The Importance of Spit
Scripture from I Cor. 12: 21 NKJV “And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you.”
Read I Corinthians 12:14-31
This morning I woke up with my upper lip stuck to my teeth, the front half of my tongue was dry and numb, and the inside of my mouth was so dry you could have struck a match on it. It happens to me frequently because as soon as I go to sleep my mouth flies open. (OK, I snore.) Usually after a few tries I get my tongue to working, lick my teeth to unstick my lip, and lick the inside of my mouth, but this all depends on how much spit I can generate.
It got me to thinking about the importance of spit. You know the Bible talks about the importance of each member of the body, “the eye can’t say to the hand I don’t need you,” and so on, but did you ever think about the importance of spit? If you don’t have spit, you can’t get your food moist enough to swallow. I don’t know about you, but eating is pretty important to me. Without spit your tongue would clave to the roof of your mouth, and you couldn’t talk. Talking is also pretty important to me. I looked up spit on the internet and found out it is generated by the salivary glands, and there are three major ones and a bunch of minor ones in most folk’s mouths. So next time you’re having a hard time trying to find something to be thankful for, how about thanking the Lord for good old spit.
Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, How thankful I am you made all the parts of the body to work together. May we all support each other, because we are all important to one another─and to You. Amen!
