The simplest things

During the week last week, actually over the past couple of weeks, Christopher Reeve has popped up on my mind. I didn’t understand why til I read the following this Sunday, and knew it was so I would share it with you…

For many of us even the simplest things are taken for granted.

Superman actor Christopher Reeve, paralyzed from a horse-riding accident seven years ago, is now able to move some of his fingers and toes, his doctors have said. He can also feel a pin prick over most of his body and can distinguish between hot and cold and sharp and dull sensations. Doctors say that, given his progress, he may be able to walk again some day.

“No one who has suffered an injury as severe as Chris’ and failed to have any initial recovery has regained the amount of motor and sensory function he has,” said Dr. John McDonald, from the Washington University School of Medicine.

Reeve said the best thing of all was being able to feel the hugs of his wife, Dana, and his three children. “To be able to feel just the lightest touch is really a gift,” he told People magazine. “The fact is that even if your body doesn’t work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished. It’s a simple as that.”

This Thanksgiving, take time to express gratitude to the Lord for the ability to do things—like giving and receiving hugs—that are often taken for granted.

Happy Thanksgiving.

From the Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church worship folder, November 24, 2002