Easter Hope: Looking Forward to Your Resurrection (Article)
I just read this post from Theology Network on looking forward to the resurrection and our new resurrection bodies.
It's a good reminder of what we have to look forward to, and as I read it, perhaps an encouragement/challenge. Next time I look in the mirror and realise that my metabolism doesn't quite let me be the bottomless prandial pit that I was a couple of years ago, or that no matter how much I'd like to play competitive sport, or at least look like I do, I'm just not that fit or talented, that's not a cause for despair but rather it serves as a reminder that even if I never achieve my physical goals, God already has something infinitely better waiting for me.
That said, I must be honest, despair is too strong a word for my stomach - I'm only 22 after all, and it's just that I'm not as thin as I used to be. The point is though, that's not going to get any better, and one day I will be decrepit, and possibly fat, but it is encouraging to remember that death is not the end, that our aging, failing, unfit bodies will be transformed into something fit for purpose and vastly superior to what they are now (who knows, maybe we will even be able to teleport?).
So that's just one thought I drew from the article, next time you go up a waist size, or someone mocks you for being ginger (maybe that's just me), or whatever it is, let it remind you of the resurrection and the life to come!
That said that doesn't mean I should let my body waste away - it's under my stewardship. So I'm off to play basketball.
P.S. This is my first post using the Blogger Android app.
What makes you think you won't be ginger in heaven? Anyway its a lovely colour :)
ReplyDeleteOh, haha, I didn't mean to imply I wouldn't be - I was more making a point about things about us that are unsatisfactory will no longer be - either by them changing or the people around us changing. :)
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