IN HIS OWN DIGNITY

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Hear this wisdom with thine heart

One body is my church
But there be they that rip apart
As vultures on their perch

The hand cannot to heart say, "Nay"
Nor foot to tongue say, "Nought"
Nor eye close to the bended knee
Each member, His blood bought

A name upon a billboard
May draw crowds and entice
But there should not division be
In the body of our Christ

I place the members carefully
Where they may best learn Me
Each soul I made is quite unique
No "copies" shall you see

I therefore know you separately
Deal with each soul apart
Individually I draw you
To what may touch your heart

Some may pray on bended knees
While others straightly stand
Some may voice their praise out loud
While others just fold hands

Question not thy Potter
I'm the Potter - You're the clay
The way I mold, the way I form
Is not for you to say

Work out thine own salvation
With much Love, I'll deal with thee
But cease to put down others
I have formed, so carefully

Yea, marvel at how thou art made
So awesome, child, are thee
I teach each child of Mine to pray
In HIS own dignity!

Mary Kiker

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Galatians 3:26-29
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Phillippians 2:1-14
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy,
that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord,
of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also
on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 3:10-13
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do
of his good pleasure.

AMEN!