1 Corinthians 12

Paul writes of how the church is the body of Christ, and each believer is a vital part of that body. Every part does a really important job, without which the body would be either handicapped or dead. I've read this passage many times before, but today I really thought about it. I thought about the human body, and how intricate it really is--so much more so than Paul realized, with DNA and RNA and enzymes and all sorts of crazy amazing stuff that controls and builds the organs Paul talks about, like the eyes and the arms. I find that image of Christ's body, as an incredibly intricate system of small cells or enzymes or whatever working together for a goal, guided by some force they can't really understand, even more wonderful and amazing. What an awesome picture of God's body!