Something written by Max Lucado as we had into the weekend and worship times on Sunday:

EVERY GIFT IS NEEDED

"Two of my teenage years were spent carrying a tuba in my high school marching band. Not necessarily what you'd describe as a call from God, but it wasn't a wasted experience either. I learned some facts about harmony that I'll pass on to you. Would you attend a concert of a hundred tubas? Probably not. But what band would be a band without a tuba? Or a flute? Or a trumpet? Or a steady drum? Get the idea? The operative word is need. They need each other. By themselves, they make music. But together, they make magic.

"What I saw decades ago in the marching band, I see today in the church. We need each other. Not all of us play the same instrument. Not all of us make the same sound. Some are soft, and others are loud. Some convert the lost. Others encourage the saved. And some keep the movement in step. But all are needed!

"'Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ' (1 Corinthians 12:12)."

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