It seems every magazine for women I see has at least one article promising a total makeover. "If you’ll follow these ten steps, you can change your body!”
Or the tips might target the home or finances. The makeovers for the body usually have the reader changing her diet, initiating or changing her exercise plan, and to the extreme, undergoing plastic surgery.
I’m all for taking care of our bodies. The temporal dwelling in which we live is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19 (New International Version), “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.” As Christians, I believe we should do our best to take care of the temple. Don’t you?
But I don’t want to get so caught up in the temporal that I forget the eternal. One day I’ll trade in this body. God has a makeover in mind that’s totally extreme!
The Contemporary English Version of the Bible puts it this way, “Our dead and decaying bodies will be changed into bodies that won't die or decay. The bodies we now have are weak and can die. But they will be changed into bodies that are eternal. Then the Scriptures will come true, "Death has lost the battle!” (1 Corinthians 15:53-54 cev)
And then my made over body will go to a home that needs no makeover, Heaven. Are you ready to go?
Prayer: Lord, thank You for this body I dwell in. May I be faithful to honor You and serve You with this body until I’m transformed to live in Your presence and in my heavenly home. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
Hi Donna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for another inspiring post. I think the Lord has really been giving my heart a makeover this year....and He's not done. I'm so thankful to find writers like you and Paul who lift my spirits and spur me on to write to encourage others.
Btw, would love to get linked up with your site also. Down the road I hope to have not only my devo site, but a more writingt-related site as well.
Take care and God's richest blessings on your, your family and your writing for Him!
Vicki
Donna, Enjoyed this post a lot. God is continuing to do makeovers on my life. Don't know when he has time for everyone else, but He does such good things in my life to make me more like Him. How can you beat that kind of makeover!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great wisdom and reading. I enjoy coming here.
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”
ReplyDeleteAs Christians, I believe we should do our best to take care of the temple. Don’t you?
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Amen, Donna. Well said...and a great reminder as food for thought for the New Year! The temporal body should not take precedence in our lives in importance over our spiritual state of being.
BTW, Happy New Year to ya! ;-)