Thinking about how I take care of my body or not!! I try to exercise and eat right. The same is true of our soul! I must exercise it and eat right. Exercise for the soul is prayer and the food we need is the Eucharist. It seems to me that it's more important to exercise the soul that will live forever than it is to exercise the body which will someday die. And it seems to me it's more important to feed the soul than to feed the body! Again because the soul is meant to live forever.
I feel great contrition and sorrow for the many years that I neglected to take care of my soul and give God the glory he so deserves. I was so lost in the ways of the world that God was of least importance in my life. Only by His grace has my life been turned towards he who loves me and cares deeply that I be healed and come home to his heavenly kingdom. I asked him how he could love one such sinner as me and his answer was an analogy. He taught me that the sand and dirt of the ocean floor enter into the oyster shell and over much time become a precious pearl. All of us have sand and dirt from our sinful nature that needs to be transformed into a precious pearl. We can only do this by full repentance of our past lives and total detachment from any person, place or thing that is a cause of temptation and sinfulness. And this can only be done by opening ourselves up to God's grace and allowing his will to be done, not ours. Be open to his presence and great love!! God is LOVE!!
