Obedience

Understand that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and will have some spiritual things I wish to talk about from time to time.  If you are not a member of the same faith, it is your choice to continue reading but I have a firm testimony that these things are true!
In the scriptures, we read that “When we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.” (D&C 130:21.)


Here is the law:  The Word of Wisdom (D&C 89)


What are the blessings we are promised from the Word of Wisdom?
  
18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, ^ashall receive ^bhealth in their navel and marrow to their bones;

  19 And shall ^afind ^bwisdom and great ^ctreasures of ^dknowledge, even hidden treasures;

  20 And shall ^arun and not be ^bweary, and shall walk and not faint.

  21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the ^adestroying angel shall ^bpass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. 

Now, traditionally in the Church, we focus more on the "evils" of alcohol, tobacco, strong drinks, drugs, etc.  But, I believe that people are scared to remind others that we should be eating mostly fruits, vegetables, grains, fowls of the air, or fish.  Red meat is to be used "sparingly."  And there's no mention of fats and sweets b/c they weren't around back then--but they are not in the "Good" category--we all know this!

We are to refrain from any ADDICTIVE substance.  Well, thankfully I've never given in to any temptation to smoke or drink so I don't know that I would be addicted to those substances.  However, I DO KNOW that I am ADDICTED to sweets, junk food, and virtually any type of food that is unhealthy.

Can I really say that I've lived the Word of Wisdom my entire life, I don't believe that I can.  That really hurts to say, but it's true.  The Lord is promising us health and strength if we will listen!  

Now, I don't believe that a food addiction prevents you from feeling the Spirit like some other harmful substances would.  But, I do believe that I can feel the Spirit MORE present in my life since I've been taking better care of this precious gift I've been given--my body.  It's not actually mine and I need to return it in the best condition I can to feel that I've pleased my Heavenly Father. 

We will be blessed if we obey the Word of Wisdom completely and fully!  I KNOW this to be true!