Scripture

So no wonder we don’t give up. For even though our outer person gradually wears out, our inner being is renewed every single day. We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity.

~2 Corinthians 4:16-17, TPT

Quote

We spend a lot of time and money trying to perpetuate our physical life, and for too little on the health of the inner man.

~Billy Graham

Doctor’s offices are filled with people seeking medical help while altars are empty because very few are seeking spiritual help. For some reason, we put much more emphasis on our physical health than we do on our spiritual. Man is a triune being: body, soul and spirit. If the body is sick–we are unhealthy. If the soul is sick–we are unhappy. If the spirit is sick–we are unholy. For some strange reason, we are more concerned about health than holiness. When Oliver Wendell Holmes was in his 80’s, a friend meet him on the sidewalk and said, “How are you?” Holmes said, “This old house I live in is crumbling and falling apart, but Oliver is fine, thank you very much.” I love Holmes answer.

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against doctors but if heaven is real and the wonderful place that the scripture describes, why do we keep going to doctors? I know one reason is aches and pains. I know this is why I go but I do not believe any doctor can alter aging. No plastic surgery for me. I have what one young lady calls OLD PEOPLES SKIN. I want call her name but she loves the beach and loves to go on cruises. If you look at my arms and hands you may gag. I bruise easily and the bleeds show through the skin. My skins breaks easily. The slightest bump can cause a cut or break. I have one scab on my left hand and two on the right at this very moment. June covered then with bandaids last Sunday because they are very unattractive. What can I say, I picked at my own daddy about getting old and now I am being paid back. When people make fun of me I tell them, “Your time is coming.”

The old body is wearing out and it will come a time when nothing can be done about it. The fleshly house you live in has no future. It is destined for the dust. We all would be wise to work on the inner man. There is a future and a hope for the inner man. There is no hope for the body, at least not the one you are living in now. This is not a license to abuse the body; that to would be sin, but it is an admonition to put a greater emphasis on the inner man.

Extra

I didn’t intend to but I wound up in Huntsville yesterday. I went about 2:00 pm and the traffic was horrible. Blake is better and off the C-PAP. He is breathing on his own. Billard, my 50 year old Troy-belt tiller wouldn’t crank so I put a new spark plug in yesterday and it cranked right up. I was so proud of myself. I plowed one row and it quit again: will not hit a lick. If you see a good tiller for sale, give me a buzz.

Not a normal Wednesday for me: our dinner group is out of town. Joe David and family left for Guatemala this morning and our team leaves tomorrow.

I hope you have a good day and thanks for reading the blog.