I Thessalonians 5:23 "May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly;
and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Man is made of three seperate parts, Body, Soul and Spirit. I will
attempt to explain each one and then I have a question.

Soul
This is the spark of intelligence that dwells within man and many
animals (although not nearly so well developed as in men). The soul is
the first part of your person that you learned. From infancy, you were
able to feel emotions and express them. The soul is fed with ideas and
emotions. Learning, reading and thinking feed the soul. But the soul is
also fed by emotions. Love, hate, fear, pride and every other possible
emotion feeds the soul. Sometimes the soul craves fear, we call this
"fear seeking". Some souls crave hate, these people are hot head. Some
souls crave information and science, these are the people who become
Atheists or sometimes Christians who insist that science contains the
answers that God didn't supply. Many people find themselves a slave to
their soul.

Body
Your body is the only physical part of a human being. All living things
have a body. The body is fed with things of the earth. Food, drink,
intoxicants and sex are all craved by the body. The body is the second
part of your person that you knew. Your body also is very insistant and
most live to serve their body. Your body also has certain foods that it
likes best. Some people feed their body intoxicants and the body learns
to enjoy this food, thus turning the person into an addict. Some bodies
crave fatty foods, thus making the person obese. Many (many, many, many)
a mans body has demanded the food of sex, which is always immoral
outside of marriage. You should endevor to find good foods for your body
and avoid the bad.

Spirit
This is the only good part of of a person. This is the image that God
spoke of in Genesis 1:26 when God said "Let us make man in our image, in
our likeness...". Most people will never know this part of their person.
While the body and soul have many choices in food, the spirit only
craves foods that are good. The only food that is good for the spirit is
the word of God. Your spirit is weak and must be fed to grow strong. If
your spirit remains weak, your body and soul will be your masters and
they are cruel. But if you feed your spirit, then Jesus will be your
master and Jesus is a very loving and kind master. When Jesus becomes
your master, you will master your body and soul.

So my question is who have you been feeding? Obviously your body must be
fed or you will die, but do you try to give your body good foods? Your
soul must be fed to survive in todays world, but do you feed it with
good or bad things? What of your spirit, is it starving for the word of
God? Feed your spirit and you will master your body and soul.

working on the spirit thing right now..

that reminds me , i have a pot roast in the fridge =)

oh yea chicken strips..

good stuff Spidercrmb

I've always tried to feed my spirit but I don't look to the answers in
the Bible (sometimes I do)...but that's not because I don't think
they're there..most certainly they are. I just like looking toward other
things, things that I can experience first-hand, rather than just read
about.

Sometimes I get sidetracked and other times it's all I can think about.
I wonder more about my spiritual self far more than I do my physical
self. I know that my physical self is just temporary. Kinda like a
Holiday Inn for the spirit.

Nice post spider.