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The body not of one member,
Rather it consists of many;
And required for their labor,
Doing as what God will decree.
For the foot would not be a hand,
Feeling that it does not belong;
But it is God that does command,
Walking and running helps along.
The ear does not understand why,
That it will hear but cannot see;
But God gave that job to the eye,
For knowing where they are to be.
If the whole body were an eye,
Where is the sense that we could hear;
Tear drops are formed to whence we cry,
Sensing smell comes not from the ear.
The body that God had arranged,
For each of them that the Lord chose;
Neither of them can be exchanged,
An ear can never be a nose.
If one member what would it be,
Yet one body has many parts;
Because the hand could never see,
Nor the feet could never be hearts.
The parts of the body seems weak,
When separately on their own;
In diverse unity they seek,
For what they cannot do alone.
We bestow the greater honor,
Treated with greater modesty;
That the body as a fawner,
Works together in honesty.
In the body no division,
Each member cares for each other;
As the mind signals a vision,
Coordinating one another.
For if any member suffers,
All others will be affected;
But the Holy Spirit buffers,
To the part that is afflicted.
Copyright © 2020 Richard Newton Sherrer
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