Mosaic

<p>I love mosaics—pictures made of tiny pieces of random materials, arranged together on some type of canvas. It could be a literal canvas made of cloth stretched over a wood frame, or a cement</p><p>paving stone, or even a wall or ceiling. I think what I love most about mosaics is that you can make them out of anything. You just need a canvas and lots of tiny items in the colors you want. When all those random pieces come together, I’m always amazed at the picture that forms.</p><p>.</p><p>And what holds all those random pieces together? The canvas. That unity in diversity reminds me of the church, God’s family. Christians all have different talents, spiritual gifts, backgrounds, and cultures. Even with all those differences, God unites us through Jesus and makes us into His beautiful mosaic. Therefore, when we worship Jesus together, we know that it is His death and resurrection that truly unites us as Christians.</p><p>.</p><p>What’s amazing to me is that this diversity is how God planned it. He wants His people to have all kinds of beautiful differences—just like all the seemingly random pieces that make up a mosaic—to make up a beautiful church. A church that glorifies Him. A church made up of people who look different, have different spiritual gifts, and come from different places and cultures and backgrounds. A church united around one thing: Jesus.</p><p>.</p><p>God uses our different backgrounds and gifts, making us His beautiful mosaic that shows the wonderful story of Christ’s death and resurrection. As Christians, we are united by Jesus’s work on the cross and at the resurrection, and we get to celebrate the amazing diversity of God’s family. • Kandi Zeller</p><p>.</p><p>• What are some of the different talents, backgrounds, and cultures in your local church? What about in the church around the world?</p><p>.</p><p>• How have you seen God glorified through those differences? </p><p>.</p><p>God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. 1 Corinthians 12:6 (NLT)</p>