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Stained Glass Fragments

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This is a collection of stained glass - each piece a different shape, size, and color.  Which shape and color do you like more?  Which shape and color do you like less?  Which piece is worth more?  Which piece is worth less?  Do some pieces have less value due to size, shape, or color?  Like these pieces of stained glass, we are all different shapes, different sizes, different colors. We have different giftings, different talents, different abilities, different strengths, different weaknesses, and different callings. Do this differences affect our value? When we hear someone sing a beautiful song, play a beautiful piece of music on guitar, throw or catch an amazing pass, hit a homerun, or set some new record, do we see them as more valuable than ourselves or others? In Corinthians 12, the Bible speaks to the differences in the body of Christ: 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we...