A Woman's Body - God's Temple

Physical discipline is a constant struggle, especially with busy schedules and constant temptations. Let’s face it, it’s easier to grab fast food than it is to take the time to plan and prepare a healthy dinner, especially when you are chauffeuring kids from activity to activity or when you work outside the home. Each one of us knows we need to eat right, exercise, drink plenty of water, avoid stress – basically care for our body the way we care for those we love. So why don’t we? Why do we let the demands of life rob us of doing something that is so vital to our health?

When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit fills and lives in us and we are obligated to care for our bodies as the living temple of the Holy Spirit. Yet so many of us are slaves to our bodies and its appetites and desires. Like many women, I love sweets – especially chocolate, don’t enjoy exercising, and oftentimes don’t drink enough water. Caring for others has taken a toll on me, as it has many of you, and I have little energy left for personal care like manicures, let alone spending an hour at the gym every day. Yet that is exactly what I need to do, to make time to care for myself or else I won’t have the energy to care for my family the way I desire.

Stormie Omartian, author of Greater Health God’s Way, writes, “If you don’t make room for a specific thing in your schedule, you won’t have room for it. Sit down and decide the five W’s: who, what, where, when, and why.” So what are your 5 W's?