Having just spent s couple hours studying diagrams of the two dozen bones of the hand along with the muscles that move them (some of them located on the forearm), I do believe that the human hand is one of the most wonderful mechanical creations ever. I have admired the tendons and ligaments that stabilize, hold, and connect; the blood vessels that nourish and cleanse; the nerves that activate and give such fine sensory definition; and the other tissue that makes up the hand. Myriad individual parts are precisely packed into the relatively small space of a supple glove of skin so efficiently that the hand has great flexibility and strength while being highly sensitive to touch. It is a fine tool on the end of a forearm that allows us to move it in a great number of positions around the body. We use this dexterous tool to feed and clothe ourselves, to wash and groom ourselves, to rub where it hurts, to scratch where it itches, to slap what bugs us, and to pet or caress what loves us.
The hand enables us to interact with others. It can bring healing and relief or the fist can instantly clench into a powerful weapon that can do great harm. We use our hands to express love, to manifest self through creations of great music, art, dance, or literature; to do acts of kindness, or to create instruments that greatly extend its normal capabilities. No doubt the most important task that our hands can do is to fold them together in prayers of gratitude, prayers of intercession, and prayers of supplication, or to manifest praise to the Creator who gave them to us.