Jesus by Our Side

Well, last post was many weeks ago and I apologize for the delay. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been "Thinking About God". I have indeed been thinking about this blog and about God himself. More specifically I've been thinking about how we are"in Christ" . St. paul says "...you are the body of Christ". What can that possibly mean? I think it is an ongoing incarnation. Certainly, Jesus became God"in the flesh"and lived among ordinary human beings some two thousand years ago. The first and totally unique incarnation. How often have I though how wonderful it would have been had I been alive back then and actually known Jesus as a real flesh and blood, alive human being. Oh, to have sat at his feet with Mary and listened to him teach. Oh, to have HIM right there, really there, in person during my grief as Mary and Martha did when they wept for their brother Lazarus. Oh, for a hug from Jesus! Jesus is still very much alive, and he still has a body, one that has been glorified. The same magnificant, glorious body he revealed to Peter, James and John during the transfiguration, and it was a "real" body. Remember he ate breakfast on the beach with his disciples after the resurrection in his glorified bod, a very "real body" thing to do. This of course is a clue that heaven will be a home fit for us in our glorified bodies, real bodies, not ghosts, or angels with wings. Anyway, eventhough Jesus has a real body, as we will, he is now seated at the right hand of the Father, and that is behind the veil, in the spiritual realm. We are spiritual beings, but we are also very earth bound. That often makes it hard for us to perceive, or "feel" that Jesus is near and so he infuses his children with some of his divine nature, that way we are like Jesus presence to others. It is like a continual incarnation through us. The body of Christ....he presents himself to people through us. Of course Jesus also can speak directly to the human heart, mind and soul. But when we really need his presence I believe he often sends one of his followers to be Christ to another.