USE YOUR SENSES

 

USE YOUR SENSES

 

He that hath an ear, let him hear . . . (Rev. 2:7 KJV).

 

Helen Keller was one of the most remarkable people this world has ever known. Blind and deaf from infancy, she was able — through the untiring love and discipline of her teacher, Anne Sullivan — to learn to understand the world around her. Through smell, touch and taste, she became aware of the beauty around her that many sighted people never observe.

 

"What did you see?" Miss Keller asked a friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods.

 

Her friend responded, "Oh, nothing much."

 

Helen Keller later said, "I might have been incredulous, had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago, I became convinced that the seeing see very little."

 

Helen Keller suggested that people use their eyes as if they would be blind tomorrow, and their ears as if they would be deaf tomorrow. Make the most of every sense! Such attention to the world around us can give us a greater appreciation of our Creator. It can make us more sensitive to other people and more attentive to their needs.

 

We need to use our God-given abilities while we have them.

 

Life response: "Lord, help me to use my senses to enjoy your creation."