--ANNUAL PHYSICAL / SPIRITUAL CHECK-UP~

--'Jesus said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
---[John 6:51 / NIV] -

--"ARE YOU Getting enough sunshine?" my doctor asked. He may have noticed my I-work-at-my-desk-all-day pallor.

"I work at my desk all day," I told him. "But I take Vitamin D supplements."

He looked at my lab results. "Your calcium is on the low side of normal. Are you eating enough dark greens?'
"Not to worry, Doctor. I'll take a calcium supplement, or two."

This is how the appointment progressed in my mind as I prepared for my annual physical. I was compiling the list of medications and supplements, conscious that I was supplementing much of what the human body can normally get from a healthy diet and ten minutes of fresh air a day.

How often do we try to do the same with our spiritual health? We depend on supplements--someone else's insights, Sunday's sermon, a brief nugget heard on the radio--as our entire spiritual intake for the week. We lean on supplements rather than a rich diet of daily Bible readying, prayer time, and reflection with Jesus.

Jesus no doubt carried on a perpetual internal conversation with His Father, but He still stole away by Himself for extended times of prayer. He said, we should "abide" in Him (John 15:7, NKJV), which seems more like a meal than a quick snack, doesn't it?

~Guideposts/CR~
"Father, help me to keep Jesus first in my life. I can not abide without my Savior. Thank You, my Lord, Redeemer, and Savior. amen"
-"Even If" // Mercy Me //<https://youtu.be/PT_X7daBsCo>
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