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What is more precious than a new baby? The answer is six
babies at one time--a complete miracle! Two weeks ago, today, a woman gave
birth to Poland's first set of sextuplets. Each beautiful little one weighed
approximately 2.2 pounds.
Here in
the U.S., a Houston, Texas woman gave birth to six darlings within nine minutes
in March of this year! All six were sets of twins--two male pairs and one
female pair. The largest baby tipped the scale at 2 pounds, 14 ounces, and the
smallest 1 pound, 12 ounces. Experts say the odds of birthing sextuplets are
about one in 4.7 billion. Who else but God could create such miracles?
Center of Everything
The birth
of every single baby is a miracle because not only does each person born on
this earth have numerous and intricate body parts, but every single person has
a soul too. Unfortunately, many
people never even give a thought to the fact they not only have a body to care
for while on this earth but also a soul. It comprises our "total
being" from the time we are born. "Each unique human soul begins at
conception." Click here if you are curious: Questions Anyone?
So why is it so important
that the human body should even have a soul? First, in Hebrew where the
word soul comes from, it means "life, self,
breath"--a necessary component the same as a heart. And in the Bible,
Jesus says, "Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they
cannot touch your soul. . ." (Matthew 10:28 NLT). In other words, our
souls cannot be destroyed. They are that important!
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| My Soul Sings with Joy |
Second, your soul is
the center of everything--all your good and not so good decisions.
Truly, it's the "integrity" center of your being and it plays a part
in helping you understand truthfulness, faithfulness, goodness, and morality to
name but a few. This probably sounds familiar because as a single-again woman
you have dealt with many of these human characteristics over and
over.
Your unique soul helps you
face not only the major life-sustaining determinations that can change the
direction of your life, but also warns you about every silly choice,
indulgence, and worthless gain before you make it.
Sometimes (like all humans)
you may ignore your internal warnings and go ahead anyway with a poor choice.
This is when it's important to stop and realize how you may or may not be taking
care of your soul. It's like perhaps "bruising" the soul on
purpose. The soul, therefore, is affected by every choice, good or not so
good.
The
Joy Factor
Now let's switch gears for
a moment. Which would you choose now that you are a single-again woman: joy or
misery? No doubt you would choose joy but, hundreds of people willingly give up
what would make their lives the very best they could be and unwillingly choose
the worst possible option.
For so many years as a
married woman, you may have felt like there was no choice available for you.
And this is totally understandable. Sometimes with a serious and worse yet, a
dangerous situation in addition to no support from others, decisions seem
impossible.
Now you can understand by
the discussion in today's blog that no matter what happened and when your
soul is still intact! It belongs to only you and God. You made reasonable
decisions to get to where you are right now and nothing will separate you from
God's love--ever!
He holds your soul in
His hand and now you can make it on your own with His blessings of love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control
(Galatians 5:22-23 NLT). It's the JOY FACTOR! Hallelujah! Amen.
"And
what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?"
(Matthew 16:26 NLT).
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