If We Are The Body...

It's an older song by Casting Crowns, but one that is so true.  I heard it on the radio on the way to work the other day and it has been consistently stuck in my head :)  Not a bad song to have stuck in my head by any means, and it has given me time to think about what the words really mean and evaluate how I treat others.  Not just visitors in church, but people I encounter on the streets, my students, family and friends -- everyone. 

It's crowded in worship today

As she slips in trying to fade into the faces
The girl's teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgemental glances
Tells him that his chances are better out on the road
Jesus payed much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the body of Christ

Jesus is the way

Blessings in Christ,