Eat Right & Exercise

     I had coffee with a friend this morning and the age-old issue of dieting came up as it often does with women. It's difficult to eat right and exercise and yet it is the only way to keep our bodies fit. We want something easy, something that will allow us to continue in our same old patterns and poor habits, but get entirely different results. Unfortunately, that is not how the body works.
     The Bible speaks briefly about exercise and poor eating habits, but mostly it reiterates that we are to "train [ourselves] to be godly," "labor and strive" with the work of the Lord and keep away from the refrigerator or snack cupboard. (Well, it doesn't say the last part, but if we do the former, we're more likely to do the latter:)
     I told my friend how so often my attitude is that "I just want to do what I want to do" and yet that attitude does not show respect or gratitude to God for the body He's given me. That attitude is prideful, arrogant and inconsiderate of others that look to me to be a model of appropriate behaviors, eating and exercising. 1 Corinthians 10:23 says it this way,  “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. ²⁴ No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Find something you enjoy doing and go out and do it!

^{1Timothy 4:7} Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. ⁸ For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. ⁹ This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. ¹⁰ That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.