A Mosaic of Christ

Community is like a large mosaic.  Each little piece seems so insignificant.  One piece is bright  red, another is cold blue or dull green, another warm purple, another sharp  yellow, another shining gold.  Some  look valuable, others worthless.  Some look gaudy, others delicate.  As individual
stones, we can do little with them except compare them and  judge their beauty and value.  When,  however, all these stones are brought together in one big mosaic portraying the  face of Christ, who would ever question the importance of any one of them ?  If one of them, even the least  spectacular one, is missing, the face is incomplete.  Together in the one mosaic, each little stone is indispensable and makes a unique contribution to the glory of God. 

That's community, a fellowship of little  people who together make God visible in the world.

Lifting our lives to others happens every time we speak or act in  ways that make our lives for others.  When we are fully able to embrace our own lives, we discover that what we  claim we also want to proclaim.  A  life well held is indeed a life for others.  We stop wondering whether our life is better or worse than others and start seeing clearly that when we live our life  for others we not only claim our individuality but also proclaim our unique  place in the mosaic of the human family