Our Changed Bodies

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Along with an increased appreciation of the soon return of the Lord Jesus, is the thought of having a changed body. Here is what Scripture says on the subject:
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed....For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself...Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (1 Corinthians 15:51-51; Philippians 3:20-2120For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3:20‑21); 1 John 3:22Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2)).
As I get a little older and begin to feel a few physical limitations and experience the breakdown of the body, more and more I look forward to the change. In fact that wonderful change is looking better all the time. “For we that are in this tabernacle (body) do groan...For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body” (2 Corinthians 5:44For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. (2 Corinthians 5:4); Romans 8:22-2322For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:22‑23)).
Someday the aches and pains all gone,
And we with Christ shall be,
With bodies changed, and like Himself,
When we His face shall see.
Then nothing there will e’er disturb,
No thought, no sigh, no tear
Will there distract from Christ, Himself,
No groan, discomfort, fear.
All bliss around, all peace within,
All sickness past, no trace
Of all that now affects us here,
When with Him in that place.
That place of joy, eternal rest,
Our heavenly home on high,
Where Jesus is the central theme,
Where we will never die.
Enlarge my thought, engage my heart,
Attach me to that place;
And more than that, attract me to
The Man of love and grace.