"The eye does not say to the hand, "I don't need you."
I happened to glance at these words as I pored through His word today.
The context is about disunity among folk.
And the need to tackle it in the right manner.
A very simple and effective example is of the human body.
God has placed each and every organ in such a way that no organ can say to the other, "I've no need of you."
The eye cannot self righteously proclaim it's superiority over the hand, nor the head over the foot.
Each part of the body has it's own vital function.
The eyes to see, ears to hear, mouth to utter greatness..(but ends up usually just boasting!)
If the whole body were an eye..how grotesque we would look!
Or even an ear.
The unseemly, hidden parts are actually very important for the body's working.
And the body is designed to give more honor to the organs which seem less distinguished as compared to the others.
If one hand can't do it alone, the other hand automatically rushes to it's help.
No one has to advise it to do it.
If God has designed our body so intricately and intelligently so as to eliminate all feelings of superiority and inferiority within its many members..
then why can't people who work in organizations, committees or even within a family go along as one unit?
Why do we have so many divisions amongst ourselves?
Why can't different talents be recognized and people placed in their rightful places?
How can one man strive for all glory, displacing the other honorable ones?
Why do family feuds never seem to cease?
It's time we realize one man cannot do it all alone.
There's need to delegate authority.
Distribute recognition equally among the worthy ones.
The ones who seem undeserving are actually the MOST indispensable.
Thank God, here it's different.
One writes a poem, the other fiction.
One narrates a true story and someone does a depiction.
Uniqueness brought out, encouraged and finely nurtured.
No schism, each one lends a hand to the other.
A fine balance.
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