01/20/2026
YOUR INCREDIBLE BODY!
Have you ever stopped and reflected on how incredible, right now, your body is working to your advantage? For some, it’s working better than for others.
Average-sized adults are comprised of approximately 75 TRILLION CELLS! That number includes everything including bones, muscles, and organs.
As you’re reading this, your heart is pumping blood through hundreds of thousands of miles of blood vessels to each of your cells. Your brain is generating nerve impulses at unprecedented speeds over large distances out and back between your brain and all other parts of your body.
As the Bible, written and inspired by God proclaims, we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:13-16). This means that no human being has the capacity or ability to create, design, and carry-out the development and vitality of another human being from conception through natural death. Only God, a supernatural being that existed long before any of us, has the power, wisdom, and ability to do so.
Have we ever asked ourselves the question, “why do some people become sick, suffer, and die too soon?” This certainly is a loaded question and has been and can be discussed and debated over long periods of time. However, the purpose of this writing is to be a wake-up call for some of you, especially those who aren’t well at this moment.
The Bible also admonishes us to be stewards (to manage or look after) of our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). We are commanded to bring glory to God with our bodies. Each of us are given different purposes and gifts from our Creator to live out while we possess our bodies. How will we effectively be able to do so if we are not physically and mentally well?
That raises a question. Do our bodies rely on a blueprint or set of rules to be followed, so that they can optimally and freely work, function, and heal as they were originally designed and intended to? YES!!! We must be mindful and disciplined to carry out that which God has entrusted to us, otherwise we may fall short of that which we were truly created for in the first place.
When your main objective becomes to bring glory to God in everything you set yourself to do, taking care of your body will become less daunting and seemingly impossible.
A second question arises. What are you currently doing, or not doing that you should be doing, to ensure you are being the best steward your capable of with the body you were given?
Is your body physically & structurally imbalanced where potentially you may not know it yet since you have very little or no discomfort or pain? Are you consciously and mindfully aware of what you are feeding your body through what goes on your plate and in your glass daily? How much toxicity are you placing your body under knowingly & unknowingly? How do you allow stress to affect your body based upon how you respond to stressful encounters? If you were/are diagnosed with an illness or set of illnesses or suffer from any type of pain, then you want to go deeper to get to the bottom of WHY you were diagnosed and what caused the diagnosis or pain originally, not simply treating or managing the symptoms as many do.
Take some time to reflect, change course, and implement changes for the better, if necessary. Study, learn, read, and seek wise counsel for direction and solutions to a better life and better health. The great news is, there is still time on your clock and potential for you to change for the better!
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU???
