Taking Healthy Measures – Our bodies, Our Temples, and the Church

Having lived on either ends of the nutritional spectrum, I’ve developed a heightened awareness to all things pertaining to health. Of course, you would have to be living in a cave to avoid the nutritional trends that are currently blaring through the speakers of society. A multitude of fads have swept in and out of our culture over the course of my 20 something years of life, and it has caused me to wonder why we so often miss the mark on mastering balance. It’s crucial to be intentional about what we put into our minds and bodies, as these factors leave lasting effects on our souls.

             Just as the Church is defined beyond four walls and a building, honoring our bodies as the Temples of Christ requires more than mastering nutritional perfection. Our culture is becoming severely consumed with health trends that I believe can become detrimental to our spiritual health. God wants us to take care of our physical being so that we are able and energized to accomplish the purpose he has set before us, but when we become fixated on our physical being, we lose sight of the greater picture and more importantly, the people around us. Our identities are put on the line and we sacrifice a part of ourselves that can be used for serving others. Researchers will continue to find ingredients in our food that could be potentially harmful to our health, but I am putting my faith in the one who made me to protect me in my obedience to serve him! We have a responsibility to do our part in taking care of our bodies, but lets consider balance in all things and put our trust in God to protect and heal us.