Taking Care of Your Temple

Some of my New Years resolutions is to take better care of my health, body, and hair. And, like most things that I do with my life, I've prayed about them and asked for the Lord's assistance in this area. At the time when I made them, I thought that they were really selfish of me to be praying about losing weight and growing my hair. I mean, there are starving people in the world, wars are being declared, and people are dying while I am sitting over here worried about my hair and weight.

But then, my pastor did a series on 'A World of Perfect' and one of the sermons were 'Perfect Health'. Based on scriptures, God wants us to come to HIM for everything, but also he wants us to take care of ourselves. Our bodies are suppose to be his temples, why not make it healthy and beautiful to glorify HIM.

Some of the highlights of the 'Perfect Health' sermon was that we need to lift up our bodies to (1) honor God, (2) bring us to Holiness, and (3) point people to Christ. The scriptures he used was 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 thessalonians 4:4-5, and Proverbs 10:17. I am going to let you read them on your own but they have brought insight to my life.

So, that is what I am doing. I am taking care of my temple by exercising, eating right, taking care of my skin, hair, and nails, taking vitamins, drinking plenty of water and praying. HE is so beautiful and is the light of my life, I want to bring beauty back to him in not only my actions but also in my looks.