The Responsibilities of Each Member

The Responsibilities of Each Member
1 Corinthians 12.21-26

Two weeks ago, I woke up in the night with sharp and throbbing toothache. Nobody who has ever had that experience will need to be reminded just how all-consuming such pain can suddenly become. I took some painkilling tablets but they didn’t help. I walked round and round the house hoping that by exercising other parts of the body the tooth would settle down. I tried to read an exciting book to take my mind off it, but of course I couldn’t even think about what the book was saying. When, finally, the painkillers took effect and I went back to sleep, it was as though my whole body, not just the wretched tooth, had given an enormous sigh of relief...

Taken from Paul 1 Corinthians for Everyone – by Tom Wright