I used to think that...
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I used to think that toes weren't very important. After all, they're just little stubs of bone and flesh. They're a pain to have around when they make contact with a chair while the rest of the body is trying to make its way to the refrigerator in the dark. What good are toes anyway?
One day my father was removing a large limb from a big old elm tree with his chain saw. The limb unexpectedly gave way and landed on him, crushing his left foot. That foot was never the same again. After several surgeries it was decided that the toes on that foot would have to be amputated. Today my father has difficulty maintaining his balance and walks with a limp because those toes are missing. His ankles, knees and hips are constantly sore because of the extra pressure placed on them. His whole body sorely misses those toes.
Of course, those toes couldn't live once they'd been separated from the rest of his body. Without their connection to the flow of blood, the nervous system, the bones and the tendons, they simply could not survive. They were literally cut off from what the rest of the body had to give. They couldn't live on their own.
The same is true in the church. When one member is missing, the rest of the body feels it. And when a member is cut off, or cuts itself off from the rest of the body, it cannot survive.
--Kaul
One day my father was removing a large limb from a big old elm tree with his chain saw. The limb unexpectedly gave way and landed on him, crushing his left foot. That foot was never the same again. After several surgeries it was decided that the toes on that foot would have to be amputated. Today my father has difficulty maintaining his balance and walks with a limp because those toes are missing. His ankles, knees and hips are constantly sore because of the extra pressure placed on them. His whole body sorely misses those toes.
Of course, those toes couldn't live once they'd been separated from the rest of his body. Without their connection to the flow of blood, the nervous system, the bones and the tendons, they simply could not survive. They were literally cut off from what the rest of the body had to give. They couldn't live on their own.
The same is true in the church. When one member is missing, the rest of the body feels it. And when a member is cut off, or cuts itself off from the rest of the body, it cannot survive.
--Kaul
