Why has God tempered the body together and given more abundant honor to that which lacked?

Les explains that this is just the way God works. In the Body of Christ, those members we think to be less honorable are the ones upon whom more abundant honor is bestowed, and the uncomely parts receive more abundant comeliness. The comely parts have no need of that special honor. God therefore tempers the body together by giving more abundant honor to that which lacked. Les connects this to God taking the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and taking things that are not to confound things that are. He illustrates it with parents who have a retarded or Down Syndrome child; even though they have several other children, they pour their love toward the one who is most responsive.