The Lord Cares about our bodies

I prefer to think about "thou shall not murder"  I'm good at that one.  I've never murdered anyone!  Thou shall not commit adultery... Yeah, let's think about that one, never done that either!  Thou shall not covet... maybe a struggle or two in this department but I do pretty good in the department of contentment.  I'm over blessed so this one is pretty easy too.  I'd be pretty comfortable talking about this one and feeling pretty stinking good about myself. 

But nothing in today's readings bring up any of the stuff I'm good at.... Nope, it addresses bodies.  While in the context of the readings it is talking about sexual purity (and I'd love to just keep it there, because once again, doing great in that area!)  the lesson extends way beyond that.  Here are some examples in the text that make it clear that it goes beyond sexual purity:

"and the Lord cares about our bodies."  (vs 13)
"Don't you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ?" (vs 15)
"You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price.  So you must honor God with your body"

I stink at this...  I think of my body as my own well padded under watered, undernourished but over fed body as MY business.  But I am wrong about this.  My body doesn't really belong to me... it belongs to Christ.  And I don't take care of it very well.  I skip breakfast and other meals and then justify sugary snacks to tide me over til I'm around real food.  I've passed on exercise so long that I'm not sure where my muscles even are.  I use excuses to not do what I should be doing to care for this treasure that God has entrusted to my care while I am here on earth and it is a sin I struggle with every day. 

I'm thankful for the forgiveness of Christ for this and every sin in my life, and I count on Him to help me keep today's important truths in mind.    I have not been being a good steward of a precious gift entrusted to my care.... this is not typical of me when other things are entrusted to my care, why do I think of my own body as less important?  What am I willing to do different?  hmmmmm.  Good things to ponder in order to make some much needed changes....