A NEW BODY

JUST ABOUT EVERY PERSON I KNOW HAS A PHYSICAL FEATURE THAT THEY WISH THEY COULD CHANGE.  SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY'RE TOO FAT, TOO THIN, NOT TALL ENOUGH OR ENTIRELY TOO SHORT.  PEOPLE SEEK RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOR FEATURES THEY WISH TO CHANGE.  WE OFTEN WISH FOR A NEW BODY.  WE ALL WANNA LOOK BETTER, IMPROVE OUR SELF ESTEEM AND MEASURE UP TO THE STANDARDS WHICH SOCIETY HAS SO RIGIDLY ESTABLISHED.  IT SEEMS TO BE AN OBSESSION. 

THIS MORNING ON THE NEWS, MY PARENTS AND I WERE AMAZED BY WHAT WE SAW.  HEADLINE NEWS FEATURED "THE WORLD'S SHORTEST MAN."  ALTHOUGH HE IS 18 YEARS OLD, THIS PERSON IS NOT MUCH TALLER THAN A CHICKEN WHICH WAS STANDING BY HIS SIDE.  IF YOU WATCHED THE NEWS THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW I AM TELLING THE TRUTH.  THIS PERSON WAS ON THE NEWS FOR ONLY A MOMENT, BUT HE IS STILL ON MY MIND.  I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL SHORTCOMINGS.  I FEEL ASHAMED OF MYSELF FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FEW EXTRA POUNDS THAT I CARRY AROUND THESE DAYS.  I AM REMINDED THAT PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL HANDICAPS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WHICH COULD BE SO EASILY SOLVED.  THE THOUGHT OF THIS "NOTE" HAS BEEN RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND FOR SOME TIME NOW AND TODAY IT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART TO FINALLY PUT THE WORDS TOGETHER.  THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR TIMING!
  
THERE IS COMING A DAY WHEN EVER THE MOST PERFECT EARTHLY BODY WILL APPEAR HIDEOUS.  WE ARE ALL PROMISED A GLORIOUS TRANSFORMATION.  THE LAME WILL RUN FREELY, THE CRIPPLED WILL DANCE AND THE BLIND WILL SEE WITH PERFECT VISION.  THE DEAF WILL HEAR WITH CLARITY AND THE OLD AND FRAIL WILL PUT THE WORLDS BEST BODYBUILDER TO SHAME.  JUST TYPING THESE WORLDS BRINGS A SMILE TO MY HEART THIS MORNING.  NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW DISCOURAGED YOU MAY BE WITH THE EARTHLY BODY YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN, THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FUTURE.  HIS WORD TELLS US THAT THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.  I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT HIS PROMISES TO ALL OF US.  WE WILL ALL RECEIVE GLORIOUS HEAVENLY BODIES.  AND FOR THAT, I AM THANKFUL THIS MORNING! 
  
PHILIPPIANS 3:21  ...WHO WILL TRANSFORM OUR LOWLY BODY THAT IT MAY BE CONFORMED TO HIS GLORIOUS BODY, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING BY WHICH HE IS ABLE EVEN TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF

THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M