- Are you tempted to think that God cares more about your soul than your body?
- What Scriptures, thoughts, or feelings cause you to remember God’s care for your body?
- How often do you typically think about God’s care for your body?
- What action will you take today to care for your body?
I think there is a part of me that believes that God cares or maybe stresses the importance of the soul more than our bodies in that when Jesus talks about worrying about Him who can destroy the body and soul in Matthew as opposed to the just the body. In a way it makes me think that there are deeper repercussions involving our soul and thus we should think more about our soul but I wouldn’t ignore the body necessarily. The Scriptures that I think concerning the importance of the body are what Bumble preached in Psalms when God describes how we are knitted in our mother’s womb and also when Paul describes our body as a temple for God. I do see the importance of the care for our bodies and see it as a gift from God. In that I do put an emphasis on being healthy and trying to do all I can to take care of what God has given me. I know when we are physically ill or not well it does take a toll on the other aspects of our lives including our mental and spiritual so I know it is important to take care of our bodies.