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What I Believe Makes One Unique

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What aspects do I think makes a person unique?

 

I think the aspects that make one unique depend on the person. For example, if you’re a doctor, your checkup methods and nature toward your patients may be unlike other doctors. If you’re an illustrator, your drawings may be different or unusual compared to others. If you’re a writer, your style and the way you make your books come to life may be uncharacteristically different than the way other writers make their books come alive. It all depends on the person.

But if I were to name some aspects about what I think makes one unique, it would be these three:

  1. Your Body
  2. Your Mind
  3. Your Life

 

Let’s start with Number One: Your Body. Being yourself is a key component to being extremely unique. Your personality and character traits, such as altruism, drollery, pliancy, thoughtfulness, and originality shape how you collaborate with the world and describe your distinctiveness.  Your values and beliefs, such as the customs, honors, and viewpoints you hold, formed by instruction and contemplation, set you apart and govern your choices. Your skills and talents, such as your essential qualities, whether esthetic, highbrow, or vocational, subsidize to your distinctive identity and how they add meaning to your surroundings.  Your appearance , such as visceral descriptions, from facial lineaments to characters and body jargon, make you visibly distinct. Your voice and gestures, such as speech styles, gestures, and expressions give you a distinct personality and are generally inmost markers of individualism. Your passions and interests, such as avocations, favorite books, music appreciations, and endeavors mirror intimate values and affirm further layers of individuality.

 

Now let’s go to Number Two: Your Mind. How you think and dream is essential to your uniqueness. Your perspective and thoughts, such as the way you regard and construe the world, is inveigled by experiences, affections, and consistent approach. Your poignant acumen and awareness, such as how you acknowledge, cherish, and associate with others is very particular and fashions a core part of your uniqueness.

 

Now for the final aspect of your uniqueness, Number Three: Your Life. How you live and see the universe and your environment is key to your uniqueness. Your life experiences are unique. No two people have lived the same life; personal records, tests, and accomplishments are fundamental to what make you unique. Your cultural background and heritage, such as family traditions, terminology, customs, and upbringing contribute to a person’s unique worldview and impression of ego.

 

God made each person truly unique in his or her own way. No one is better than another. How we live, think, and breathe is the way the Good Lord made us. Take care of yourself, for God uses all individuals to accomplish His plans. We are all made in the image of God our Father.

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What is the Church?

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When we consider a church, we typically think of a building that looks somewhat like the picture to the left: a tall, pointed steeple, beautiful designs, broad wooden pews on the inside and a pulpit where the preacher stands as he teaches the doctrines of the Bible.

But what exactly is a church?

A church is not a building. It is the body of believers that have been unified in Christ and have trusted Him for salvation; this is also called the universal church. The Greek word ekklesia is where the word church originates from; in meaning, it has the idea “called-out ones” or “assembly”. 

So how did the building and the body get confused?

The confusion around the word church issues from an adaptation between its original Greek meaning and its modern English usage. The New Testament uses the Greek word ekklesia to construe communities of believers—stressing people, not buildings or institutions.  However, the English word church evolved from Old English cirice, derived from the Greek kuriakon (“Lord’s house”), which later came to mean a physical building or a formal religious organization. 

This shift led to semantic confusion: today, church often refers to a physical building or creed—concepts not essential to the initial meaning of ekklesia. Early translators like William Tyndale favored “congregation” to mirror the biblical sense, but the King James Version (1611) chose “church” deliberately, expanding institutional identity.  

However, the word church refers to the body of Christ, also called the Bride of Christ or the People of God. We should not get the body and the building confused.

Those in the church (body of Christ) who have trusted in Christ will one day be united together in Heaven to praise and worship the Lord for eternity. That’s certainly better than a physical building, isn’t it?