Mark 12:30 (NLT)
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
We, as human beings, are fearfully and wonderfully made. Made by, and for, YAHWEH and his glory. Intricately designed and woven both of the earthly and the eternal. Natural and supernatural. The moment we become a compassionate thought in the omnipotent imagination of the Creator, we are…and will ever be. For we are a spirit, an unseen but very real part of our being. The part that will live forever, whether in loving completeness with Jesus or an agonizing hell of what-ifs away from his Presence. Wrapped around the unseen eternal are two other unseens though they, like the body encasing them, will one day pass away- the heart and mind. The heart, for our purposes, is the emotions and feelings that make the human condition unique. The mind then is our intelligence, thoughts, and motivations. It's these two which connect the spirit with the final entity which makes us a person- the physical body. That which we can touch, taste, smell, hear, and perhaps most importantly to us, see! All of these, carefully constructed together, make us a whole person.
Not only do these four “parts” make us a complete person, Jesus makes us a whole person by renewing us from the inside out. We become truly whole…and healed.
Complete.
For the next four months, LifeTogether will delve deeply into these four parts, seeking, with the help of the Holy Spirit (GOD-in-you), to guide you into becoming a whole person.
Here’s the plan: January- the physical body, February- the mind, March- the heart, and April- the soul/spirit.
Spend the remainder of your LifeTogether time today praying. Praise YAHWEH for who he is and what he’s already done for you. Then ask him to remake you over the next four months into a whole and healed person. Not so much Extreme Makeover as Eternal Makeover.
And remember…a great journey- no matter how long- begins with one step. Now put one foot in front of the other.
