Like it says in the verse above, someday we'll have eternal bodies. My current aches, pains and restrictions are clear and present reminders of that hope. One day we’ll double over, not in pain, but in praise. One day, our knees won't crackle and our bones won't break. No more back problems or stomach aches. No more cancer, heart disease, diabetes or sore throats. One day.

Until then - like you - I will try and take care of my body, trusting God with the results as His gifts and my limits just the same. Doing both takes grace.

Friends, may you and I be a resource of comfort for the hurting and struggling, and a source of inspiration and motivation for those that see today - maybe for the first time - as a day to make bodily stewardship a means of praise. This temporary body carries the soul, so may how we treat it be a small, silent, humble way of showing respect for that honor.

May we deal with our debilitating ache and our private pain with an uncommon grace.

May our abilities and our disabilities, our personal records and our medical records, carry a message to the world that, although we grow weary, a new body is coming.

- Jimmy Peña