As I reflect on my life, most things have come easy to me. Seeking to understand myself better, I see how this draws me towards comfort rather than greatness. I tend to take the path of least resistance until I take the first step to do something different.
This year has been one of leaning into my physical being. I’m coming to the understanding that to live a life of holiness, I need to become whole, in body, mind and spirit. There is healing to be had around my attitudes in order for me to love myself.
As I was meditating on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and specifically The Finding of Jesus in the Temple, I suddenly realized how God is drawing me closer by finding Jesus in the temple, the temple within my body. The gift of being is a gift from God and I am not my own.
Mary in the Annunciation demonstrated what this looks like where she surrendered her whole body to the Holy Spirit to give birth to our Lord Jesus. What a humble heart to have such faith. How the course of history would have changed if she did trust God and do what he chose her to do. Her purity of heart just said, “How can this be?”
As I’m drawn closer to love through my physical being, I will contemplate “whose I am”.
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.
1 Corinthians 6:19
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