Tip : Take the time with me to refocus your plans, read I Timothy 4:8 , I Samuel 16:7
Lets us not only honor God with our outer selves but with our inner selves.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Gods Workmanship
I have been doing a study called "The Temple" by Laurie Cole. I thought it would be great seeing as that really is the basis for my blog. Honoring God through my body His Temple. It has been my plan to exchange bad habits for good ones and in the process rid my body of this excess weight but not because I want to look great but because I want to feel great. After all how can I serve the God I love with a broken down body? Ephesians 2:10 says, We are all God's workmanship and as I just found out from Laurie Cole that the word workmanship in Greek translates to "poiema" and it means " a work of art or a masterpiece." If you look closely at the word "poiema", you can see the word poem. So what this verse is saying is that we are God's poem, God's masterpiece, God's workmanship. Wow!!! Isn't that amazing? Now I need to rethink my whole plan for honoring God. It is not that simple. If I am God's workmanship and I have taken on excess weight due to my self control issue what does that say about God's poem for my life. I have never been accused of being a deep thinker. I see things rather simply and more to the point. My point today is my desire to honor God is not just with my physical body but with my inner self. He desires me to honor him with my whole being because I am His workmanship, His poem.
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I finally have my internet working again and so I was able to get on here. That word "poiema" really struck me too when I read it. I had forgot about it until I read it again just now. Thanks for reminding me Mom. All these things I need to hear often so that I do not forget. It seems pretty easy to get off focus these days. Thanks for your dedication to bring things in perspective.
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