God is NOT Rebuilding My Body!

As I lose girth, build muscle and joint strength, and grow ever healthier, I find my self saying things like, “I NEED to run today,” “What time can we go running today?” and “God is rebuilding my body!” Yes, the body I spent 4 decades destroying – through drug abuse, smoking, overeating and a sedentary lifestyle –I am now able to put through experiences that 6 months ago I would never have even attempted.


But the truth is, God is NOT rebuilding my body. He built it perfect from the beginning. And when He built it, he built it as a powerful, self-healing machine of unlimited potential, capable of phenomenal feats and unfathomable love.

And whereas I see myself “reclaiming my life” (another statement I like to make), in reality God is, I believe, revealing to me this truth: that I have buried that God-imbued potential in self-doubt, self-hate and fear. And that He is pulling me clear of that filth, that He is gently scraping the crap off me and revealing the work of art that He saw in me all along.

Ephesians 2:10 says "For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."

The only "good thing" I am doing on my own – smartly – is reveling in that revelation. And listening to his instruction: “You NEED to go running today!”