God is making the perfect Quilt

Many people admire a beautiful quilt, but few know the creative planning, the painstaking work, and the skill involved in designing and making a beautiful quilt. The Word of God says that God is making a beautiful quilt called the body of Christ, and is knitting us together into one wonderful example of His handiwork. Unlike the passive material pieces of a quilt, however, we play an active role in God's making of this quilt we call His church. We, as the church are to be equipping one another for the work of the ministry. We are to commit ourselves to the work of building each other up in our faith and our walk until the day when the quilt is finished, and there is one perfectly united patchwork, and we as the church reveal the glory of Christ.

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ-- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. - Ephesians 4:12-16

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, . . . the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase [that is] from God. - Colossians 2:2, 19

It's hard to believe sometimes, but eventually the quilt will be finished, we will be perfectly knit together, and we will be a beautiful work to behold. We, the church, will actually reveal the glory of the Lord, and the heavnly hosts will go, "Wow"!

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us. - Romans 8:18

to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly [places], to Him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. - Ephesians 3:10, 29

We like to remind ourselves that we are a work in progress, and that God is not finished with us yet. We must remember that the 'we' that are a work in progress, and the 'us' that God is not finished with, includes ALL of our brothers and sisters in Christ, even the ones that don't look so good to us. Be thankful that God has chosen you to be part of His masterpiece in Christ, be thankful for all the others He has chosen, and do your part to join Him in His work to unite and build up those that have trusted in Christ.

Yours in Him,

Pastor B.