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You ever hurt yourself, or get injured through the fault of someone else?Either way, you have that one part of your body that is injured and not functioning,The way it is designed to be working.And this throws off how you do things, how you get around…Like maybe you break a toe, and now you can’t walk the way your body is designed to walk.Or you have shoulder surgery and your arm now doesn’t function the way it is designed to,And this throws off the way you perform daily functions.Things you normally wouldn’t even have to think about how to do,Are now requiring actual thought and intention to accomplish.I have had multiple physical injuries…neck injury, broken foot, sprains, pulled muscles, back injury, etc.And with each one, something in my body had to compensate,For the part of my body that was injured so I could accomplish every day tasks.And that throws the whole body out of whack.Because of the inability of this part of my body to contribute,Another part of my body has to pick up the slack and do more than it is designed to do,Or do a job that is completely foreign to its design.And because of that, the body isn’t as effective as it could be,If every part was working as designed.Now, it will still function and get done what it has to do,But not as well as it otherwise could, and not as effective as it should be able to.And it isn’t just when we are physically injured.We withdraw into ourselves when we have been injured emotionally; spiritually.When our emotions and spirits and minds are injured,We think we have nothing to offer; we are not useful; we are not a loved part of the family.And that can be way more debilitating than a physical injury.A physical injury will heal, or the body will adapt in a way the still allows the body to function.When we are injured emotionally; spiritually; mentally,Our body cannot make the adjustments to adapt.We cannot not physically heal an injury of that depth.It isn’t a ‘rub some dirt in it’ kind of injury where you can just ‘walk it off’.The emotional; spiritual; mental injury is by far the more devastating injury,When it comes to the Body of Christ.It can be hidden, yet still be broken…we can be broken and no one can see it.But inside we are shredded.And that is not only devastating to the person,But it is a real blow to the Body of Christ as a whole.You see, the Body of Christ needs all of us to be what we are created to be.Now that being said, just like the human body,The Body of Christ can heal itself through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.Just like our body can mend itself with help from doctors,The Body of Christ can mend itself with help from Christ.By that I do not mean the Body of Christ can do it on our own.What I mean is that through our dependance on Christ, we can be healed.Now - Let’s look at our little part of the Body of Christ here in Wye Mills.All the folks in here are important parts of the Body of Christ.We have folks that love through food. - Expand on this (cooking for those who can’t; participating in Neighborhood table, etc.)We have folks that love through making things. - Expand on this (making blankets and giving them away, etc)