Cherishment

"No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it," Ephesians 5:29.

How many, many conversations bear out that line? People talk about food, whether meat-lovers, vegans, processed, organic, inorganic, whatever, everybody's talking about the same thing: What makes good eating for your body. Another thing people talk about - the body's health. What part of the body ails them. What's sore. How the operation/medicine/treatment's going. What's not working right. How their body's feeling. What feels good. How in shape/out of shape they are. Work outs that train the body well and those that don't. Salves, ointments, creams that protect/cure the skin versus useless ones. Hair? Growing/falling out/split ends/graying. Shampoos, conditioners. Luster/dull. Anyway - all the care everybody gives to their bodies, that's what it's talking about. In order to make this point: just like that does Christ care for the parts of his body, for us, his congregation. But his meticulous care and his work outs train us for far better results. Results out of this world.

We encourage each other, brothers or sisters, to share in Jesus' nourishment. And, together, we give thanks for his cherishment that yields eternal life.