THE SPIRIT IN YOU
Stain Glass Windows
Article written by Lama-Leah
The Church is more than a building; it is the family of those who follow Christ although some may have trouble finding their place. Everyone who is a believer has a place in the body of Christ. Stain glass placed in a sanctuary is an allusion of how God allows us to be cut in certain ways to fit the bigger picture. In 1 Corinthians 12, it is written that the Church is made up of different parts and is compared to a human body; each part is equally important to one other and one part cannot function if the other parts are not working. God makes it clear that everyone in the body of Christ is an important asset because we all bring something different that is essential in order for the body to work. Some of us are the eyes, while others are the feet. If you are a Christian, you too have a place in the body.
I have struggled with finding my place in this world, especially in the church body. When I began to search for Christ, I was a part of a Christian community that showed a rare side of the Church body. Everyone was seemingly perfect. The typical testimony went something along the lines of, “I grew up in a Christian home, I went to Sunday school every week, when I was three years old I realized that I was a sinner and asked Jesus into my heart.” This kind of testimony is an amazing one to have! But being surrounded by this form of Christ followers gave me a false idea of what it meant to be a Christian. My story did not relate to the Christians around me. I was broken and I was searching for Yeshua. I was in need of the healing that only Christ’s blood can bring. I believed that I could not come to Yeshua because I missed some kind of deadline, and my sin and the sin of others created too much damage for me to come to Christ. I believed I was too far gone for Him to be able to rescue me.
Within this community I felt as if I was an outcast for not having the stereotypical ‘perfect’ life. Therefore, I continued to live in sin. I was in great emotional pain and distress. I sinned to try to cover the pain that I was in, than felt guilty and lost after sinning, yet
" I believed that I could not come to Yeshua because I missed some kind of deadline, ...."