so last night... i made the n00b mistake of wearing shoes that weren't broken in, for sports activities.
needless to say, i got owned. or rather, the back of my right foot got owned. above the heel part. the back of my ankle. the skin pretty much scraped off and started to bleed. oww... but of course, i pushed myself to keep going. refusing to stop and check on my skin. so the scraping goes deeper -_-
so now im really paying for it. showers are down right painful. small movements are painful. walking is painful. =( better yet... when my parents drove me back to london 2 weeks ago, they took my sball gear with them. and whats in my batbag? my FIRST AID KIT. GG. so if i had my first aid kit, at least i could've used my spray on band aid, then put gauze over my exposed wound. but now... im left with limited bandaids that are the wrong size. .
so as i was walking home today, i realized how everything i did, i felt the pain. i mean.. it wasnt unbearable or anything. but you still feel it and its just uncomfortable. thats when i thought of the passage from
1 Cor 12:12:31.
if you want to look at my analogy literally, think about it. every lil bit of your body is necessary. the next time you get a lil cut, or scrape your knee, or something. every movement you make will somehow affect your injury. its amazing how everything connects together. altho your "movement" may require the usage of a body part furthest from your injury, yet it will still manage to affect it.
look at the v26a. "If one part suffers, every part suffers with it."
its so true. think of the church that way. every single person in the church is needed. if say... the drummer isnt feeling all that well (can be physical health, emotionally, spiritually, etc). and it affects their drumming during that sunday service. the rest of the worship team will notice something isnt right. that may affect how they lead worship that morning. that in turn will affect the entire congregation. and until that one person, or one body part heals, the entire body will not be able to function properly nor in it's best state. so until everyone is in "good" condition again, we're not giving our best to God as a whole. individuals may continue to give all that they've got. just like how my arms may continue to do different things, my fingers will continue to type this blog post. but until my wound heals, i wont be able to properly walk nor shower without pain. =P
and if you read from v27 and onwards, those gifted with healing are to help those in need of healing. my brain will let the rest of my body know to look for things that may help. finding the bandaids, my hands will do their part in putting the bandaid on my foot, helping the healing process.
interesting huh? it took a stupid n00b mistake, and quite a lot of pain, to study this passage and understand it from a physical p.o.v. huh! =)
P.S. i seriously look fwd to recovering. haha...
