Just a quick leapfrog over the tombstone

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme or this month: “Salvation past, present, and future”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “(He) will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” Philippians 3:21 (CSB)
 
Our thought for today: “Just a quick leapfrog over the tombstone”
 
Hardly a day goes by without me hearing about someone suffering from some physical ailment that is causing them pain, discomfort, or disability. Many of the aches and pains people suffer from are minor. Some of them are simply symptoms of aging and they have to be accepted and adjusted to. But others are the result of accidents or disease and they are much more serious. Those require medical attention.
 
Regardless of the cause and severity of the physical issue, the fact is that to some extent living means suffering and the longer we live, the more we will suffer. Over time our bodies age and slowly decline until one day, they cease to function altogether. That’s just life. Hopefully as individuals we do everything we can to stay as healthy as we can for as long as we can. But still, over time your body will decline, break down, and eventually it will die.
 
Fortunately, we have something much better to look forward to – the resurrection body.  The day will come in eternity when Jesus will resurrect your old physical body, re-form it into something glorious and perfect which will have both physical and spiritual qualities (similar to His resurrection body). What age will your new, perfect, resurrection body be? We don’t know. Some have speculated that we will all be a lean, muscular, perfectly toned and perfectly healthy twenty-five-year-old for all eternity.
 
Author Joni Eareckson Tada (who has spent her entire adult life in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic) wrote in her book “Heaven: Your Real Home,” “One day no more bulging middles or balding tops. No varicose veins or crow’s-feet. No more cellulite or support hose. Forget the thunder thighs and highway hips. Just a quick leapfrog over the tombstone and it’s the body you have always dreamed of. Fit and trim, smooth and sleek.”
 
Biblically, I think it will take more than just a “quick leapfrog over the tombstone.” I’m pretty sure there’s more of a delay than that, but her point is well-taken – the resurrection body is going to be glorious. I can’t wait to get mine!
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim
 
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