Feeding the Soul

Feeding our soul is important business.  Actually, it is beyond important.  It is about valuing our life.  There are more definitions of soul than there is space to list them.  There are books that seek to delve deeply into the meaning of this word which is cast about so carelessly in many dimensions of life.  Basically and fundamentally, our soul points to the essence of who we are.  If we look only at all the messages being sent from our culture, it would seem that the most important part of who we are is the physical part of us with which we present ourselves to the world around us, but unless what is seen is driven by what is not seen within us, there will always be a confusion which robs us of inner peace.  

Our soul speaks about our core values, the reason for our living, and our connection to the Creator who brought us into being.  Unlike our physical body, it has no expiration date.  It is that part of us into which the eternal light of the Creator first shined in the moment of our conception and it is also that part of us created to live into a life that is eternal.  We often hear it said that we are not a body with a soul, but a soul with a body.  To miss the distinction of the difference is to walk a road that leads to internal chaos.  

As we begin to understand the significance of this soul planted within each one of us, feeding and nurturing the soul becomes our most important function.  Unfortunately, the soul is not fed on some kind of schedule or routine, but in those moments of letting go of the control functions by which we order our lives.  Most of us live so fast and so furious that there is no time for considering a passage of Scripture, or reading some poetry, or becoming a part of something around us which has soul soothing and life giving powers.  Certainly, these three things are not the only means of feeding the soul.  Whatever it is that takes us away from the control mode and into the silence of the heart feeds our soul which is going to enhance our living.