1 Corinthians

Dear Diary,

It's funny how God knows the mind of man even better than we do, but after 40 years I still forget that He knows me better than I know myself.

I've had this "Body, Spirit, and Soul" stuff on my mind lately that I've been trying to sort out. I just find it all interesting that we are created in three parts, and I'm reminded of the three parts of God--Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Last night I was impressed to read 1 Corinthians. Actually I was just impressed to read period. It's kind of like those days after a week of camping when my body is so tired of junk that it craves nothing more than a big bowl of salad. 1 Corinthians was my bowl of Salad, and it was so good I couldn't stop feasting on the Word. God understood my thirst to learn and so He knew where to lead me to drink.

I've read it many times before, but last night, God led me to that particular book to teach me more about the mind of Christ--how it connects with our Spirit, and about the fact that my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. I have always known the verse, "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost..." but it wasn't until last night that I noticed the verse is mentioned twice, in both chapter three and chapter six as Paul urges the Corinthians to glorify God in their body and in their spirit. I'm always learning new things; I like that.

I find that the Bible is much like a jigsaw puzzle. When you first open it up, it looks like a bunch of pieces that don't make all that much sense on their own. But if you take that puzzle out and start fitting the pieces together one by one, you start to see the big picture coming together. It's an amazing piece of art--the plan of salvation--God's plan for man.

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