While channel surfing recently I happened upon, Mindwalk, "a cerebral (thinkers) movie," one critic called it, "serving as an introduction to systems theory." Systems theory teaches that we are interconnected and function as parts of the systems our interconnectedness creates. Our nuclear families are a good example. As individuals we live in relationship with the other individuals in the family and whatever affects one affects everyone through our relationships. Think of it as an infant's mobile over his crib. When a breeze blows the entire mobile responds out of the relationships of the individual parts.
One of the Mindwalk characters takes this interconnectedness factor a step further suggesting that it is out of our interconnectedness that we make "beautiful music" we otherwise could not make alone. He uses the example of a simple musical chord. When it is played a unique harmony is created resulting in a distinctive feeling by the hearer. The notes alone carry none of this feeling. "The essence of the chord," he posits, "is in its interconnectedness. Then, when you add time and pitch, you make melody. Relationship," he concludes, "makes music."
When Jesus' family comes together to serve God out of our love for him, a distinctive harmony is created. As Paul says, 12"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ." 1 Corinthians 12
Add the unique factor of the particular community each part of the body is serving in and a sweet melody is heard. Serving our communities in relationship with all parts of the body in our community makes a beautiful love song creating a distinctive feeling in the hearts of those listening.
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