God's Temple Your Body

Corinthians 6:19-20 (New International Version) 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. “Your surroundings, home, personal care, pets, clothing, and body are all reflections of how you see and express yourself. Do these reflect your true self?” – Christine Northrup, M.D. What would you think of a person that came into your beautiful church and started spray painting the walls with horrible words, breaking church furniture and pews, throwing the hymnals through the stain glass windows and tearing down the pulpit? Would that be all right with you? Would you allow this kind of destruction in the house of God? Would you encourage people to destroy churches? Of course not! Most people would never dream of destroying a church their spiritual home. How then should we treat the "Temple of God" which is your body? That's right, according to the scriptures; our body is the temple of God. Its okay, in fact good to be concerned about the shape and health your body (God’s temple) is in. 1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. God has given you a wonderful gift; your health. It would make sense that since our bodies are God’s dwelling place; we should take care of our body just as we do our church. If someone were to give us millions of dollars to build a church, of course we would start with a strong foundation so that the church will last through many generations. Why not do the same things for our bodies? We have a strong foundation to start with, our health. We have the resources to build and strengthen our temples. If you didn’t start with good health, do not think you were not meant to receive good health. Start from where you are and build your temple. Do you hear yourself saying, “You’re too old, you’re too fat, you don’t have time.” Hey, being a fitness coach I’ve heard all the excuses. OK, maybe I have used a few of them myself. But, it’s never too late. Never, ever give up! Food is meant to sustain us and to give us energy…to fuel us. I’m sure you’ve heard this saying many times; eat to live don’t live to eat. God has given us a wonderful abundance of tasty foods to eat. Try to eat things in the most natural state. Have you ever seen an Oreo growing on a tree? That’s a big clue that it’s not a naturally grown food and it doesn’t belong in your temple. Not on a regular basis anyway. I’m not saying you should never have another cookie in your life. That would be ridiculous. What I am saying is for the most part; eat everything in its most natural state. Junk food does not do your health or your body any favors. It doesn’t do your kids any favors either. I hear people say all the time that they keep cookies, candies and other “goodies” around because they don’t feel their kids should be deprived. I don’t agree with that. What are you really depriving them of? · Diabetes · Obesity · Low energy · Low self-esteem because they are over weight · Bad eating habits · Negative behavior in some cases But, if you don’t keep “goodies” around what are you gifting them with? · Good health · Knowledge of proper nutrition · Feeling good · Looking great · A fit body · Better ability to lea Now, what you want for yourself and children shouldn’t be such a tough decision when you look at it that way, should it?