I have been feeling pretty crummy this week, struggling with a sinus thing. It's amazing how connected the state of our soul and spirit can be to that of our bodies. Well this afternoon, I finally got to our daily reading (our church is in the midst of an eight week worship series entitled "The Story We Find Ourselves In" and connected to the series are daily readings from scripture. Check out our CCCSH blog at www.cccsh.blogspot.com to discover more). As I read the text and allowed the words to penetrate my soul and spirit and bring warm and light, I was amazing at how connected the state of our bodies can be to that of our soul and spirit.

Come to Jesus Christ. He is the living stone that people have rejected, but which God has chosen and highly honored. And now you are living stones that are being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God. It is just as God says in the Scriptures,"Look! I am placing in Zion a choice and precious cornerstone. No one who has faith in that one will be disappointed."You are followers of the Lord, and that stone is precious to you. But it isn't precious to those who refuse to follow him. They are the builders who tossed aside the stone that turned out to be the most important one of all. They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over that stone, because they were doomed.But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things that he has done. The Scriptures say,"Once you were nobody. Now you are God's people. At one time no one had pity on you. Now God has treated you with kindness" ( 1 Peter 2:4-10, CEV).

Seriously, does it get any better than this?