My Body...

“Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body.”

~ 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 ( King James Bible)


Do you love the body God has entrusted to you? Is it in the best possible state at this point in your life? Does your body honor God? Taking care of our bodies is what I would like to blog on for this week. Mortality can a beautiful thing but only if we are good stewards over what God has given us in terms of our bodies and the way we treat them. I know we've heard it all before, eat right and exercise. But honestly, when it comes down to it that is what we must do to be healthy. Some of us have always abused our bodies as far as health is concerned. A lot of what we put into our bodies since we were kids have taken toll on us as individuals over time and into our adulthood. But you know what? A lot of the habits we have is really not our fault. We were and are continually conditioned to have these habits. As christians or future christians (depending on who's reading this blog) we have to take initiative and begin or continue to take good care of our physical bodies before it's too late.

I grew up being overweight and it was not because I wanted to be, it was because of all the bad eating habits I had adapted from when I was a kid and on. As an older adolescent through my adulthood, up to this point, I decided to make healthier decisions on what I put in my body. At first I did it for me but as I grew in knowing the Lord more I started to do it for Him (Col. 3:23). I found motivation in my relationship with Christ to be at a healthy weight for my body type. Not to toot my own horn or anything but I would call this being a good steward over what God has given me, which was a healthy body to begin with.

Hold on a minute. I don't want to seem so tunnel visioned. I understand that some people were born with sicknesses and disabilities. God has a purpose for those of you that are living with a sickness or disablement. I pray Jesus' healing virtue over you but please understand that you are accountable to this stewardship as well. What ever we do or have we have to do it or take care of it to the best of our ability. Stewardship is all about the best that you can do with what you have.

I said all of that to say this. I encourage all of you who are reading this blog to make the right choices. Eat right, exercise and drink water. Eating right doesn't mean giving up our favorite foods totally, exercising doesn't mean doing the most vigorous movement over and over again until you feel like you're going to pass out and drinking water get better and likable as you continue to do it. Let's get all of the negative things we think about being a healthy out of our mind. Getting in the habit of applying good repetition to your way of life will recondition you to have good habits as appose to bad ones.

So think about it. Whether you were born with an ailment or disability or without we are the temple of the Holy Spirit and we are not our own. God is holding us accountable for what He has given us. individually.

I am definitely on board with this. How about you? I encourage you. Go ahead. Be a good steward and watch what you reap from it all. Someone once said, "if you slip up or if anything, pledge to keep on trying". I've slipped up many times but I kept trying. Trust me it works. Most of all God sees your efforts and achievements.


~ Royalbutterfli

Let's pray...

Father thank you for the bodies you have given us to be stewards over. We acknowledge our bad habits and want to make things right. Help us to be disciplined, motivated and wise with our bodies. We trust that you will help us as we help ourselves. In Jesus name. Amen.


Don Moen in "I just want to be where You are"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4hWvR_Vv1Q