021 by Tortuga

[daydream]

I'm the pinky. 

 

 

 

https://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/cuboid-bone#1

 

Have fun with this interactive model of the foot. (Click on the link above)

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by happiness IS

[New World Explorer]

I am various parts at different times, depends on the situation.

Just playing my role and contributing what I can.

 

 

[EccentricM]

The brain.

 

Very complex, not too many people understand it fully. It gets involved in everything, stores a lot of infomation and always comes up with new ideas, but it physically likes to stay in one place and doesn't enjoy getting rattled.

 

It has the abililty to dictate the rest of the body and inform it how to move, but also realises that without the body it is nothing, seeking out mutual benfit for both parties.

Edited July 6, 2021 by EccentricM

[Tortuga]

I think I might be a molar. I stay out of sight and just keep grinding away.

[campanula]

I guess I'm probably a gallbladder.  

It's full of bitterness but very helpful for digesting. 🤢😉

[Dages]

It's nice. 

 

We can use this in a funny way, and also in a positive, upbuilding, appreciative way

[Doug]

Appendix.  

[daydream]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-function-of-the-human-appendix-did-it-once-have-a-purpose-that-has-since-been-lost/

"For years, the appendix was credited with very little physiological function. We now know, however, that the appendix serves an important role in the fetus and in young adults. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus at around the 11th week of development. These endocrine cells of the fetal appendix have been shown to produce various biogenic amines and peptide hormones, compounds that assist with various biological control (homeostatic) mechanisms. There had been little prior evidence of this or any other role of the appendix in animal research, because the appendix does not exist in domestic mammals.

 

"Among adult humans, the appendix is now thought to be involved primarily in immune functions...

 

[jayrtom]

On 7/6/2021 at 1:43 AM, happiness IS said:

I'm the pinky. 

 

 

You're a Sister but you have a man's foot 🤔

 

 

 

Sorry David

On a serious note, I like to be a bone of the skeleton that takes part in supporting the whole body

[AH173]

I would like to be viewed as one trying to hold things together for smooth functioning - a ligament or tendon (I think there's around 900 of them). 

Edited July 13, 2021 by AH173
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[Paulo]

A single hair from the head.

One unnoticed among many but still accounted for by Jehovah

[M.J.]

Hmm...I'm thinking "skin". I was fascinated when I learned that it is the largest organ of the body. It's versatile and flexible. It can be smooth, yet also rough, thin, yet also tough, water absorbent, yet water-resistant. People forget it's an organ, yet it's benefits extend far and wide over the entire body.