I’ve had this body of mine for 43 years. That’s a long time to have something with you the whole time. I don’t have anything else I’ve kept nearly as long.

But like all things, it is slowly breaking down. My hairs have fallen out, and the hairs that didn’t are turning gray. Some of my teeth are becoming loose. Soon, they will start falling out. My vision isn’t what it used to be either. And I see lines on my forehead that I didn’t have 10 years ago…

I can ask for assistance from the latest scientific/medical technology to mask some of these “flaws,” but there is nothing I can do about the inevitable. Like a spring wound toy, my body is slowly but surely coming to an end. It will stop working all together one day…

It’s a depressing thought. As soon as we are born, the clock is ticking. The spring has been fully wound at birth. But it’s all downhill from that point on. The spring has been unwinding for 5 years for my kindergartner!

I want a new body! (I don’t know anyone over 40 that doesn’t want a new body. If they say they don’t, they are lying!) And by the grace of God, I will get a new body! A body that will be imperishable and perfect!

“What is sown is perishable,what is raised is imperishable…. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.” 1 Cor. 15:42, 44 

I love the fact that the Bible says we will get a new spiritual “body,” and not a “spirit” It is a body – a physical, real, sensual, touchable, visible body. I will be able to smell the scent of trees, fruits, grass, flowers in heaven. I will be able to taste the wine, exotic fruits, sushi, fillet mignon in heaven! I will be able to run, jump, tumble, playing football all day without worrying about aches and pains the next day.

The purpose of the earthly body is to simply contain the imperishable soul ready to burst forth. Rejoice if it is breaking down. You are only getting closer to the moment of liberation.

“We ourselves… groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” Romans 8:21

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