pick up the tools and get to work

A few weeks ago on a blog I read often was an interesting article about the excuses people make for obesity. When people learn about the lifestyle that my husband and I have adopted, they say I could never do that. It's a common response.  And then this morning I watched a documentary called Dead Fat. One idea runs through all this--the idea that nobody knows why people overeat to obesity.

But that is absolutely not true. Thousands of research projects have given the answer, which Dr. Fuhrman outlines in his books. The problem remains not much money can be made by telling people to eat their veggies and walk around the block. Meanwhile designing men rake in billions in drugs and treatments, peddling the victim mentality.

The truth is God gave us beautiful bodies to perform our work upon the earth. Satan wants to destroy our bodies and our work.

“Our physical body is the instrument of our spirit. In that marvelous revelation the Word of Wisdom we are told how to keep our bodies free from impurities which might dull, even destroy, those delicate physical senses which have to do with spiritual communication.

“The Word of Wisdom is a key to individual revelation. It was given as ‘a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints’ (D&C 89:3).

“The promise is that those who obey will receive ‘great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures’ (D&C 89:19). If we abuse our body with habit-forming substances, or misuse prescription drugs, we draw curtains which close off the light of spiritual communication” (Boyd K. Packer, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, 211).

Dr. Fuhrman and other scientists have discovered that foods can be habit-forming or misused, too.

"The link between what we take into our bodies and our ability to receive spiritual communication. The Word of Wisdom is about readiness and receptiveness to receive revelation. And secondarily the Word of Wisdom also produces physical benefits. Just as only worthy persons are permitted to enter into the house of the Lord, so we should likewise be careful to take into our bodies only those things that will positively affect us both spiritually and physically." David Bednar, Ye Are the Temple of God, 11 January 2000.

So as I suffered this week as yet another layer of crud was shed from my body, I feel gratitude that God led me down this path. It took nearly 50 years for me get to the point of physical breakdown. While I am well beyond 20 hours per day in bed now, my body still has periods of weakness, such as his week, where it eliminates pounds of poison. In these times I am reminded of the poor health I lived with for decades and shout for joy. 95 days out of 100 I live vibrantly and healthfully. When the hard times come, I baby myself and realize what a miraculous creation my body is. God gave us all the tools we need to avoid or reverse degenerative disease. Certainly, we can pick up the tools and get to work.