Lessons Learned in 3-D: Stay in Shape

This week, I’ve been digging into the Bible with a group of friends online and considering what the Bible has to say about being “Intentionally Focused” on our health.  I am learning that being healthy requires more than just getting to the gym a couple of times of week.  My emotions, my thought patterns, my relationships, and my habits all help shape me.

Here in no particular order are 5 things I learned this week about being a healthier me:

1.  I am God’s holy dwelling place, so I need to maintain my temple well so that I can bring Him maximum glory.   (Angela, thanks for the nudge in your VLOG at Good Morning Girls.)

2.  When emotions get heated and discernment is cloudy, it’s best to “hit the pause button.”  (Great advice here for singles and marrieds alike from David at Intentionally Yours.)

3.  Healthy friends help foster healthy habits.  Check out this Scripture:

Keep your eye on the healthy soul,

scrutinize the straight life;

There’s a future

in strenuous wholeness.

But the willful will soon be discarded;

insolent souls are on a dead-end street.

Psalms 37:37-38, MSG

4. If I get lazy and stop investing in others, I will develop a selfish attitude of entitlement that God must chasten.  Joe at Redeemed reminded me that “To stay prepared for service, I need to serve frequently.” (I loved his post titled “The Warm Up.”)

5.  I need to engage in a little self-examination so that I don’t stray from God’s path for me.  Courtney at A Work in Progress shared a beautiful Lenten activity for slowing down and re-focusing on Him:  “All this I give to you.”

Q4U:  What did you learn this week?

I am sharing “Stay in Shape” and joining like-minded sisters this weekend at Saturday Linky Love, The Weekend Brew, Whatever is Lovely, and The Friday Five.  

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