"Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you
have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God
in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
According to a January 15, 1989 article in the Lexington Herald-Leader, the family living in a
home in West Palm Beach, Florida, told a film crew it was okay to use the front lawn as a set for
an episode of the "B.L. Stryker" television series. They knew cars would be crashing violently in
front of the house.
While the front yard was being blown up, the owner of the home was tipped off and called from
New York demanding to know what was happening to his house. It seems the people who were
living in the house were only tenants and had no right to allow the property to be destroyed as the
cameras rolled.
Many times we live our lives under the mistaken impression that they belong to us. Paul tells us we were "bought with a price." We must live as those who know God will call us to account for the ways we have used this life entrusted to us. (From Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching, p. 232)