Friday; May 22

As governments are beginning to ease the restrictions on movement and freedoms around the nation, one of the issues is staying healthy.  Do we need to keep our faces covered?  Should we go or not go to public events?  Is it safe to eat together or shop together?  Throughout this whole ordeal one of the underlying themes has been a return to protecting our health. 
         While I think it is important to stay healthy, we must not overlook another vital aspect of our lives – we must protect our spiritual health.  What would our society look like if we spent as much time talking about our spiritual well-being as have our physical health over the last couple of months?  How different would our lives and our communities be if we had been as interested in protecting ourselves from satan has we have been protecting ourselves from the virus?  Again, I think we need to be doing everything we can be doing to maintain our health, but we must not neglect our spiritual well-being as well.
         A friend of mine, who is a church leader, continues to say that our goal is to avoid any spiritual casualties as a result of what is going on.  Centuries ago, the Apostle John began a letter to his Christian brethren put it this way, “Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.” (III John 1:2).  Let’s make sure we are protecting our soul and spirit as much (or more) as we are protecting our physical selves.  Remember, the quality of our lives on earth depend on good health habits; but our eternal souls demand that we stay in good spiritual health.
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