| A Healthy Believer |
| When I was a teenager attending high school in Smiths Falls, we had a Latin motto on our school crest, the translation of which read, |
| Healthy Mind, |
| Healthy Body. |
| While this is not a direct quote from the Scripture, it does have a Biblical equivalent in the Old Testament. Four times, Solomon wrote something to this effect. |
| 1. “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance” (Proverbs 15:13). |
| 2. “He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast” (Proverbs 15:15). |
| 3. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). |
| 4. “Go thy way … with a merry heart” (Ecclesiastes 9:7). |
| We are tri-part beings — “spirit and soul and body” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). These three parts of man are intimately connected and affect one another more than we realize. A healthy spiritual life makes for a happy, cheerful attitude, and, in turn, has an impact on our physical being. |
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