The Truth Shall Set You Free

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?  For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.  Corinthians 6:19 - 20.

Funny how you pull a book for your quiet time and God has placed a scripture just in the right place for you.  My prayer today is that I will value my body and take proper care of it. I pray that I will have a desire to eat healthy food and drink less wine.  I pray that I will not be critical of my body, nor examine myself through the microscope.  I pray that I will see what makes a person truly attractive is Your Holy Spirit living in me and radiating outward.  Lord, your word says, You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free" (John 8:32) Help me to see the truth about the way I want to live so that I can be set free of unhealthy habits.  Amen!

Create Your Own Happiness For Your Mind And Body Health

This sounds pretty easy, right?  Well, it's NOT!  Do you wake up most mornings and tell yourself that "today" is going to be "the day" that I am going to make changes in my life that will make me healthy and ultimately happy?  Your day starts off  according to plan and all is going well and then it takes just ONE THING to throw you off your "beautiful journey"! You start the whole thing all over again the next day, feeling yet dissapointed once again.   STORY OF MY LIFE!   The sad thing is... I really don't have that high of expectations, so why is it so freakin difficult?  So, I did a little soul searching tonight and started reading articals about health in your 40's.   I came across this artical and I wanted to share.  It spoke to me as well as some other readings.  I am excited to see the fruits of my labor!

• Regard every day as a clean slate you can paint anything on. The possibilities are limitless. Hence each day, with this attitude, you have the aptitude and capability to create your own life as you want it. Happiness comes when you see the fruits of your labor. You become the farmer who takes the virgin land, clears the weeds, ploughs the soil, fertilizes and seeds it. Imagine the glee in your eyes as you see the fruits of your handiwork blossom in front of your eyes.

• You cannot live in the future if you want to be happy. The future with its uncertainties give you the creeps. The magic for living a healthy happy life is to live one day at a time. Even a day is too long. One moment at a time is better. Because if you are able to provide for this moment, the next moment will take care of itself. However if you let your moments slip away empty, you come to the end of the day with nothing to show for it. Many such empty moments let go, can impact your happiness negatively.

• Make it a choice to be happy everyday. This way, you can look at the brighter side of things as you're going to be challenged everyday. When you're prepared to face your world every thing comes to your aid to help you go through the day to give you a smile at the end of the day. This is a recipe for your mind and body health.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes YOUR DESTINY.

To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door

     Love isn't just a kind of soft feeling, a thrill of honeysuckle fragrance while being kissed on a June night.  Love isn't just happiness in ideal situations with everything going according to daydreams of family life or married life or parent-child closeness and confidences.  Love has work to do!...
     Husband-wife love, wife-husband love, and parent-child love - in times of weakness and failure, when forgiveness must be asked for and given, in times when suspicions have been right- love goes on.  A child needs to grow up knowing that love never faileth, in spite of each other's weaknesses as well as strengths, but that the door will always be open, the "candle in the window" will never go out...Love keeps that door open, the light waiting, and the dinner in the oven for years.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7