All my life I have been asking a very important question in some form or fashion: Who am I? However, another question has been brought to my attention that is equally, if not more, important: What am I? I'm not asking whether I'm a mammal or whether I should have my own classification apart from mammals. I am talking about the spiritual aspect of my being. First of all, I have accepted the idea that I have a soul, which without this acknowledment this question is void. So now that I have made that acknowledgement, I should be asking the question "What am I"?
To this point I have lived my life as a body that has a soul. The majority of my actions are proof of this. I live my life with my body as a high priority. I am constantly thinking about what I'm going to eat, what I'm going to wear, whether or not I should start exercising more, whether or not I can do something to improve how I look, what do other people think about my appearance, etc. This is funny to me because even though I try not to put a lot of emphasis on what other people think about me, I still struggle with this.
Now I am aware that the Bible teaches us to take care of our bodies to some degree but I am also aware that God puts much more emphasis on taking care of our souls. Which brings us back to the question at hand. The question is: Am I a body that happens to have a soul or am I a soul that happens to have a body? This is an important question because how you answer it could change your whole outlook on life. If I am a soul that just happens to have a body, then a lot more attention should be focused on my soul. Now as I walk through life, people's physical appearance should have less of an impact on how I approach them. How I relate to people should change. I should stop perceiving people as temporary and start seeing them as eternal. I should stop worrying as much about what they're wearing and start focusing more on enriching their souls in any way possible.
So, I hope we all will start asking ourselves, What am I? Ask it often and act accordingly.
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