March 23, 2015

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Mind, Body & Spirit.

Our mind dictates to our bodies. “I need a vacation.” “I’m hungry – feed me.” It’s Friday night – let’s celebrate!” “I feel deserving – let’s go shopping.”… Our mind looks through our eye, spots what it wants and creates desire.

Wiley and I were talking with Robert… the man enamored with“Thai Ladies.” We were on the topic of religion, and I had mentioned that I believe humans are made up of; Mind, Body & Spirit… and how our Spirits are starving! We feed our minds with reason and our bodies with the mind’s desires, but our Spirits sit empty and ignored. We can feel the emptiness in our souls and try to fill this void with monetary purchases, food, substance enhancers, entertainment, or often by receiving recognition through our achievements. We, as humans can also try to fill this spiritual emptiness with another person. An unhealthy relationship… relying on another person in our life to fill up our weaknesses… giving them the keys to our happiness tank. If they should fail at this grandiose expectation, we are devastated. We can easily put our spouse on this precarious pedestal of expectations and as mere humans themselves, they fail us and we become unhappy once again.

Happiness is an insatiable desire. You can never fill up that tank. Happiness is a feeling. Feelings are not to be trusted. It’s eternal Joy that we long for, yet, unknowingly settle for fleeting happiness. Joy is one of the nine fruits of The Spirit, as written in The Bible; Galatians 5:22. Christians believe that The Bible is the inspired Word of God. We, as Christians, believe that we can place our trust in this Book. We can trust our Creator to speak truth into our souls/spirits. Trusting in Him to teach us about our own hungry spirit is the first step. He is waiting for us to ask Him.

Start a conversation with God. Ask Him to show you that He is for real. Then watch and see… your soul will awaken and it will be starving for spiritual nourishment. Be cautious as to what you feed it as there are many false gods more than willing to take up space in this area of your life.