Did you ever stop to look at your body? Did you ever take just stand or sit and just carefully examine all the parts you have? I know for some of you the thought of looking at yourself that closely can be a scary thing, but I want you to try something. Take a look at your body, but don't search for imperfections. Look at how each part is perfectly formed and in just the right place.
Start with you head. You have hair on the top of your head, or at least most of us do. Without the hair heat would escape causing you to get cold. Without the hair, you would be forever getting a sunburn on the top of your head. The hair serves a great purpose and most of the time I believe we take it for granted. In fact I think we take most of our body for granted.
Then move onto your eyes. They are put in a location that is most helpful. Imagine if they were on the back of your head. I know most of us have been told my our mothers that they have eyes on the back of their heads, but wouldn't that be silly. Pointless even. Your eyes are placed in a position where you can see the easiest. Your nose and mouth which work closely together for eating and enjoying foods are right next to each other. And right in the center of your face. Anywhere else and dinner time could become a very comedic show. Could you imagine having your first kiss with your mouth on the side of you head? The intimacy would be removed. Having your lips on the front, right where they are allows you to look into the eyes of the one you love, see them, and truly enjoy them. Breathtaking.
Move around the sides of your head to your ears. They are placed perfectly on the side of your head so that you can hear all around you. There positioning serves as a great purpose to you. What you may not be able to see, you can hear. So our mothers may not see us misbehaving but they can hear us. Moving downward you have your neck. Your neck is flexible and can turn quite far in either direction. You can see so much. If your neck didn't have all the muscles and flexibility is did you would miss so much.
Continuing on, we have arms placed at our sides. Ever thought of what it would like to have them be in a different location. If they weren't spaced apart just right, it would make giving that special someone a hug hard to do. Picking up your newborn child could be an impossible task. Having the arms on your sides, gives us the ability to do so much. Everyday tasks would seem daunting if one arm was on your back and one on your front. Or if they were just a little lower, our poor backs would be in constant pain.
Take a good look at your hands. It is becoming one of my favorite spots. The hands are truly a work of art. With our hands, we do so many incredible things. Artists create masterpieces, authors write novels, and kids play in the mud. Lovers hold hands as an act of intimacy. You get the pleasure of touch with your hands. Holding the phone to talk to a loved one far away would be impossible with out your hands. For a blind person their hands become their eyes. They see the world with their hands. Amazing isn't it? Which brings me to another point. If one of our parts does not work correctly, our body is created so that it can still survive. Because everything was placed so perfectly and put together with so much thought, we still operate on a daily basis. Back to the hands now. We have 4 fingers and a thumb. All spaced just the right amount so that we can do what needs to be done. Right now I am typing. This I could not do without my fingers. Picking up items without fingers would not work. Think of all the daily things you do with your fingers. If you had a different amount, or if the thumb was just another finger, things would not work as smoothly. The hand is so vital, yet we give it so little thought. There is so much love in our hands, which is why it is becoming one of my favorite parts.
For women the placement of the breasts is perfect. At just the right height, the task of feeding her newborn is made special. A mother can look down at her child and spend precious quality time bonding while feeding. They can look into each other's eyes, and just get taken away into their own little world during those precious moments. Placed anywhere else on the body and those moments would be missed.
Continuing on our exploration, we come to the stomach and waist area. The first thing I notice is the bellybutton. Whether it be an inny or outy, have you ever thought of how special that bellybutton is? While you were in your mother's womb growing all your parts in just the right way you were fed through that bellybutton. It allowed you to be nourished so that you could grow. Your bellybutton itself is part of the miracle of life.
How you came to be that miracle of life growing inside your mother has to do with perfectly placed body parts also. When man and woman were created, they were created to fit together. Like a puzzle our pieces fit inside and finish the picture. Making love with your spouse is intimate, and special. And it is this way because everything is placed perfectly. Holding each other, and becoming one is only possible because of the way we were created.
Our legs on which we stand come next. They are used for balancing and holding us up. Again placed perfectly so that we can live in the most comfortable way. Without two legs moving together, yet separately, walking would be impossible. We would have to hop everywhere. They might be fun for a minute or two but not a lifetime.
Our feet, are our anchors. They hold us in position. Ever stop to think what would happen if you didn't have feet? You would fall flat on your face. You would not be enjoying the world around you. You would only be seeing the world beneath you. And your toes. At first glance them might seem pointless. Have you ever busted a toe? Is so then you know just how truly important toes are. For the toddler just learning to walk, the toes help to grip and balance. For us the still give us that same balance. And we have 5 on each foot perfectly spaced out so that if one does happen to get busted for a little while, the others help to keep you upright still.
Have you enjoyed looking at your body in this way? I hope that you look at yourself like this each day. I hope that you come to truly appreciate just how wonderfully made you are. Because of this I know that I know, that I was created by a loving, intelligent Creator. He knew exactly how the body needed to work to make life so enjoyable. He also put nerves inside of this wonderfully made body so that we could have the pleasures of truly enjoying life. The human body is so complex, and everything has to work in just the right way that I know it was no accident. It was nothing short of a miracle. You are wonderfully made and you are loved by your Heavenly Father. He would not have created you the way He did, for any other reason.
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