Hope is Healthy

I felt useless, used up, dirty, and used. I didn’t plan or ponder I simply walked into the bathroom and took all the pills in the medicine cabinet.

Several days later, I had a conversation with my earthly father about why I was still alive.

Through his words, I caught a revelation that if I was still breathing, there must be a reason. If taking all the pills in the medicine cabinet didn’t kill me, then there must be a reason.

Maybe there really was a purpose for my life. Maybe God actually had a plan that still involved me.

There must be a plan and a reason. I had a little hope.

A foundational precept of building a healthy lifestyle is defining your why.

• What reason do you have to be healthy?

• Why do you want to be healthy?

• Why does that matter at all?

I always want to point back to our relationship with God for the answers. Health matters because we matter. We serve a loving God who cares about our health. Healthy lifestyles matter because we are created with purpose and therefore we should be good stewards of what God has created. God has plans for you.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Jeremiah 29:11 

So when life gets dark, and it will. When you feel like giving up, because you will. When the world seems to crumble all around you, look up. Spend some time with God asking about His plans for your life.

He still has plans for you and that my friend should give you Hope.