I was building a deck today, and I lifted some concrete pier blocks and pulled a muscle in my back. I am limping around now like a one-legged duck. I plan to sit in my hot tub for a long time, rub some linament on my back, and take some ibuprofen.
2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed in this house, our present body, we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven.
Whenever I get sick, have a bad back, or get a headache, I think about heaven and my glorified body.
Philippians 3:20-21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
When I was younger, I would think, I hope Jesus doesn’t come back yet because I still have some things to do and experience, but now I can’t think of a single thing I haven’t done or experienced that matters much. I am ready and anxiously waiting.