Wearing Your Costume: Halloween

   Halloween is a time where children enjoy dressing up and pretending to be someone or something they aren't. Some adults enjoy that as well. I know I enjoy acting and pretending to be someone totally different than my normal personality.
   But, have you ever thought about the fact that we all are already wearing costumes? When people ask you "who are you?" You may answer in different ways. You could answer with your name, your job, your lineage, etc. But is that really who you are?
   In the past I have written about identity. All of those answers to the above question is what people think their identity is when in reality it's not their true identity. For many years psychologists and scientists have argued over what part of the body makes us who we are. Is it our body, mind, soul?
   The body you are in is just a costume of who you are. Your body isn't who you really are. It is just a temporary costume you wear. Paul discusses this in 2 Corinthians 5:1 "For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." The tent is our body. These bodies we have are temporary. Any aches and pains we have on earth we will not have when we get to heaven. That's comforting if you think about all the pain many of us have gone through and will go through.
   Now, that doesn't mean we are not to care for our earthly costumes. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says: "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." God wants us to care for our bodies because we are reflecting his glory. He created our bodies and cares about not only our bodies, but us as well. He cares about our soul. That's who we really are. He died for our sins so we could be with him. He died so that our souls could be saved.
   So, do you believe that who you are is more than just your body? Are you taking care of the costume God has given you? Do you believe that Jesus died so that you could be saved and be with him?
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