Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Try Describing “Besides Yourself”


II Corinthians 3-7

“For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.”  5:13

Have you ever experienced life in a way that your body was an inadequate vehicle.  Your body seemed to limit your experience because it was bound to something your Spirit was freed from.

To quote an old movie, “Your soul was writing checks your body couldn’t cash.” 

Paul has this relationship with God that is so utterly profound that he, Paul the human, struggles, not only to live it but even to describe it.  He is living a life that is

besides himself.
The Creation of Adam
by Michelangelo
I often think of this when I  consider our daily walk with God through Christ.  The ecstasy of being made
alive by God, to be reborn through Christ is a daily gift that I am certian rivals that of Adam's first
conscious thought of "I have been made alive!"

Post Script:That is Eve under God's left arm.


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