2 Corinthians 5:1-3  For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. (NLT)

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In case you are just now awakening from the food coma you fell into on Thursday, here is some good news. There’s a new body coming from God that never wears out, bloats, hurts, or fails to function. 

Now, we have temporal bodies that wear down and out. Then, we will have eternal bodies that never grow weary. Each one is custom-made by the Maker of Heaven and Earth. There’s no better engineer or tailor. We can strive for perfection here and now with serums, nutrition plans, medication, and alterations, but we will never have it as good as we will on that day that never ends.

This goes in the category of Something Else to Thank God For. 

The best is yet to be! 

The mean doctor told me to stop running a few years ago. Our Father in Heaven will someday soon set me free to run without fatigue, and to my great delight. 

What physical capacities are you anticipating?

My bride and daughter picked out new clothes for me yesterday. The new duds make me look more professional and stylish. Now I don’t have to do that again for a couple of years. I prefer to shop at Amazon. They prefer I not look like someone who last entered a menswear store sometime in the last decade. 

As good as they make me look with what they have to work with, God has a new suit to excel anything by Joseph A. Bank. 

This makes me smile as I attempt to lose five pounds this weekend before my annual physical on Monday. 

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I will live as well as I can in this body that is wearing down and out, and I will anticipate the body God is preparing for me that will always be full of energy and capability. 

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Our Father, thank you for all the adventures I’ve had in this body. Thank you for those yet to come. Thank you that the best is yet to be. Amen.