At first it goes unnoticed. And then you see the red. The color starts to trickle slowly down the fresh and clean skin; the members of the body who were once peachy keen now stain red. And you are shocked. What do you do while you bleed and pain in agony? All and every body part grieves for the loss of blood and member that is cut away from the whole. Your head starts throbbing as the liquid and much needed fluid seeps out and escapes. Nothing else matters but to stop the bleeding and pain; to recover the loss; to make the body whole. All else is forgotten.
And then I wonder, do WE act like a body?
When a member starts to slip away and is cut deep, DO WE NOTICE? Do we get STAINED? Are we SHOCKED? Do we rush into action to HEAL, to SAVE, to STOP this bleeding before all else is lost? The head does His part. He THROBS, He HURTS. He LOSES and has LOST. He BLEEDS and has BLED. He is in ANGUISH. But do WE save? Or do we let the member bleed?
"My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from DEATH and cover over a multitude of sins."
James 5:19-20
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
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