Our body naturally decays, be it by the action of age, or diseases, or some stress from some work environment like a remunerative yet stressful situation, or other thing alike - yet God vivifies us by the power which resurrected Jesus from the dead, and still resurrects, heals and comforts today. Some people think that going to on a vacation or a beach resort may receive restoration, when often they are indulging with excess and sin, compromising even more their corrupted operational system, their minds, their health, than improving it. Others think that venting, talking about their problems, too much may give them relief, yet they can be exposing themselves, their hearts to impure situation or people who then will take advantage of the situation for their selfish motives. Others think that only dedicating themselves to a professional degree, a skilled trade, or to the army to tell advantages and vain glory of human endeavors, may result in their good benefit and success. Yet all of these situations may reflect a common denominator that we as Human Being, need something beyond ourselves, a saving light, and if we do not have it we would never be complete or fulfilled. The fact is that none of these things are capable to sufice our soul, beside God, who like a suckling baby, needs his mother and his father. For we need God, his Holy Spirit to guide us and comfort us in all our journey in this life, and give us the light and understanding we need this world has not to give. Jesus said He is "the way, the truth, and the life", which is also a reference for the gifts contained in the ark of the testimony (Hebrews 4:9): The Way, represented in the ark by the rod of Aron which budded, representing the way of the Guardian Shepperd, the guide and protector of the shepfold. The Truth, represented by the stone tablets of the ten commandments, the truth of the scriptures of the testimonies and God's Spiritual laws, that God lives us and has a plan to each one of us, and The Life, represented by the golden cup of manna, which represents in our lives God's prepared earthly portions of professional subsistence work and marriage. And with these three gifts, the manifestation of the mercy of God in our lives, Jesus Christ in our lives, if we keep it diligently, we can overcome the adversities and adversaries, like the presence of the ark in the past gave the victory to God's armies. Ask an exorcist, and he will tell: keep the 10 commandments and you also will exorcise the devil, not only in an exorcism session with a grinching devil, but also when satan - which word means enemy in hebrew - comes as a sickness, marital problems, work persecution, etc.. So how can we effecivelly and conciously care for the holiness of our temple, our body, minds and spirit, and remove the devil and its destruction temptations and snares from our lives? Isaiah said, "Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise." (Isaiah 60:18), so our walls, which keep the enemy away from our borders are the 10 commandments, and the sanity to be where and with whom we are safely protected (which is the the way of the guardian shepherd), valued (the truth, which is we are valuable and holy human beings, God loves and cares for us sending Jesus to us), and provided (where our lives needs are met according to God's preparation in work and marriage), or where and how God prepare those things. Yet to truly discern the guidance we must have the holy spirit, and for this we need holiness, which is being separated for a special purpose, not mingled with the sin and contamination of the offenses and iniquities of the world, who does not value marriage, not truth, nor correction, nor a greater and more valuable sense of purpose and lasting, and ever lasting reward. Yet not all things are only of a spiritual nature, but sometimes natural situations like a conflict or road block, have a spiritual darkness attached, or a disease which doctors have not the cure and needs the life giving resurrection power. Wellness Topics to Explore: -Financial health: healthy and fulfilling education and work environments. -Physical health: the health of our physical body, and mental/emotional health. -Spiritual Health: are we connected to the Vide Christ by a personal relation as a branch, or through a branch of fellowship aligned with Christ’s Spirit? And do we feel blessed, forgiven, regenerated by the good news of the Gospel which forgive all sins and heal all sicknesses, and can even raise the dead - and that day-by-day, and that we are growing and learning toward the similitude of the perfect man Christ Jesus?
Wellness Roadmap: Why should we seek to care for our wellness?
Our bodies - our mind, our body, our spirit - are holy, created by the image of God, so we must care for it as commanded: "Thou shalt be holy, for I am holy" (Leviticus 11:44) says God. In order to please God we must sanctify, which is to avoid and stay away from the corruption of sin. Like a computer which made several downloads and got some viruses and is restored with a system image backup, or a clean operational system install, so by Christ we can "reset" our lives to start working properly again.