Upward

I was really sick last week. I caught some stomach bug or something and it really brought me down. I was so weak and felt so feeble. It was definitely an eye opening experience. In a matter of 6 hours I could barely walk and I was rolling in pain. It is amazing to me that our bodies are so weak. I am fairly healthy, I work out and eat pretty well but just a couple little germs and I was on my face. As obvious as it is, I was re-acquainted with the fact that my body is totally, 100% mortal. A few germs, a small impact, or a few bad cells and it could fail. I know this is somewhat morbid but it is the absolute truth. Being more aware of my body's mortality, I was overcome with the fact that my hope is not on this earth. My body is only a means for me to be here on earth but my true home is in heaven. Philippians 3:20 "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ."

It is so easy to become wrapped up in what is happening in my daily life. I have commercials better memorized than any amount of bible verses. I sometimes focus more on what I will be doing in the next hour rather than where I will end up when my life on this earth ceases. The times that I look upward and focus on my final destination (heaven) is when all of the other things fall into place. I realize that not focusing first and foremost on God is a sin. I am putting my own agenda before his. I know that keeping the ultimate goal in mind is extremely important to my daily life. So I will be looking upward this week knowing that my hope is in Christ and my soul can rest easy knowing where I will end up. Thank you God for your amazing love and thank you Jesus for your loving sacrifice!!!

"There will be a day with no more tears,
No more pain, no more fears."