1 Corinthians 12 All Parts of the Body Rejoice at the Joy of One Part ... but How Do They Forget Their Own Troubles?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 9, 2013 8:23am CST
Jesus told His disciples to "rejoice with they that rejoice, and mourn with they who mourn." And 1 Corinthians 12 ("skip ad" on the AdFly-link) mentions likewise that all body-parts rejoice with the good of the parts that feel good & suffer with the parts that feel suffering.
But I don't get that! Of the things I suffer (the loneliness, the tinnitus, the envy of others flaunting their 'togetherness'), it seems 'the rest of the body' only senses in order to stay far away from my lonely, jealous, ringing-ears self!
I understand why the angry woman at the Bible-study I went to a week ago was angry: Like I think she was trying to say, "These 'Christians' are all always saying 'Love-love-love
, but when you're asking for 'charity' (the King James Version translation of the word in 1 Corinthians 13---"Charity is patient, Charity is kind, etc.") they'll just deny you, maybe wish you luck elsewhere, maybe tell you where you might get some charity, and then totally forsake you as they run off to their 'High White Towers'!"
So how can people show more 'charity' to the suffering?
, but when you're asking for 'charity' (the King James Version translation of the word in 1 Corinthians 13---"Charity is patient, Charity is kind, etc.") they'll just deny you, maybe wish you luck elsewhere, maybe tell you where you might get some charity, and then totally forsake you as they run off to their 'High White Towers'!"
So how can people show more 'charity' to the suffering?
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@JesusMaryJoseph (11)
• United States
9 May 13
When Jesus told his disciples to "rejoice with they that rejoice, and mourn with they that mourn" and mentions likewise that all body-parts rejoice with the good of the parts that feel good & suffer with the parts that feel suffering. This is referring to the Body of Christ...His Church (all of us who are members of his Church). When one person rejoices we can rejoice with them, but when someone suffers, like the angry lady, or perhaps you, we all suffer with you! True disciples (followers) of Christ should be showing charity to the suffering. I try really had to help people around me. I am really sorrow when I miss the opportunity. So, as a member of the Body of Christ...today I mourn with the angry lady and pray for her.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10 May 13
I appreciate your words, but words don't 'wash the itch away.' Our problems are not 'of the Spirit,' so how can we expect 'the Spirit' to solve them? It seems that 'the best our Spirits can do' is just make our minds ready to INSTRUCT our bodies in tasks they need to perform & -the proper exercises to keep them ready to cooperate.
(And @JesusMaryJoseph (or would @MaryC work the same way? computer-SCIENCE! 
), you need to split up your text into 'bites' of 3-5 lines each---even if you feel like 'it should all be one paragraph `coz it's all on the same thought' (or something), people's eyes are more-comfortable taking smaller 'bites.')
), you need to split up your text into 'bites' of 3-5 lines each---even if you feel like 'it should all be one paragraph `coz it's all on the same thought' (or something), people's eyes are more-comfortable taking smaller 'bites.')