The Body Cries Because the Parts Quarrel

We are all one body - head, eyes, nose, mouth, heart, hands and all parts. But what happens if, instead of sharing ideas in common, they begin to disagree.

First, the legs complain: “We carry the whole weight of the body and even keep you out of danger by running fast”.

The arms were very angry with what the legs said and replied, “You carry us along, even to work on the farm but we are the ones who weed, till the soil, do the harvesting, carry the food to the house and even cook for you. How can you think we do nothing?”

When the eyes saw this, they said to the arms and legs, “Remember us: if we did not exist to show you the direction of all the places you visit, would you find your way to the farm, streams or market? Without us, you could not sort out ripe or unripe fruit”.

The mouth was not happy and said to the legs, arms and eyes: “If I close up and refuse to eat, you will all die. Am I not important?”

The nose said, “If I close up my nostrils for even a few minutes, you will die because you need oxygen to keep you alive, and I am the only one who takes in oxygen”.

The head laughed and said, “You legs, arms, eyes, mouth and nose do not reason before you talk. Do you not know that I am the one who directs your activities? I am the one who asks the legs to run from danger, and ask the arms to work for us while directing the eyes to see and the mouth to eat”.

The ears were not so happy: “We are the ones who hear all the sounds about danger, and love, yet you try to ignore us”, they complained.

The heart heard all these and was very sad and angry: “You are making a lot of noise for nothing. I have never rested since I was born. I tick day in and day out, year in and year out. If I stop ticking, you will all die”.

In conclusion, the head said “I have seen that none of us can exist without the others. We must live together and love our whole self, protect each other from diseases, hunger, harsh weather and poverty”. After the long quarrel, the head said, “Dear brothers and sisters, let us unite and work together for a better tomorrow. Unity is love, strength is understanding. The greatest is love (1Cor.13:13).

We have written simply to come to an understanding that the parts of the body were quarrelling over who was the most important. God is so kind to us, that we are equal. Just as when Jesus was with his disciples and they were asking, “Who shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” He then brought a child and declared to them, If you make yourselves like this little child, the Kingdom of God is for you”.

Jesus is our Head, and we are all just parts, incapable of functioning without each other (Matthew 18:1-6 and 2 Corinthians 8:15).

Bro George Kum and Sis Quinta Ngah (Limbe, Cameroon)