Wednesday Weigh In~ And A Little Encouragement!

 ¹⁶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 ¹⁷If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.


Wednesday mornings are my weigh in at Weight Watchers. I have decided this year to take better care of me. I have always tried to look nice and feed my family healthy but this year I am making some major changes.


 I have made up my mind to take off every extra pound that this body of mine doesn't need or want! Why? Well I have my daughter's wedding coming up and I want to feel better.

Paul was speaking these words in our passage above to the church of Corinth~ but they speak well to us too. We live in a body-conscious world with diets, exercise clubs and beauty magazines galore. To be honest I have never much cared about pleasing or keeping the attention of anyone but one~ My Brian.

But I do want to feel good and healthy. However ~ as a Christian I have another goal. We are literally the temple of God. The Holy Spirit dwells in us~ it is His household.

The Old Testament Temple was built with great care and massive expense. Gold, silver, bronze, iron, onyx and precious stones were used in abundance. Why? Because God dwelled there~it was His house. It was the best for the King of Kings, and rightfully so.

He also lives in us.





Think of it: God lives in you and me. I don't know about you but this convicts me. I want to be more careful where I go, what I do and what I think. Just as David made careful plans for the temple I need to tenderly care for the vessel I am for the Holy Spirit. So this morning I am repenting where I need to and moving on. Hopefully it shows on the scale. Woo-hoo! I think I can ~ I think I can ~ I think I can!