“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Romans 12:4-5

Studying this morning, my phone erupted with the notice I had just received a text. “I’m doing real good,” it said, as if answering a question. But I hadn’t asked one! It was 7am and I figured Galen was still asleep after getting out of his knee surgery last night around 9pm! He sent me this picture too! The gimp comedian had struck again!

I hadn’t expected him to be awake, but should have known better! He said he’d gone to sleep about 12 and awoke at 3! I wish I had his energy. When I looked at the picture, I noticed the magic marker and couldn’t believe the humor! I asked, “Is that the mark so the Doctor knows which knee to operate on?” “Yup,” he replied… and I had to laugh! You see…Galen doesn’t HAVE another knee…or LEG for that matter! But I guess ‘rules is rules!’

Galen likes to fancy himself a tough man of faith! But I know his wife, Paula! The Army Ranger can lie there and make philosophical God statements about duty and suffering, but Paula is the one who has to drag him around and cover his back. And she does it SOOO well. Personally, I’d probably just shoot him (joke) which would be a WHOLE lot easier! But she loves him and therefore SERVES him. Together they define the world FAITHFUL! They live the furthest away from our church (18 miles) and never miss!

Service is an art. Some people do it because they HAVE to. Some because they’re SUPPOSED to. And there are those who do it because they WANT to! Those people are my inspiration! The Bible tells me that’s the way it’s supposed to be! They BELONG to me for that very purpose. And I to them! Together, we make up the comically frustrated gimp (or BODY) of Christ! And what a sight we must be to the world!

When Marxist terrorists and fear-mongers join together in an attempt to divide our nation, it is to the Galen’s and Paula’s that I turn my attention. And JESUS! Even the Son of GOD went through horrific circumstances as He purposed to SERVE ME from His heart of Love! Yes, HE set the example. But He ALSO gave the COMMAND and ABILITY for YOU and I to serve as well.

So don’t try to pin a medal on Galen or Paula because they don’t even have a place to pin it TO! They belong to Jesus and US…and we to them. Having died to themselves, they live for their new owners as an example and inspiration. My parting shot to Galen was, “Well I guess I’ll see you at Bible Study tomorrow night, then!” And again I received…”Yup!” It’s time for ME to get running for Jesus! Maybe…just maybe… I can catch up to Galen and his Bride!