Feeling Good from the Inside Out

Now Spring is upon us, it's the time when some of us start thinking about keeping fit and getting back into shape ready for the summer months.  The only problem is that do achieve a certain level of fitness it requires hard work, commitment and endurance!  

We have to be prepared to put in the hard work to get the results we want.  We have to put in the time and energy when sometimes we just don't have it.  The good news is however that even if you didn't feel like exercising beforehand, you often feel much better for doing so and dare I say, even slightly energized by it!

We can apply this rule not just to our outward, physical fitness but also to our inner world.  We regularly think about fitness as just what we look like on the outside but how are you are looking on the inside?  It's not something we really think about.

Have you ever met a person and when you say, "Hello how are you"? and they answer "fine" you know very well it's not true because their face is saying something else!  If our inside is fit and healthy it often radiates to the outside of us, causing us to even smile now and again!  The point I'm making is that if we can get our inside world sorted out then we will feel good from the inside out.  That's why what happens outwardly is not as important as what is happening on the inside of us.

We are all in this 'race of life', so what are you doing to keep things good on the inside?  Looking to my faith, I believe God helps us with this. This is what Christianity is all about.

Everything the bible talks about is helping us with our inside character, the words and messages hidden within the stories are like medicine to our souls. The bible was written with man's heart in mind!  Millennia goes by, but man's heart is still the same as it was then, yes mankind has gained an awful amount of knowledge and society has changed, but God's words will always be relevant for the condition of one's heart - God is in the business of inward beauty. You see if God really is the creator of our lives surely he knows what we need to do to make them better and stronger!

I challenge you today if you have never picked up a bible, may be it's time to start.  May be you've never been to church, again it's never too late to begin.  Just like physical exercise, it's never too late to try.  It may not be easy but well worth all the effort in the end, just like physical exercise, it's hard work but you'll feel energized afterwards and you'll become a lot stronger.

For those already Christians, keep going in your faith!  Don't give up, all your hard work will pay off soon.  Even when we become exhausted - KEEP GOING, you can make it. Our hearts are gradually being changed to be more like Christ, becoming brighter and more beautiful day by day; now that's a reward worth having.

Bible Verses:    Our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him - 2 Cor 3:18
 
Exercise daily in God; no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever - Timothy 4 -1