Cereal

A few days ago after going through a battery of tests that yielded good but not completely satisfying results regarding my health, the doctor advised me to be watchful of my diet and have a regular excercise. Easier said than done, but this is imperative for me if I am to stay completely healthy. Hypertrophic Cardio Myopathy I was informed is going to stay with me for the rest of my lifetime. The only way to keep this under control is to have an absolutely desciplined lifestyle especially within the areas of diet and excercise. My wife bought a box of cereal for me that claims to lower one's cholesterol level if eaten regularly. I cannot help but draw a parallel between the cereal and God's word. Continuos reading and understanding of God's word provides us with the spiritual nutrients that we need thus sifting and ridding us of all the bad elements within our system the same way the cereal gets rid of the unwanted cholesterol that flows through our blood going directly towards the arteries and valves of our heart therefore causing a blockage that can be fatal to our health. Excercise indeed is something that I would liken to obedience...obedience to God's word...putting action into what we have learned of course under the grace of God and the convictions of the Holy Spirit. Obedience like excercise pumps up the much needed oxygen into our spiritual blood that helps us to function properly in a spiritual and moral level much like what excercise does to us physcially. Gnarliest thing to do? start dieting and excercising spiritually and physcially and the results will blow your mind.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. And after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

James 1:22-24