35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
-1 Corinthians 15:35-44
Maria and I are doing the keto diet. It’s pretty rough. We have to cut out as much carbs as we possibly can and carbs taste so good! The reason why we are doing this is because as we are getting older, our bodies are beginning to change. They burn a lot less energy than they use to which means they are storing a lot of fat. So we’re on this keto diet to try to stay healthy and keep our earthly body strong.
This passage tells us that we have an even better body awaiting us when we get to heaven. It’s so amazing that the Apostle Paul can’t even describe it in words. We know some things about this new body. You won’t need to go on a keto diet. It will be imperishable. It will be glorious. It will be powerful.
The purpose to why the Apostle Paul wrote this and why it’s in the Bible, is to remind us that we don’t belong in this world. The body you have now, with all its imperfections, that’s temporary. Yes, you need to take care of it, but don’t get hung up on it. This is not the last body you will have. You are promised a better body, one you can’t even imagine at the moment.
May God’s promises help you to grab onto the promises of heaven and to let go of the things of this world.
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