Glorious Story of Unified Fragments

"I am what I am as a thread in a fabric, a grape in a cluster, a spark in a fire, a bee in a hive, a nerve in a body, an ingredient in a recipe, a stone in a wall, or a drop in an ocean."

"To be sure, I deeply value individuality, and loathe the horrors of constrained, homogenous, communistic sameness.  God made individuals with stunning distinctiveness and as absolutely unique refractions of His glory.  Nevertheless, the greatest glory is when these refractions compose a unified display of God's greatness, as a stained glass window with thousands of fragments reveals one bright picture - not in spite of the differences among the fragments, but because of them.  Or like a tapestry with millions of matchless threads - yellow, orange, blue, and crimson fragmentary alone - being woven into a perfect whole." - John Piper