Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
and there are varieties of services, but the same Conductor;
and there are varieties of activities,
but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
—1 Corinthians 12.4-6
We think we are separate individuals
but we are one organism,
separate fingers of the same hand,
like aspen trees in a grove,
one tree with many trunks.
But we are not the same.
We are all different instruments
in the one divine orchestra.
Seek the wisdom to delight in both
our differences and our unity.
Seek the grace to both listen and sing.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net