The Necessary Balance

The part of our life to which we give the least attention is the spiritual.  The physical part of our life does not suffer from attention and care.  We may indulge at the buffet table from time to time, but we are also committed to the gym,  taking a thousand or more vaccines, and visiting the doctor on schedule.  We are also aware of those things which are supposed to insure mental health.  Since we are living longer than folks used to live, we want to do what we can do to end our life knowing who we are and where we are.  So, we  buy supplements, gym memberships, and eat food that does not taste like food.   

What gets very little care in the lives of so many is the spiritual dimension.  There are those who might deny the existence of such a dimension of our life, but like it or not, we are creatures who function in three core dimensions: physical, mental, and spiritual.  What is important in living is balance.  Our whole life is stronger when all three aspects of our life are receiving needed attention.  The preacher for yesterday's sermon used a text from Ecclesiastes which said, "A threefold cord is not quickly broken." (4:12).  It is true.  We are stronger as we care for our bodies, minds, and spirits.  

It was Jesus who said that the first commandment is "...you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30). Here is a Word which speaks of presenting and offering not a part of us, but all of us.  We relate best to God and to one another out of our wholeness.  The time we spend in caring for our spirits may get the least amount of attention, but attention it must receive if we are to have the necessary balance in our life to live our life as it was intended for us to live.