s people of faith, we often turn to the Bible for advice on how we should live and improve
our lives.
Turning to scripture, we often think of self-improvement and self-care in spiritual
terms and seek ways to purify our souls, make our hearts more loving,...
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s people of faith, we often turn to the Bible for advice on how we should live and improve
our lives.
Turning to scripture, we often think of self-improvement and self-care in spiritual
terms and seek ways to purify our souls, make our hearts more loving, and better conform
our minds to Christ.
For issues that concern our physical bodies, however, most of us are
conditioned to look elsewhere for answers.
And yet, despite this, the Bible does teach us
how we must think about and care for our bodies.
Scripture teaches us that we are all
created in the image of God and that our bodies are to be temples of the Holy Spirit.
We honor God when we take steps to foster an environment that promotes
healthy living for creation and for each other.
When we disregard the importance of a world that is clean and
safe, however, our bodily temples suffer, and we fall short in honoring our Creator.
The pervasiveness of pollution across the land, water, and air, and the presence of harmful chemical
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