August 17, 2012 - Honor God With Your Body

Good morning to you all, It's Friday and I'm happy, although I have a busy 3 days sitting in front of me. :) I wanted to tell you of the MOST refreshing water mix I've had in awhile. While on vacation, my daughter treated me to a spa day for taking care of my granddaughters for the summer (which was my joy!) But while at the spa, they supplied us with these treats as we waited. SOOO pampered! The water of the day was pink grapefruit and tarragon. They had one of those 3 gallon containers, like some of us have, and the bottom 1/3 was FULL of chunks of red grapefruit and the next 1/3 was full of fresh tarragon. To the top they added water and ice. While waiting for my massage, I drank 6 cups. I could not put it down. I asked my lady about the water; she said the spa director does a different flavor daily and uses a fruit, or two, and an herb. YUM!!!! She told me the trick is to keep it really iced cold. When I arrived at about 10:20, the grapefruit was much stronger. But within just a few more minutes, the tarragon started leaching through. I cannot tell you how refreshing that was. After the massage and into the gym and whirl pool - probably another 6 cups all in a four hour period. You gotta try it! My lady said she loves the peach and mint combo. YUM! I tried strawberries and mint - double YUM! I want to share a passage of scripture this morning as we round out our week. The context is found in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "Do you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you received from God?" That is a very familiar passage. It's the next part I want us to see today as we head into the weekend. "You are not your own; You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." That literally means that we hold in HIGH regard our God, by the things we do with our body. YIKES! That's a powerful and challenging thought. Do I really even consider that my fight for great health honors God??? I understand that the verse is actually speaking of sexual immorality, but I really believe that God is well pleased with our concerted effort to take amazing care of our bodies. Question: if you gave 2 of your children amazing, BRAND-NEW cars that were very costly and one child took fabulous care of it and one let it rot, never washed it, ran it into trees, etc............which one would bring you more honor? I have never thought about that until this morning and I am simply asking MYSELF that question. :) I applaud each of you for doing the BEST you can to walk in health each and every day. Keep to our food plan, hydrate, move your body, and thank God that your body belongs to him and that he gives us the ability to make the right choices and DO the right things this day. Talk Monday, PK