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I heard a sermon recently  concerning how all believers are part of the body of Christ, and as such, need to work together in unity\u2026we are to concentrate on the things that unite us, and forget the things that are different. It reminded me of this children\u2019s  story\u2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack and his sister Sue were squabbling out in the yard. Jack was playing with his new toy truck, and Sue wanted to have a turn. She got very cross when Jack picked it up and ran inside. She followed him and tried to take it from him . \u201cLeave it alone\u201d, Jack shouted, \u201cIt\u2019s a boy\u2019s toy! Girls don’t play with trucks! They\u2019re too dumb! They play with silly dolls and things!\u201d \u00a0 \u201cMum!\u201d Sue wailed, \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0 not dumb, am I?\u201d Mum tried to keep the peace. \u201cOf course not,\u201d she said, \u201cBut you ARE different to Jack just the same, not silly or dumb, just different! You are both part of our family and we love you both the same. We need you both.\u201d \u00a0 Sue quietened down and left Jack to his truck while she ran to get her doll. \u201cNot silly\u201d, she thought, \u201cMy dolly is the best after all!\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack made loud engine noises, and ran his truck around among the cushions on the floor. \u201cSilly girls!\u201d he muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That night, after Jack had got into bed, he started thinking about what he would do with his truck the next day. His thoughts got fainter and fainter as he drifted into sleep. Suddenly he heard voices. Somehow he knew it was his head talking. It was saying to his feet\u2026.. \u201cI don’t need you! I\u2019m the important one! I\u2019m at the top and you are only at the bottom end of Jack!\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t be silly\u201d, said the feet, \u201cWhere would you go without me? But I\u2019m a lot better than the hands, they are only halfway down Jack!\u201d\u00a0 The hands answered in a high crabby voice, \u201cAnd what would put the socks and shoes on you if it weren\u2019t for me? Besides, my fingers are a lot longer than your toes!!\u201d \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMy toes might be short, but they are just as important as your silly fingers! Remember when my little toe was sore last week? I had to hobble around to save it getting hurt worse!\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cBe quiet!\u201d the head commanded in a loud voice, \u201cI\u2019m getting tired of listening to you fighting! You ALL need each other. And I need you all too. Who would put the food in my mouth if the hands didn\u2019t work? And where would we all go if\u00a0 the feet didn\u2019t take us? It\u2019s quite true that when one thing hurts, we all hurt with it. Why, I felt that sore toe too when it got hurt. So be quiet, and be satisfied with what you are. We are ALL important, we are just different, that\u2019s all.\u00a0 And we are all part of Jack!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack woke up with a start. It seemed so real. His different parts all arguing with each other? How silly could they be! As he snuggled down under the blankets again, he thought how glad he was that he had all those parts and that they all did different things for him. He still remembered that dream the next morning, and then thought how he and Sue had been fighting the day before. Of course they were different! She was a girl and he was a boy. But they were all part of the same family. Perhaps he could let Sue have a turn today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I heard a sermon recently  concerning how all believers are part of the body of Christ, and as such, need to work together in unity\u2026we are to concentrate on the things that unite us, and forget the things that are different. It reminded me of this children\u2019s  story\u2026. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jack and his sister Sue were … Continue reading Differences!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[721,790,789],"class_list":["post-3777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories-for-littlies","tag-different","tag-equal","tag-needed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CHLD084.jpg?fit=979%2C627&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69z0J-YV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3777\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}