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I love mosaicspictures made of tiny pieces of random materials, arranged\ntogether on some type of canvas. It could be a literal canvas made of cloth\nstretched over a wood frame, or a cement\npaving stone, or even a wall or ceiling. I think what I love most about\nmosaics is that you can make them out of anything. You just need a canvas\nand lots of tiny items in the colors you want. When all those random pieces\ncome together, I\u2019m always amazed at the picture that forms.\n.\nAnd what holds all those random pieces together? The canvas. That unity\nin diversity reminds me of the church, God\u2019s family. Christians all have\ndifferent talents, spiritual gifts, backgrounds, and cultures. Even with\nall those differences, God unites us through Jesus and makes us into His\nbeautiful mosaic. Therefore, when we worship Jesus together, we know that\nit is His death and resurrection that truly unites us as Christians.\n.\nWhat\u2019s amazing to me is that this diversity is how God planned it. He wants\nHis people to have all kinds of beautiful differencesjust like all the\nseemingly random pieces that make up a mosaicto make up a beautiful\nchurch. A church that glorifies Him. A church made up of people who look\ndifferent, have different spiritual gifts, and come from different places\nand cultures and backgrounds. A church united around one thing: Jesus.\n.\nGod uses our different backgrounds and gifts, making us His beautiful\nmosaic that shows the wonderful story of Christ\u2019s death and resurrection.\nAs Christians, we are united by Jesus\u2019s work on the cross and at the\nresurrection, and we get to celebrate the amazing diversity of God\u2019s\nfamily. Aurora Scriver\n.\n What are some of the different talents, backgrounds, and cultures in your\nlocal church? What about in the church around the world?\n.\n How have you seen God glorified through those differences?\n.\nGod works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in\nall of us. 1 Corinthians 12:6 (NLT)\nRead Verses:\nRevelation 7:9-Revelation 7:10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-1 Corinthians 12:31