Today’s bible reading brought a point I’m needing to ponder.  The book of Leviticus is all about how the Israelites were being told to live in order to be pleasing to God.  It seems to leave nothing unaddressed.  It talks much about the blood sacrifice which I’ve read many times and heard many sermons about.  However, this morning as I read it, another point I’ve not caught stood out.  When God created man (Adam) and breathed the breath of live into him, it was in the blood.  Christ’s blood was shed to cleanse us and to give us new life.  Joyce Meyer says blood was already flowing through Adam’s veins when he was created by God.  However, it wasn’t until God breathed the breath of life into him that he became a living being.  God breathed His own life into him.

Now I’m having this picture forming in my mind about God’s Holy Spirit flowing throughout my body.  Our body is the home of The Holy Spirit who is given to us as a gift from Jesus Christ as we accept Him as our Savior.  Hearing this morning that God’s Spirit was breathed into man and life of man is the blood, it seems as though the Holy Spirit is flowing throughout us–not just housed in my brain or something.  As blood flows through my brain the Holy Spirit is able to take charge of my thinking, my responses, my memories, my impulses, my speech and so much more.  But our blood flows through all our body and not just to our brain.  When I was in therapy for PTSD I would always be asked where the pain was felt or surfaced from the memories uncovered.  It was throughout my body where I’d find the pain surfacing.  I’ve not only experienced this first hand, but I’ve also read of this truth from others having therapy.  Once the wound is open, this life-blood filled with the Holy Spirit begins its healing.  I am just seeing this as it is for the first time with so much more clarity.

I know this isn’t the typical blog entry, but today God is showing me something I think He has been waiting for me to see.  His Holy Spirit is Him for God is Spirit.  He has placed Himself within me to not only heal my body, mind and soul, but to also guide each and every step of each and every day.  I’m very open to discussion on this but I do know there is a fundamental point God is making for me.  He is my healer, my Savior, my Friend, and my Lord and King.  Praise be to Almighty God!