We are all Weavers

On Saturday morning when I attended the funeral of my friend. I saw people I haven't seen in 20 years. As I watched the people go down the aisle I began to get a sense of the tapestry of life. At some point in our lives we have heard that we are part of a tapestry being woven together by God. Sometimes from this side it looks knotted and very messed up but from His point of view everything fits together nicely. This came to my mind because these people from many years ago all had a part in my life. They were part of my growth in Christ as we attended the church together. Many of them I worked along side of as we ministered to children, teaching the gospel. They were there for the births of my two children. These people were a big part of my life which I had totally forgotten until Saturday.



We are all weavers. We weave in and out of people's lives. This is all done so unconsciously. We do not really notice who we are affecting as we move about in our life. I am very embarrassed by that fact. There are those who I could have made a greater impact on for the gospel if I had noticed. As I watched these people, I began to remember the impact on my own life each had made. There was the woman who taught kindergarten with me for many years. I became her helper at 18 years of age. She was kind to me and taught me so much about interacting with young children. Then there were full grown adults with their own children who had been in that class. I was a weaver to them. One of those is now working in another church growing the Lord, serving women.



The body of Christ is full of weavers. We are the weavers as we move around down here but God is the Weaver as He places us in each other's lives. His purpose is sure, "to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ." Ephesians 4:12-13 That is a tall order for each one of us. We need to focus on who we are in Christ as we weave in and out of other's lives. Are we interacting like who we are? Are we considering those we pass everyday as "better than ourselves" (Philippians 2:3)? Do we watch our words? (Ephesians 4:29)

The questions could go on and on. As Followers of Christ we are all joined together by our Head, Jesus Christ. We may weave in and out of different local bodies of Christ in our lifetimes but we can know this for certain our Head does not change. So weave with joy as you serve the Head making a difference in others for the Kingdom's sake.