If We are the Body by Casting Crowns

I heard this song on the way to work on Sunday morning.  Later on a co-worker retold a story in which he had been hurt by the Body.  This man was not saved and had no idea of was it was to live like a Christian.  My heart sank as I listened to his painful recollection.

I realize many of us are loving and reach out to the unlovely, but I also realize we still have a long way to go.


It's crowded in worship today


As she slips in

Trying to fade into the faces

The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know

Farther than they know



CHORUS

But if we are the Body

Why aren't His arms reaching

Why aren't His hands healing

Why aren't His words teaching

And if we are the Body

Why aren't His feet going

Why is His love not showing them there is a way

There is a way



A traveler is far away from home

He sheds his coat

And quietly sinks into the back row

The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances

Are better out on the road



CHORUS

But if we are the Body

Why aren't His arms reaching

Why aren't His hands healing

Why aren't His words teaching

And if we are the Body

Why aren't His feet going

Why is His love not showing them there is a way



Jesus paid much too high a price

For us to pick and choose who should come

And we are the Body of Christ



Chorus (2x)

If we are the body

Why aren't His arms reaching

Why aren't His hands healing

Why aren't His words teaching

And if we are the body

Why aren't His feet going

Why is His love not showing them there is a way



Jesus is the way

Correction: "One Heart Given"

In the posting, "One Heart Given," I referred to Mary Magdalene as the woman who anointed Jesus. The Biblical text does not support that claim. According to the text the anointer was "a woman of the town who was an especially wicked sinner."

I am sorry for any confusion I have caused.