By Samantha Taylor, Samantha Taylor Fitness
Your health matters, not only for your life but also to God. He is the One that created you and put you on this earth for a purpose. Taking care of your health is so important for it impacts the quality of life we live on this Earth and how we live it.
Although I am humbly reminded that God is in control of the last breath any of us will take, no matter how much we do to take care of our health and body. What taking care of your health can do is increase your quality of life and give your body the best fighting chance to fight off anything that tries to harm it.
No matter how healthy we are and take care of our bodies, it doesn’t make any of us totally immune to sickness that can come sometimes. However, much research shows that those that are healthier have a much higher chance of preventing getting certain viruses but also it not affecting them negatively as much if they do.
There is no telling what the future holds with the crazy things that have been happening. But one thing I do know is, the stronger you are physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, the more skillfully you will be able to navigate through difficult times. It certainly doesn’t take them away but when you don’t battle your own personal issues on top of the stress of crazy things happening, it does make things feel less stressful.
When we are not healthy, situations that are stressful can seem amplified and more intense. I have experienced that not only in my own life but I have many clients who can report the same experience. One client said before she started eating healthier, lost 40 lbs. and got into her fitness program with us, she was always stressed out at work and overwhelmed with taking care of sick family members at the hospital.
What she found was those stressful things didn’t change but she did. And she was more able to process the stress with more balance and peace because she wasn’t also battling her own issues. She found it made a profound difference, including she no longer had depression.
The greatest part about what she experienced was starting to realize that God actually cared about her health too. That the Bible mentions honoring the body as the temple of God and that we are to take care of it and respect it. It actually says that its worship to respect the body as God’s temple, for those that are believers.
She also found that this awareness helped her to stay focused to keep the weight off and stay on track with her new found care for her body and her health. This is surely important because once the motivation to lose the weight, wains down when you already accomplished that goal, some find themselves right back where they started because they have a hard time staying motivated to keep it up.
When you get healthy with the mindset about how it’s actually worship to God and it honors Him, that can take your purpose in doing so to a whole different level. That is exactly what happened to me over 23 years ago, when I was convicted about how poorly I was taking care of my health and had no regard for the poor excuse of food I was choosing to eat.
I found great help when I got into the Bible, prayed, and really sought our Creator for answers in how to take care of this body that He gave us. If you would like to see a free webinar I did on this topic, check out this page. And just remember, how we take care of our health affects every aspect of our lives. I think that is one reason why God tells us to take care of the gift He has given us. https://www.samanthataylorfitness.com/bodytemple
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