Healthy Christiana!!!

I have always been a fan of the wellness world.  I love to exercise, try a variety of foods, and research healthy remedies for my body, but there is a huge difference between being a fan and being resolved.  I have taken from the salad bowl of life the healthy portions that I found interesting, but the truth is that I need to be healthier.  So it is with resolve that I am embarking on a journey of faith to be well!  The Lord alerted me to some unhealthy areas of my life that need changing and I thank God.  He used the man in my life to speak to me about being at my best and it hurt, but it was necessary.  While I was busy pouting God showed me that where he wants to take me I can't afford to be unhealthy or unkempt.  My body is the temple of God and a representation of the Kingdom.  I need to be at my best from the inside out.  My wellness doesn't stop there, however, wellness is about abundant life in every area.  I've mentioned the wellness wheel before, but as a fan.  This time I am challenging myself to apply this wellness wheel to the Biblical truth that God wants me to spring forth as a well full of abundant life.  As I pray for God to spring up a well in me in the areas of spiritual,emotional,social, career, aesthetic, mental,physical, and familial health, I pray that others will be inspired on their journey of faith to become healthy.    Just to let you know, you can be a healthy size and still be unhealthy.  I am 5ft. 2in. and 136 lbs, but I need more nutrition and balance in my life.  I am muscular, but my muscles ache a lot because of the pressure I put on them without giving them the rest that they need. I eat a wide variety of healthy foods, but I am not consistent in my meals.  I exercise, but not enough to relieve the stress that I carry day in and day out.  I don't shop for myself enough, and I don't pamper myself much at all.  My journey of faith requires that I take myself wherever I go, and I want to be healthy enough to share in the joy of what God does on my journey.  Don't you? I am searching the Bible as well as professional publications to find the definition of health in all of these areas and applying the word to every area of my wellness.  I am going to be a healthy Christiana representing the Kingdom of God in style and flare! When people see the Jesus in me I want him to look right! 3 John 1:2 "Beloved I wish above all that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth"


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