True Health

From a Facebook post about nutrition … "The greatest wealth is health, so invest accordingly. For most people, medical care contributes 5% to 15% to good health. So being healthy is more reliant on self care, not medical care. Persistence and a real focus on health can add years to your life. Thirty minutes of mild exercise per day has been shown to cut heart attacks and strokes in half, and exercise is more potent in depression than any antidepressant. Take a walk today.”

I see this and I also think spiritual health. If the greatest wealth is spiritual health, then how do we best invest? Spiritual health is definitely reliant on “self care”, though our churches can provide us with the community that can provide that 5% to 15% or more of spiritual care. But the fact is that persistence and a real focus on spiritual health … through prayer … can in fact add years to our life, and bring us to eternal life. Talk about adding time.

Thirty minutes of prayer is indeed potent in more ways than we can ever imagine. I have seen that in my own life, having lived through a significant depression with the grace of Jesus and prayer. Taking a walk today, a walk with Jesus, is always an awesome antidote, to most of life’s travails and challenges.