1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 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; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
So, I am currently reading through 1 Corinthians....good stuff....it's amazing how sometimes you can come up on things you have read many times and the Lord sheds new light and gives you more delight in how He designed us to work. There are so many ways you can approach the Lord....and so many ways we do that don't glorify Him in the least. I am terribly guilty of that. He is a God who took delight in creating our bodies the way He did. If we are truly His the Holy Spirit dwells in us. I take that for granted more than I can express but the Sprit is living inside those who call Him Father. I want to live these short days on earth in a constant state of gratitude....for I was bought with a price and it is an HONOR to walk and serve Jesus. I just want to do that with a complete wreckless abandonment. I want to make decisions that don't make sense to those that don't know Jesus. We are "set apart".....we are "changed".....how does my life right now reflect that? These are the questions that I continually wrestle with. We are going to have the opportunity soon to stand face to face with the God of this universe....with the God that designed all things good.....with the God who created us in His image......we are going to have to make an account of what we did with our earthly bodies....and Jesus was displayed not only in our public lives but in the parts of our lives that no one sees. I am more convicted about the second as I sit an think about it, because there are so many hours I waste doing things that have no weight when it comes to eternity. I will be held accountable for those times.....I say this knowing that God's grace has covered those times, but in the same breath it leaves me desiring more of Jesus and more evident change in the way I live my life.
These are just the crazy thoughts of my head right now......again not all put together fully, but you can at least catch a glimpse of where I am at....at where Chris and I are at as a whole. We look forward to sharing more with you soon on these questions and the journey we are on.....
Until then I leave you with some updates and praises within our family....Here goes....in no particular order
1. Had the opportunity to see family last weekend.....great times....Dad Keith Birthday party, Cleek family dinner, overnight at Grammies.....reminded yet again that God blessed us greatly in regards to our family.
2. Eli is nowhere close to being potty trained (he holds everything when he is on the potty chair)....I won't share any more details.....let's just say discouraged is an understatement
3. Having some time with just girls is nice.....accountability and prayer is a necessity!
4. Weekends with just the family are so nice.....if Eli would actually sleep through the night it would have been nearly perfect in regards to family time!
5. Eli is talking more, which is a huge plus....but then he will have days where he would rather not talk and let us try to figure out his needs which is extremely hard on the patience level.
6. LPM Blog.......just discovered this one and am loving the updates from Melissa and Beth of Course.
7. Love that shorts weather is here...hopefully to stay, but you never know in Atlanta
8. Eli loves "going long" for the football....although he can't catch it nor throw it very far...still cute to watch.
9. We count ourselves blessed that Eli loves going to nurseries, in different places!
10. We are blessed to have incredible friendships that push us to not get comfortable with where we are.
11. We enjoy playing cards.....thanks David and Elizabeth for a great dinner and Spades game!
12. It is encouraging to be in Bible Study and fellowship with other people!
13. We want to see Jesus high and lifted up in our lives.....show us how we need to change!!!!!
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