The family service tonight looked at the (potentially disastrous!) topic of D.I.Y with a quiz:
People did very well, winning all kinds of useful prizes!
Mark continued to look at the subject of D.I.Y.
He talked about the different tools used in D.I.Y.
He then asked us if we were a D.I.Y. tool, which tool would we be and why? Garry won that round with his statement ‘I’d be a spanner because I work with nuts.’
However, the Bible is adamant that D.I.Y. is not the best way forward. D. I. T. is required instead:
Eph 3:14-15 reminds us that we are God’s children and part of His family. 1 Cor 12:12-28 reminds us that the church is also a body, with Christ as the head. Each part is individual but necessary. Ps 68:4-6 reminds us that God sets the lonely in families. No one needs to be alone because God wants us to work together. We all have different talents and can be likened to different tools, but can achieve more together than we can do on our own:
