It seems to me most people do not like their bodies. What do you think of yours? Most of us probably have a few things, a few spots we wish were different.
Let’s think about it in a different way.
Our bodies are wonderful things, and as one who enjoys endurance athletic events, I am amazed at what bodies can do. Truly, to use King David’s words in Psalm 139:14, we are "fearfully and wonderfully made."
Henri Nouwen has some great thoughts about our bodies, specifically encouraging us to respect and to take care of them.
In so many ways we use and abuse our bodies. Jesus’ coming to us in the body and his being lifted with his body in the glory of God call us to treat our bodies and the bodies of others with great reverence and respect.
God, through Jesus, has made our bodies sacred places where God has chosen to dwell. Our faith in the resurrection of the body, therefore, calls us to care for our own and one another's bodies with love. When we bind one another's wounds and work for the healing of one another's bodies, we witness to the sacredness of the human body, a body destined for eternal life.
1 Corinthians 6:19,20 — 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; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
Honor God with your body. I like that.
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