Walking dead

 Walking dead

No this is not a commentary on the comic book series or the movie.

This is about mortality. Man is created with a body and then the Lord placed a spirit into the body, so we live in a mortal world with two bodies.

You can probably see where this post is going.

I read the news on four sites. There are a number of articles about people who are the walking dead. They shoot and kill. They rob and shoplift. They get drunk and get impaired and drive and kill or injure people. They abuse spouse and children. They are immoral and run the risk of serious disease. They try to change the way they were created by their Father in Heaven. 

They are the walking dead. Their bodies are living, but their spirits are dead as to what their potential is and how the Lord created them.

How do they bring their spiritual body back to life?

When we try to resuscitate a mortal body we use artificial respiration and we may try cardio version by applying an electric shock to the heart.

The way to resuscitate the spirit is to turn the heart to the Lord by keeping the commandments and repentance. Then place the spiritual feet on the covenant path. The mortal feet allow us to move forward. Thus to regain spiritual life we need spiritual feet to lead us forward. Next we move up the spiritual body to the heart. We have to turn our hearts to the Lord for a cardio version.

Thus we can no longer be the walking dead. 

Love, 

Grandpa