Dear Ones,
Hope you have a creative day. Al will be heading to the men’s group and when he comes home, I have an appointment and later morning to the dermatologist to take care of the skin cancer on my leg. Then this afternoon we have Bible Study here.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
How often do we clean our homes when we hear that company is coming and we want it to look welcoming and nice? But how much more important is our spiritual home (temple) in which the Lord dwells when we come to know Him! In I Cor 3:16-17 Paul says, “You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God and God Himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred–and you, remember, are the temple.” Further on in chapter 6 Paul says our bodies were made for God and they are sacred so we can’t live how we please. God owns all of us, so we are to let people see God in and through our bodies.

Let us think more about what it means to be God’s temple where He dwells, for when we become a Christian the Holy Spirit lives in us and fills us. So how do we take care of our temple? Do we abuse it by living any way we please, filling ourselves with junk food, living such a fast- paced life that we have very little time to sleep and not time for exercise etc.? If we are God’s temple, His masterpiece, we are worth more care than that. We need to see ourselves as God sees us and be willing to change and care for our bodies.

I want to challenge us today, myself included, to take better care of our bodies and minds which may mean making some changes. If we don’t eat healthily, change our diets, get some daily exercise walking or lifting weights etc. and enough sleep. Develop our minds with scripture and stimulating books and give our phones a rest! We can enjoy some creative outlets like gardening and painting or something entirely new and adventuresome. It’s not selfish to just sit with a cup of coffee on the deck and enjoy the moment with the Lord.
Let us all take good care of our temples for He dwells within and enjoy our lives with the Lord.

Challenge for today: Make space today for something new in caring for your temple.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy