Body and Spirit

I've been thinking alot about marrige lately. I think it's because Bob and I have actually had a good deal of time together over the past couple of months.

Actually to be truthful I've been thinking about sex and marriage. A topic that is rarely discussed especially in Christian circles.

Bob and I were both totally worn out on Sunday. We skipped half of church and sat in the park and talked. We were both frustrated with each other. It was a rather circular convesation. You don't understand me....I try so much harder...the usual circular conversation. Luckily, we stopped at some point and agreed that we could at least meet at feeling underappreciated. We made it back into church in time to share a good chuckle over the barbershop quartet communion singers.

The rest of the day we spent of the day doing house chores. As we went to bed we were both tired. We both apologized for the ugly words earlier in day. And then almost magically our tired bodies said what our words couldn't say. We moved out of our separateness into communion and met at the altar of one another; we were tranformed.

The next day I felt renewed and blessed. What an awesome God who created us...the earthy us ....the body. Our western culture desperately pushes a wedge between body and spirit. Ours is an earthy faith...body and blood. Separating body from spirit is denying the deep creative force to be co-creators with God.