John did not minimize being healthy physically. He did desire for his readers to be as healthy spiritually as they were physically. He said, "be is good health physically just as you are spiritually." Possibly they were focusing on their spiritual well being and neglecting their physical well being and needed encouragement to be healthy, but I doubt it.
In our culture there is far greater emphasis on physical health than on spiritual health. In fact, we tend to devote hours every day to our eating and exercise habits and very little time devoted to growing in our faith and growing spiritually.
What is your story? How much time do you spend on the different aspects of your health? Which is most valuable? Which gets the most time, energy and attention?
Something to think about.
i love that john acknowledges our daily bread as well as our bread of life.
ReplyDeletei missed 2 john. i was hoping for some advice on how to deal with those boys in white-collared shirts and black nametags who stop by on occassion.
:)