Looking and Living: Beyond the Earthsuit

From my battlecry blog: http://www.battlecry.com/battleplan.php?username=WolfGirl4God

Looking and Living: beyond the earthsuit

Have I changed the world? Have I made a difference? I really hope that in some way, despite my many flaws and shortcomings, God has used me to change the world- to impact another's life.
There was a lady at the grocery store today. I had to push my cart in front of her, and I said "sorry" for the inconvenience. Then someting ahpeened. The woman cared-she cared about me even more than I cared for myself in that moment. She said something like, "Oh it's okay. I'm absolutely fine, honey," in the sweetest, heartfelt voice. She wasn't saying it as an auto-response, she meant if genuinely, and specifically towards me. After she said that, I kept on pushing my little cart- but something wonderful came over me- a feeling that I wasn't invisible- a recognition of my own worth as a person, a self. It truly made my day right then and there.
Too many people these days walk around, live around even, like they only exist to themselves. Yes, we have our little auto-response "How are you? Good, thank you." and we try to push out a smile- but in truth, when does the heart really make its appearance in that greeting or smile? How often do the people of this world see eye to eye- being to being- spirit to spirit.
The world has become a world of appearances. So much of the world has forgotten the person inside the earthsuit. I have a picture of a tribal man handing over my bed that I cut out from national geographic.I love that picture- I believe I can see his spirit- he's not trying to conceal it, and he's actively searching the spirits of those he comes in contact with.
I believe that's how Jesus was- to the MAX. He viewed the spirit like no other. He saw and knew how frail and weak the flesh was- and he was able to impact the physcial body, with healings, because he knew the importance of the spiritman over the earthman. He saw eternity where others saw old age. He saw everlasting life where others saw a ead child. He made the blind to see, the lame to walk, and the dead to rise again because he rules in spirit, and in truth. The amazing thing is this- despite knowing the evils of the flesh and the sufferings that come with it- Christ became man, Jesus. Christ, spirit, took on flesh. Why? So he could have good looks or be the greatest warrior? No. He became man so he he could suffer and die as a sacrifice- his body was ripped and bruised, beaten and torn, when in fact it should have been our bodies- our sinful flesh bearing the due beating. But out of love- love- he bore our iniquities- and by his wounds we are healed.
Though his flesh was torn on that cross, Christ defeated the flesh in rising again! So we now can and should pick up our cross and follow his lead- no longer under the power of sin- a slave to the flesh. Instead, in Christ we are a new creation. Our spiritman is made to soar- to breathe the air of a bondservant of Christ, free from the shackles of a false world of flesh and evil desires. Satan works in the flesh, something worthless that rots away. God works in the spirit- continually building it and molding it as clay.
There is so much more too. Thank you God, for your wisdom. Help me to live in spirit and in truth.