your church is a Ligament in Big Toe on the Left Foot of the Body of Christ

the Church is the Body of Christ

your local congregation is not the entirity of the Church

the Church is supposed to be a lot of things

• caring for the marginalized
• teaching Truth
• providing for one another
• spending time with one another
• visiting those who are sick
• teaching children
• teaching teenagers
• a place for everyone to belong
• a place to share needs
• a community
• a place that cares for every nation
• a center for communal worship
• a center for communal action
• a center for communion

your local church doesn’t have enough people to do all these things regularly and with perfection

so understand that your church isn’t going to be everything.

and that’s OK

your church may just be a ligament in the Big Toe of the Left Foot of the Body of Christ

if you try to be a bicep, you’ll ruin the whole Body

if you get strained, then the whole Body gets spiritual turf toe