Thoughts for February 11, 2007

Scripture Readings Leading to
Sunday February 11, 2007

1 Corinthians 6:12-20               A Warning               

Everybody’s got a body.  We come in all shapes and sizes.  We can not order a replacement body from the factory, artificial joints and enhancement surgeries do not count.  Some have genetic history which helps, some have genetics which hurt.  I like to blame my genetics.  I like to blame genetics a lot.  Blaming my genetics keeps me from having to be responsible for much of anything which goes wrong with my body.  Hair getting thin; blame my mother’s dad.  High blood pressure, blame my father’s mother’s family.  Bad teeth, skinny legs, poor eyesight, two left feet, hearing loss, flat feet, whiney voice, sore back, no matching gloves; the list goes on as I can blame just about anything on my genetics.    

The truth is that we all get one body.  We all get one shot at this thing.  We all get what we get and there is no changing it.  This is a bad news/good news kind of statement.  This is bad because we all want the body the other guy ended up with.  We want the other guys body just like we wanted to be the kid who got the T-Bird in high school.  Then we remember that he wrapped the thing around a telephone poll two weeks later.  The good news is that we get this body, our body, for a lifetime.  We get to know how this body works and what looks good with it.  We also learn what to keep far away from the thing.  The good news is we do not have to break in a new model every few years.  

God has a purpose for this body.  It seems that your body, my body, is the place where the Holy Spirit resides.  God the Holy Spirit lives in our bodies.  This physical shell is provided as a temple for holding the presence of God.  As this Spiritual fact sinks into our lives, we want to keep and maintain the temple as clean and up to date as possible.  We want to make sure all systems are up and running and all broken stuff repaired.  We want to maintain the temple with the least amount of clutter so that the main focus, God’s grace and love,  can be offered at anytime, day or night.  And when we begin to move in that sense of purpose for our physical bodies we also find we are just a little closer to home.
    
Blessings, Dave Weesner
  
Sunday Worship
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Sermon Title: “Healthy Fresh Start”