A New Directive- I Corinthians 6:19

Ever had a new directive? Have you ever felt led to change something up . . . even if it seemed like it effected no one else but you? I have, . . . and I am.

I have had various health issues crop up in the last years . . . at least the last year, anyway. I have had a lot of stomach issues that I never had and also had some old and now some new vertabrae, nerve and weight issues adding to the mix. Some is due to my age, I'm sure. The weight issue, I do think maybe a little has been due to the stomach ailments but alot of it . . well just because I had come to a happier place and maybe was eating better & probably more.

You eat more than you burn off, you're going to gain weight, period. You add organs inside not functioning quite right and swelling now and again because of ulcers, . . . well then it just it just adds to it. & When you become inactive and sit or lay a lot . . . quit doing the small things you once did, it all can make alot of body changes quickly.

I am juicing now. This is new to me. Several months ago and probably at least three times over the last three years I felt the Holy Spirit nudge to change some things up. I knew that even God was telling me "Do this, don't do that" in regards to eating and drinking.

I did actually try to follow. & Frankly it seemed weird. First it was walk this many laps around the lot I used to live at. I did. Then it was to put straight lemon juice in water and drink it. I did. Then it was to start eating yogurt again. I did. I did them all for awhile, . . . but would tire of it or just kinda let it go.

Last year I found out I had duodenal ulcers & a large kidney. Hmm. *Duodenal ulcers can be hereditary and my dad did have them. They are also often found in people with pylori bacteria in their gut which half the world population has. Of that half, it usually only causes problems in 10% of the people. Wow! . .Unlike gastric (stomach) ulcers, people with duodenal ulcers will often gain weight because they do not realize they have a problem until its a real problem . .Ugh. & Now maybe there are some gall bladder issues as well . . .

In hindsight I realize that God telling me to walk was to get something moving again. To add lemon juice to water is because we all should drink a lot of water and the lemon juice is an astringent that would help clean out my insides. & The yogurt would have done two things, "calmed" my insides down and also given me some of the "good bacteria" to fight anything that might have been bad down there. Hmm, hindsight IS always 20/20.

What started as a quest for health, which frankly I have failed at doing much about, now has become for everything. I really do feel that God wants me to get back into decent shape. I don't think He is necessarily concerned with how I look or how I feel personally about myself . . . but maybe it is just so I will go on and accomplish things for Him . . .

& The me part of it, I need to feel better. I would like to look better and I have a lot of reason and people to stick around for. I still have things to do!

I thought of this verse, and I know it does not only apply to what we eat and drink, . . . but I do believe it ALSO applies to what we eat and drink:

1 Corinthians 6:19 (New King James Version)
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

He created me, He bought and paid for me with a great price, He has wooed me, protected me and loved me----

And yet I have been pretty lackadaisical at even taking care of the body that He gave me to get to walk around and use.

Yes, . . . yes I need to do something different, and I am . . . Thank You Lord.