Are you a good steward?
(Image courtesy of New Line Cinema.) "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus..." (Romans 8:1). In Tolkien's The Return of the King , the reader finds Denethor on the throne in Gondor. This character on the throne, however, is not the king; he is a steward. The true king was Aragorn, heir to the throne by lineage and right. Had Denethor survived to the end of the book, King Aragorn would have certainly held him accountable for his evil stewardship. Stewardship is taking care of something that isn't yours. Just as Denethor was given the responsibility to take care of the kingdom until the king arrived, so each one of us has been given responsibility to take care of our own bodies; we are required to s...