This is just a little something that was discussed among me
and some friends the other day and that God has really placed on my heart...
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 "Don't you know that you
yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? If
anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is
sacred, and you together are that temple."
I get a whole new reverence and respect for my body when I
read that verse and how it says that my body is God's temple. Why are Christian people so quick to call
other Christians ugly or un-beautiful (because I really don't like the word
ugly) when the fact that they have Jesus living inside of them makes them so
beautiful in and of itself. Their
outward appearance doesn't even matter! It makes me feel like an awful person
for judging other people before I truly know them and their heart. If you think
about it, saying harsh words about or to others about their body is really
destroying the Lord's temple. He lives
in them and by hurting them, you are hurting Him and destroying what He made
and what He loves and cherishes. He
loves and cherishes that person that you are showing hatred towards. He loves that body that you are being
judgmental of. He lives inside of that
person and He made them that way.
Lord, the cry of my heart is that I will be wise in my
thoughts and in my words. That I will
have a heart of love and kindness and that I will not be judgmental towards
others. They are your children as am I.
May I do unto them as I would have them do unto me.
