12 Days of Christian Self -Examination Day 2-Nuture the Body
Do you think of your body as sinful, unattractive, problematic? Many people who claim to be or actually are Christians try to separate spiritual growth from the well being, energy, and vitality of their bodies. This doesn't make you a better Christian. This type of thinking sets up roadblocks that make a peaceful life more difficult. God created you with a body that allows you to exist in and interact with a three dimensional world. You will leave this world and this level of existence when your body no longer functions at a certain level. Your body requires nurture (food, water, rest, movement, etc.) in order for you to live the life you've been given. Are you throwing away your life by hating, damaging, and destroying your body? Are you projecting negativity by wishing you were someone else? Are you imagining goodness comes in a package that doesn't look like you? Are you using sex and sexual fantasies to project your body into an experience that isn'...