Beautiful Bride-thank you Lacey

So this review isn't so much a review as it is a thank you to Flyleaf for the gift of Beautiful Bride. This song means so much to me because of where I was in my life when I first heard it. My sister in law and I had gone to a Flyleaf concert on a Wednesday night. It was so much more than I could have ever dreamed. Prior to this, I'd been a casual fan. Now I'm obsessed. Drive my hubby crazy playing them nearly all day everyday. I'd only had their debut album, Flyleaf, prior to the concert, however that night I came home at like 1 am and downloaded Memento Mori from Itunes. Best Purchase Ever.
The following days I spent listening to the cd whenever the opportunity arose, but at first my connection was to Chasm. I didn't know what it was about that song, nor do I yet, but I loved it.
Then the Wednesday immediately following the concert and purchase began my 'join the church classes'. I went, even though I still wasn't sure. My kids loved that church, but my youngest was so clingy I hardly got to hear the sermons, I spent my time in her Sunday School classroom. And I arrived late. I knew I would, for each of the classes they had, because my girls were also attending a Wednesday night church program at another church that didn't begin until the classes did.
Anyway. Introductions, get to know you class was fun. Informative of my fellow classmates, the diversity and the similarities. And our favorite foods. Ok, didn't mean much but that's the kind of fun pastor we have. He's great. Very, animated, would be the best word, and no that's not a bad thing!
So the next week class comes and goes, and I find myself listening to more and more of MM. Finally decided I needed to know what Chasm was all about. Researched it. Luke, chapter 16. Not sure of the verses off hand.
The class after that I think it was when Pastor explained the church is the body and God is the head. You can't have one living without the other. The church is (or should be in some cases but isn't) so fully enveloped by the spirit that they are nearly one in the same. The members are as diverse as they come, maybe not in our dinky little town (where the population is 90% white and only 10% "other"), but still diverse. Look at our differences from the first night. How we ended up in this town, why we chose this church, and even our favorite foods. *Lightbulb* Ok, Pastor, I get it now. We're DIVERSE. But we're unified in our beliefs and our duties to live up to their code and help spread the word. We're here to help each other. The "O" family has begun a specific ministry and we're helping them with whatever they need. Any need you have, especially a ministerial need, we (the church) are there for you...
And then I get in the car to go home. Stay is ending. As I pull out onto the road I hear "Unified Diversity, Functioning as one body, Every part encouraged by the other, No one independent of another, You're irreplaceable, indispensable, You're incredible, Incredible"
OMG yes you are. You, the church, our Pastor, Lacey and Flyleaf, and most importantly my Heavenly Father for putting the pieces together so beautifully and idiot-proof-ly. Yes. This IS where I belong. I approached the final classes with a newfound confidence in the decision I made to join this particular church, this particular Body of Christ. This is where I belong. This is home.