Cell - Members

I will be summarizing some parts since Dr Paul touched on a lot of medical terms @ times which many of us might become lost with all the names as well as quoting from him & adding in my own thoughts at times. Feel free to comment so that we can all share and learn from one another.

One drop of blood under the microscope will reveal a totally different picture to a human eye as compared to just seeing it as a red dot. Red blood cells are the most numerous along which one can find white blood cells as well. The protectors of the body against invaders, they travel all over the body and @ times having to elongate to travel through narrow capillaries.

If u watch them move ard long enough, u will think that they are so slow and ineffective, can they really defend the body? Well, poke a needle through a blood vein and these chaps suddenly become "alive". Like a homing missile, they zoom in on the target and defend the body against the invaders.

" I sometimes think of the human body as a community, and then of its individual cells such as the white cell. The cell is the basic unit of an organism; it can live for itself, or it can help form and sustain a larger organism. I recall the apostle Paul's use of analogy in 1 Cor 12 where he compares the church of Christ to the human body. That inspired analogy takes on even more meaning to me because of the expanded vistas allowed by the invention of microscopes. Since Paul's analogy renders a basic principle of God's creation, I can augment it like this:

The body is one unit, though it is made up of many cells, and though all its cells are many, they form one body ..... If the white cell should say, because i am not a brain cell, I do not belong to the body, it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the muscle cell should say to the optic nerve, because I am not an optic nerve, I do not belong to the body, it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an optic nerve cell, where would be the ability to walk? If the whole body were an auditory nerve, where would be the sense of sight? But in fact God has arranged the cells in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If all cells were the same, where would the body be? As it is, there are many cells, but one body.

The analogy conveys a more precise meaning to me because a hand or foot or ear cannot have a life separate from the body, a cell does have that potential. It can be part of the body as a loyalist, or it can cling to its own life. Some cells do choose to live in the body, sharing its benefits while maintaining complete independence - they become parasites or cancer cells. " - Paul Brand

Food for thought: Ever wonder @ times are u like the white blood cell, wandering aimlessly when they is no bacteria/virus ard? That one even starts to question the aim of your existence in that particular place, settings or time. Sometimes, some of us seem like we always have things to do to contribute to the body of Christ (Just like the red blood cells are forever carrying oxygen ard the body), while others "look" lost. But hey, everyone in the body of Christ serves a different purpose, just like the white blood cells know whats its actual purpose is, trust that God too has a specific purpose for U, just that the timing isn't right yet. When it does arrive, u'll know for sure 100% whats your purpose in the body of Christ.