I live to live. I live my life in greatness. I live the day, the present. But how? This is one of the objectives in which we tend to fail: breathing everyday gives the opportunity to wake up unto a new day. But how do we welcome that new day? With sorrows, with a hyper routine to go to work, or with a big smile and thankful of having a new opportunity? The attitude we have to events make us what we are. Either I am positive or negative, What is my attitude with challenges?
How do we see the world? What color is it painted from? Everything depends on what is in our mind, our thought. So which what are we feeding our mind? The same way our physical body needs material food, our mind needs its spiritual food. It is impossible to divide life of its spiritual connection, they are linked reciprocally as it has been from the first moment man was created. "The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7). Note the expression "and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life"-, think now about this process, in that magnificent moment when this mystery happened. The life you have been given is not the result of a long evolutionary process that took place for million of years. Your heart beats because you have the miracle of that blow made by God. Take a moment and observe yourself, look at your skin, the veins and the blood that runs inside them, the oxygen that feeds your blood so it can flows unstoppable and reach your heart so this can beat every day and night. Are or are you not a miracle? From here starts your spiritual wealth, and think how God has given you his own breath so you can live.
Reality shows that few appreciate the value of that moment, and this is why we take actions that are not good for us, as time passes by these actions affect badly our body. From this point we can mention mental illnesses, fears that dominate us or the incapacity to be what we want, or worse living without purpose. Then we have physical illnesses, many of them take thousands of millions of people to death. Does God want you live like this? Does he want your body to shrink through years with all type of illnesses, or your mind becomes paralyzed to motivate yourself? That was not the purpose of His creation, he never created a human being to live with misfortunes. I do not agree with some thoughts that say God allows people to get sick. We provoke the cause of the illness. God is not ignorant unto our acts but is he is willing to help us. He might speak to us through someone or something that tell us to seek and discover what we did wrong and change that action for a better one. But if we do not want to take that chance of change, we cannot blame God for our illnesses. In such a case, God does not have to make miracles.
Let´s remember the story of the woman caught in adultery, considered to be the worst person in the village, the lover of many of the men that had pleasure with her, then they were ready to be the first to throw stones at her. Her mind was sick, maybe she did not have the strength or a reason to change her lifestyle, so she kept sinking herself in her own mud of acts. Soon to be killed by stones, soon to take her breath of life, there was One that saw beyond present time what could it be done with her if she was willing to change. The forgiveness phrase was enough -Then neither do I condemn you-, and the order of -Go now and leave your life of sin. She abandoned her sin, change her lifestyle for a sublime one.
King Hezekiah had an ulcer and he was condemned to die. However, prophet Isaiah said to the king that he had to put his house in order -to go back to the ways of God-, and to make a poultice of figs to put on the ulcer. (2 Kings 20:7). First it was to commanded to make the spiritual cleansing, not only personal but including all those who were living in his house; then the healing of his physical body through a natural treatment. We cannot ask for healing if we do not want to change our lifestyle, if we are not willing to discover the cause of what is leading us to death.
I remember a TV ad showing the following picture: a man is dancing happy in a party, in one of his hands has a beer bottle. Next day he has a dying face because of the heartburn. What is the solution? "Drink Alka-seltzer", a voice says while the man is now happy with a big smile, and with a beer in his hands again.
My wonder is if people that do that will have a successfully healthy life? Never. They can live many years but those years will be full of illnesses, and dying will not be peaceful but painful. Sadly, we said then: "God doesn't listen to me", "He doesn't love me", "God, why do not you heal me?", "My God, Please heal me!", "It was God will". It is too much for a God that is very patient. Please, do not make fun of him.
Discover the cause of your illnesses if you want to live without biggest problems, if you want to save your money and enjoy of life in good terms. Change the event that took you to the problem for one that will bring you mental and physical health. God believes in you. And he wants you live healthy now and ever, but it will be you who will be leading the events.
I found the following health test which will show you how healthy you are living. Let me share it with you:
Test your lifestyle
Positive points
I ate 2 fruits daily 2
I ate 1 portion of vegetables daily 2
Generally I eat whole cereals 2
I use pure olive oil 2
I eat my food at a regular schedule 2
I drink 4 to 8 glass of water daily 2
I go to the bathroom regularly 2
I walk daily at least 1/2 daily 2
At least, 1 day per week at spent at a nature place 2
I exercise minimum 10 minutes per day 2
I sleep 7 hours every night 2
I have one day for resting 2
I have a healthy mental attitude 2
Negative Points
I eat between meals 1
I eat meat more than 4 times per week 1
Everyday I eat chocolate, cakes, cupcakes, etc... 1
I eat pork meat and its products 1
I am overweight 1
I live and work in a polluted city 1
Frequently I cannot sleep at night 1
I smoke 1
I smoke more than 1 box per day 1
I drink alcohol every week 1
I drink wine, whiskey, etc 1
I drink coffee more than 3 times per day 1
I eat rabbit meat, codfish and game meat 1
I eat seafood 1
Total negative points _____
Total positive points _____
Score
-14 to -1 points
You need to change urgently your lifestyle. Your life expectancy is short and very soon you will be suffering a serious illness. Or already you are suffering.
0 to 13 points
Think seriously in some of your life aspects, especially in those you have answered as negative. With some changes you will obtain good results. Try them!
14 to 20 points
Almost everything is fine in your life, but you can improve it in some points. Keep practicing everything and you will have a healthy and happy life.
Natural alternative therapies
Weight control, diabetes, cancer, hepatitis, arthritis and other degenerative illnesses.
21 to 28 points
You already have a healthy life and probably you are enjoying the best of what it has. Try to help others to improve their physical condition, but do it carefully. Do it with love and patience! Remember, maybe not long ago you were in the same condition of those you are trying to help.
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"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well."
3 John 1:2
