body is a temple. Jesus died for this
body. And doggone it, nothing is
impossible with God.”
Follow Him to grow the muscle of
your mind, that you might know how
loved you are and how much God
In my twenty-five years in the wellness loves the world. In Ephesians 3:17-19,
the apostle Paul prays not just that
industry, I have yet to see gritting,
grinding, and bearing down produce we would know the infinite love of
God but that we would have the
fruit. Results, yes. But fruit? The kind
strength to know. Without a strong
that nourishes, lasts, and can be
and ready mind, we have no chance
multiplied? Nope.
of knowing His love.
As a woman who includes the body
. . . that you, being rooted and
as one of the many ways God can
bring the Kingdom near, I’ve noticed grounded in love, may have strength
to comprehend with all the saints
a pattern when it comes to our
what is the breadth and length and
relationship with the skin we are in.
height and depth, and to know
Outside the church, the pursuit of
the love of Christ that surpasses
health looks like dedication, hard
knowledge. —Ephesians 3:17-19 (ESV)
work, and a relentless hustle, too
easily becoming self-centered and
self-absorbed. Inside the church, it
People who know how
can look much the same, with an
loved they are by God
added strut in Jesus’ name—or, if
are the strongest force
we can’t seem to get it together,
we label the body a distraction and
for change on the earth.
believe God has bigger things to
worry about than our bodies. But
If love is who God is and knowing His
I promise you, there is a third way.
truth sets us free, every day we get
It’s narrow, uncomfortable, and not
to personally train with the God of all
popular yet, but it is the way that
leads us to an abundant life. The kind creation. We show up to learn what
it means to carry truth and love so
that has no end.
we can live, love, laugh, and grow in
The third way to getting healthy this
holiness. And nothing grows that isn’t
year is this: Decide to follow Jesus
under tension. Embrace the tension
into a life of holiness, not hotness.
that surely will come when comfort
Follow Jesus and be willing to do the
foods consistently call your name or
uncomfortable thing, not to gain His
the mirror tries to mock you and tells
favor and love (or lose inches and
you to put on shame. Shame off you,
weight), but because you are loved.
I say.
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