I left the Church…But found God in the Gym

Little known fun fact about me….I was married to a Minister for 7 years.

Let me make a really long story short.

A few years into our marriage I left the church.

No surprise, we divorced not long after

Leaving the church freed me to go in search of the answers that I had been denied as a Minister's Wife.

And even though I didn’t know if God was listening, I prayed.

I prayed for a home for my faith.

And God responded…

I was lifting in the gym.

In prep for my first bodybuilding competition.

Tired, hungry, sore, out of breath, struggling to get through reps when I heard LOUD & CLEAR…

“This is what we came for”.

And in a flash, I felt a download of knowing that the human body IS our purpose.

In that moment I understood that the physical sensations, the rollercoaster of emotions, all experiences good and bad can ONLY be experienced in the body.

And because we have a body, all of them are Divine.

I was clear, that I am a soul FIRST, who just so happens to have a body.

Not a body, that just so happens to have a soul.

So, having a body IS the whole purpose of us being here on earth.

And how we care for it, shapes the experiences that we string together and call our life.

IMO, the mystery of life isn’t such a mystery after all.

The question “Why are we here?” is easily answered.

And it’s pretty simple.

We are here to experience life and live it fully in this body.

This is why the body is a belief system.

This is Ori Ara.

What is your belief system?