Thoughts on Week 7

We're on the downhill side of this challenge! Only 3 more weeks to go baby! Hang in there - you're doing great!

This week I've been pondering stewardship. How do I steward what God has given me? How do I steward my relationships, my finances, my body? Tough question but one worth contemplating.

God has given us the gift of our life. We only have one life, one body. What will you do with it? Will you take care of your health like the precious gift that it is or will you use and abuse it like it seems so easy to do? Why do we expect God to come and fix what we have broken? He's a gracious loving God and He will help us and can absolutely heal us. But think about it for a moment. We put whatever we want into our bodies not caring about the results. We don't take care of this gift. Then when it starts to break on us we become desperate for God, or doctors, to fix it.

I think about my son, Kale. Sometimes he's very careless with his toys - his gifts. He leaves them out to be lost, walked on, and broken. If something does happen to his toys he brings them to Mark or I and begs us to fix it. Some things we can fix, and we certainly will try. Other things are beyond repair. During the whole time of "fixing," Kale is usually crying and wanting so badly his toy, that just moments ago had been tossed aside and abandoned, to work again.

Wow. Same way I tend to treat my health and body. I don't think about the consequences of my actions sometimes. Then when it's broken I beg God to fix it. Understand that I believe God heals. He can, and does, heal people. But if I were to live my life, with disregard to my own responsibility for my health, where would I be? Very broken, very sick, very unhappy.

God has given us responsibility to be good stewards of all He has given us...including our health. I want to use the gift of my life for His glory, to the fullest! Please know that I am not saying that all illnesses are due to our irresponsibility. Many things are beyond our control. What I am saying is that for as long as I am able to continue to be a good steward of this gift of life, I will try my best.


And now something to make you smile :)