As I grow older and, hopefully, wiser, I realize now why I couldn’t keep up with my dad or father-in-law when they would work in the yard or garden.
These men were raised off the land and the gardens they and their parents planted. They had a better understanding of healthy living and eating.
Today, in our fast-paced society, no one seems to slow down long enough to absorb the knowledge of what we are doing to our bodies. Family farms and gardens are disappearing because of the lack of discipline and willingness needed to produce and take care of such entities.
It is so much easier to run to the local grocery or fast food restaurant and feast off the foods with preservative added and many of the vitamins and minerals taken out.
God created man to work the land. Genesis 2:15 says, “The Lord took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” “To work” means to cultivate and “take care of” means to take charge as a caretaker, according to Webster’s Dictionary.
God created us with a tremendous body and provides us with the foods needed to supply this body. He gives us wisdom and expects us to use our body and exercise it to help us maintain our health.
I am not a great example to preach healthy living, but I do maintain an active lifestyle. I am overweight and a diabetic, but I created both because of my diet. So many others are the same as I and we are paying for our lack of attention to our bodies with diseases, aches, and pains.
All of us need to realize that God commands us to take care of this temple he has given us to live in while we are on this earth. We need to spend more time talking with God and meditating on His word than listening to the world and getting caught up in the rat race of always being in a hurry, unhealthy eating and no exercise.
All of us need to realize that we will only have one body through our journey on earth and how well we take care of it determines on how good we are going to feel.
