John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was walking down a street one afternoon, and a friend walked up to him and said, "How is John Quincy Adams today?" Now at this moment, John Quincy Adams was 80 years old, long in the tooth, feeble in body, but this is the way he answered.
He said, "Thank you for asking. John Quincy Adams is quite well, but the house in which he is living is becoming rather dilapidated. In fact, it will soon be quite unlivable and I shall have to move out any day now. But John Quincy Adams is doing quite well, thank you."
Now John Quincy Adams had learned a very valuable lesson, and that is, there was a difference between him and the house that he lived in.
How are you? Not the house you live in, but your Spirit? How is your relationship with the Lord?
