Lesson of the Left Elbow

In the last few days I have learned to appreciate my left elbow.  I woke up one morning and as I was getting out of bed I twisted my left elbow and put it out of place.  How is that possible?  That is a crazy thing to happen!  I'm right handed so an injury to the left side shouldn't be too much of a problem.  Not so!  Putting on my clothes, washing my hair, and cleaning my house were not easy tasks.  The importance of having a working left elbow became important all of a sudden.

This small injury made me think of the scripture in 1 Cor. 12:21 which says, "And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you."  All parts of our body are needed to make it whole.  And so are all people needed to make the world a good place to live.  We are all different and have different talents, and all are necessary however small that contribution is.  Just like my left elbow, the contribution it makes is much more important than I realized, so is the contribution of all of us.  Never should we think that who we are or what we do does not matter - it does!

Thank you Left Elbow for teaching me!