Real LIfe

Dear readers,
In morning prayer this morning we got a wonderful reading. I don't know exactly where it was from but it went something like this "the spirit who raised Jesus from the dead will bring your mortal bodies to life." And I started to think. You cannot bring something that is alive to life, in order for something to be brought to life it must be dead. And if we need to be brought to life that means we are dead. But, if we have his spirit we can be brought to life, of course eternal life but also to be able to be alive on Earth. If you could be dead or alive which would it be? I highly doubt any of us would choose to be dead. We must live! If God has given us time on Earth let us use it instead of being put to waste. And if our spirit is alive than it doesn't matter if our bodies die because they will continue living. We must live our lives awake and alive and not the opposite because that is what we are made to do. Our souls are made to be as flexible and active and cared for as our bodies and even more! My sister made a wonderful point. Every morning we wake up and worry about what to wear, and sometimes we worry about what we will wear tomorrow or in a week or sometimes even more. But when our loved ones die we don't go to their grave every day and change their clothes! We don't say "I wonder what I will dress my husband in tomorrow." And yet our bodies are as good as dead and we don't worry about our spiritual welfare. Our souls may be suffocating inside of us and yet we worry whether green or yellow looks best with our skin tone or what we will eat or where we will sleep. I am praying for all of you! Thank you so much for reading.
Peace and Love in Christ Jesus,
Alyse