Live Meaningfully and Well

I saw this posted on FaceBook this morning, and it "struck a chord" in me. Enjoy!

There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.

“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.

“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

So it is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all...

- Aaron Anver

https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/engage/2016/04/18/there-once-was-a-farmer/#:~:text=So%20if%20you'll%20indulge,about%20how%20he%20grew%20it.

Posted on April 18, 2016 by murphya2

God didn't mean for us to live in isolation or in competition with each other. Have you ever seen or been a part of an organization or a workplace where the person in charge wanted to have their hand in every aspect of the job? They didn't allow their employees to do their own jobs. Therefore the group or the “body” was hindered by the leader and the micromanaging style of leadership. Then there are others who are in leadership positions who empower their volunteers or their employees to do what they've been asked to do and are given the authority to do it for achieving the goal of that group.

So it is with the body of Christ. We are all members of that body. God has given me gifts which you may not have, but he has given you gifts I do not have. Our individuality is critical in order for the body of Christ to help each other as well as those not yet part of the body. It is one of the reasons He made us unique from each other because it takes every single one of us working together and helping each other to fulfill the will of Christ, and He has given us the power and authority to do just that.

Thanks for stopping by,

Rachel