January 4, 2012 - Hope

Can you imagine living life with no hope? I cannot. Even in the dark seasons of life, I KNEW somewhere there was a place of hope. With no hope, there's no life to me. As I think of eating healthy, I think of giving my internal organs hope. How about that? They cannot feed themselves nor hydrate themselves - without our offering hope to them - they have none. They are bound to the dungeon of fatty tissue and clogged arteries. I am currently preparing to go to Thailand on a mission's trip, as I feel strongly about being a voice for children who have no hope. (I would covet your prayers as I will be there from March 2-9) I think that same sound is resonating within me for our bodies. We need to be giving our bodies hope that they can be healthy for all the days God ordained for us. When the sonogram showed I had a fatty liver several years back, and the doctor said, "the best you can HOPE for is cleaning some of this up and the worst is someday it could turn to cancer or some other disease," I never really got that. I never figured out that my liver had NO HOPE outside of my turning my health around. My liver was hopeless to make the changes and it's only recourse would have been bad. I KNOW that now. So, today, let's give our organs, blood vessels, and bodies HOPE. Choose well today - they are counting on us to give them a chance to live well. PK