Good Morning Girls!  A few weeks ago I was reading in 1 Corinthians 12 about the church being one body with many parts.  We are all parts of the body of Christ, and we are all necessary in order for the body to function as it should.  So I stopped to ask myself what body part I think I am.  And you know what the first thing to come to mind was?  A tonsil.  A tonsil........because you don't notice a tonsil until it starts bugging you and if it doesn't stop bugging and infecting you they simply take it out!  Nice Huh!  You all still think I am a confident woman of God?  Now as I wrote about that in my journal I was laughing because I know that is not the case.  However, there are definitely times when I do feel that way.  And there are even times when I feel like I am one infection away from a tonsillectomy! 
I was reading through my journal yesterday when I came across this entry and it got me thinking again about being a tonsil.  I became so curious that I looked up the definition of tonsil in my Webster's (okay, I know I am strange, but that's why you are drawn to me in a sick sort of way).  Tonsil: a small oral mass, blah, blah blah, blah.....of uncertain function.  And then it made sense to me.  The times that I feel like a tonsil are the times that I am uncertain as to my "function" in the body of Christ!  Now for me this was mind blowing revelation!  And it totally made sense!  Of course I would feel useless if I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing; if I didn't have a function.  But therein lies the dilemma.....again.  And that is....What am I supposed to be doing?!  Well I still don't know the detailed answer to that question.  But I know what I am not supposed to be doing....and sometimes that is the best place to start.  So what am I not supposed to do?  First of all I am not to be concerned with which part I am.  All I need to know is that I am a part...period.  I am a part with a function that is vital to the body.....period.  I am a part that functions best when I am true to my part....not the part I think I am supposed to be.....or that others think I should be.
The next time I feel like a tonsil, rather than take myself out, I need to take out the real infection....the enemy of my faith who comes to seek, kill, and destroy my mind, my heart, and my dreams.  He going under the knife and he will not get all the ice cream he wants during his recovery!

1 Corinthians 12:18, 27 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.  All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.

Love, thanks, and a tonsillitis free day to you all,
Jen