Value the Essentials

February 12

Our bodies are important to us. We take the care and maintenance of them very seriously. We pay for health insurance to assure ourselves that if we ever need care that is beyond our own resources to supply, we will have the provision we need in spite of our own financial limitations.

There is no part of our self-hood that is unimportant to us. We pray against major disease or disorder or accident that might impair our health and well-being. We undergo examinations to ascertain that all is well and to enable the remedy of any problem that may occur while it is in a manageable stage.

While we don’t place a hangnail in the same category as a heart defect, we certainly don’t wish to deal with the pain of a hangnail. I Corinthians 12:22 says, “All the more are those parts of the body that seem to be weak, necessary parts of us.” The thumb is important. If you think not, try bashing it with a hammer!

The things we take for granted are significant. Those body parts that we use without thought or appreciation are essential in our day-to-day execution of our life’s activities. And so are those spiritual aspects of our life that we tend to take for granted or neglect—prayer, Bible reading, sharing our faith—are essential!