As many of you as were baptized into
Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is no longer
Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and
female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. –Galatians
3:27-28 (NRSV)
Through baptism we all are
‘clothed’ with Christ. Old divisions
that put one group above or better than another are done away with. That was Paul’s message to the church in
Galatia...and to the Church in any land or time.
As human beings we’ve had
debates about the relative worth of people who are different than us. In our brokenness we create castes,
categories and values that relate to birth, skin color, size, physical or
mental prowess, disability, gender, sexual orientation, economic status... and
on and on...
But in Christ...even though
we are gifted differently...we are of equal value to God...and capable of being
used by God in any way God sees fit.
What way does God want to use you?
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