Paper clips are amazing. They can be put to use in hundreds
of ways other than holding paper. BDT (Before Duct Tape) I even used them in an emergecy to hold together a
ripped pant leg. Today we used them to hang banners. Here is a short list of
some of the things for which you can use paper clips.
1.
hem
holder
2.
cigar
filter unstopper
3.
spray
bottle unclogger
4.
eye
glass repair
5.
hair
barrette
6.
zipper
tab
7.
clean
fingernails
8.
Xmas
ornament holder
9.
unclog
Elmer's glue bottle
10. calendar holder
11. belt holder
12. emergency cotter pin
13. emergency diaper pin (boy! do I date myself there!)
14. strawberry huller
15. cherry pit remover
16. hymn marker (for organists)
You get
the idea I'm sure. They are useful and versitile.
Jesus is much like a paper clip for our lives. He helps hold
things together in our lives, he sticks together the rips and tears that the
world leaves in our lives. He gives us purpose and life.
Paul writes to the Colossian church in Colossians
1:12-18 “Giving thanks unto the Father,
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son: In
whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature: For by him
were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and
by him all things consist. And he is the
head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
Christ may
be our paper clip, but he is so much more! He holds our lives together when the
world wants to tear them apart.
