traveling cathedral

I have visited a few cathedrals, here in the U.S. and overseas.  They are awesome buildings.  Massive structures formed of enough stone to deplete an entire quarry, they rise heavenward as great "pointers" to our mighty God.  They took generations of men working entire lifetimes to build and spawned hundreds of craftsmen to work in stone, glass and metal.  It is hard not to have thoughts centered on the Lord as you visit these monuments.  Unfortunately they have a major drawback.  They are absolutely anchored to one place.  For those who feel the cathedral is where they meet God, they must go there and that isn't always convenient.  It strikes me that part of our design, as His new creation in Christ,  is that we are "traveling cathedrals" ourselves.  I would submit that our design is every bit as awe inspiring as the stone edifices just described.  We are smaller but we were crafted in great complexity and reflect the hand of the Artisan who fashioned us.  It is not necessary to go to a certain location to be in the Lord's presence because He has promised to dwell within the tent of our human frame.  I don't want to minimize the exalted experience of worship in a beautiful cathedral, but I am grateful that the Lord has chosen to dwell in this humble tabernacle of flesh with all its troubles.   1 Corinthians 6:19 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?   blessing, Rob Smith