Do we think much about our bodies? Sure we do! We think many things like; Am I too fat or to thin, too tall or not tall enough. How much hair we have and how it looks from day to day? Our hair and our make-up, clothing, the way one carries their self can portray many unique characteristics about our likes, dislikes, the way we may approach something, like an issue or just that we do not want to be approached. We are happy, laugh, cry, sometimes out of control. We may become oppressors of others, inhibited, outgoing, athletic. Our body engulfs many attributes both inside and outward. We are men and women who aim to reach the top of our goals. We push and strive to be better, best, unique and different from the rest of the pack. We need our 15 minutes of fame. Often we are unable to control many characteristics or outcomes in our developmental state. Nevertheless there are things about our bodies, character and attributes we are able to change, yet, are we willing to do so? We are in the physical body by appearance , and our physical body by what is within us. Our spiritual body will manifest by the way we carry our physical bodies, our language, temperance, our tolerance. If you understand God, you will soon understand that there is no war in heaven. It is contained in love. This is a love that far out ways the natural state. You see, God does not care if we are tall, short , fat, smart or dumb, He loves us all. This is His spiritual body that He has given us. Heaven holds no place for shame. It is not a weakened state, a world of time, for it is above all this. It is the freedom we have in the spiritual body. We have the ability to put it to good use for all, but man in his natural state can not always keep a rational line on things. Even the disciples did not understand this concept until Jesus came to them, then did they see with a clear heart. When your biological body is gone, the freedom your spiritual body will experience will come from ones faith and belief in our Lord God.. We must assume the body as if it is in it's divine state on earth. Only then, can we understand what God the Father wants for us. He came for us, holy divine, as a perfect man on earth for the purpose of saving your soul, before returning to His glory through a terrible , torturous death. This is all part of the Lords design plan for you and for me. So, as we take our life and our bodies for granted, remember, we then take God for granted as well. Our natural body will one day die off, and our memory will fade out, so isn't good to know that God has prepared the afterlife for our new body, with all new attributes? 1Corinthians 15:35-44 35) But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised; With what kind of body will they come?" 36) How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37) When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just the see, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 42) So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable. 43) It is sown in dishonors, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44) It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. We can look forward to the day when we no longer suffer in this, our natural body, and live in our imperishable bodies. This is only done through our faith and belief in Christ. So, while we are prisoned in our mortal bodies we are here for the purpose of pleasing God. The only way to do that is through His Son, Jesus Christ. Live everyday as if you are in the spiritual body alone, and let your light shine through you. You will see what a difference you can make in others. Others will take notice and want the same body you have.
God bless, Deaconess Barb
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