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Health and Happiness, May 29
A Sound Mind in a Sound Body
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my
glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalm 16:8, 9
The Christian should live so near to God that he may approve things
that are excellent, “being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which
are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.” His heart should
be attuned to gratitude and praise. He should be ever ready to acknowl-
edge the blessings he is receiving, remembering who it is that has said,
“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.” ...
It is the duty of every one to cultivate cheerfulness instead of brooding
over sorrow and troubles. Many not only make themselves wretched in
this way, but they sacrifice health and happiness to a morbid imagination.
There are things in their surroundings that are not agreeable, and their
countenances wear a continual frown that, more plainly than words,
expresses discontent. These depressing emotions are a great injury to
them healthwise, for by hindering the process of digestion they interfere
with nutrition. While grief and anxiety cannot remedy a single evil, they
can do great harm; but cheerfulness and hope, while they brighten the
pathway of others, “are life unto those that find them, and health to all
their flesh.”
Christ came to restore to its original loveliness a world ruined by
sin.... In the new earth there will be no sin nor disease.... And the body
will be restored to its original perfection. We shall wear the spotless
image of our Lord....
The development of Christian character, tending toward this state
of perfection, is a growth toward beauty.... As the heart becomes trans-
formed by the renewing of the mind, the graces of the Spirit leave their
impress on the face, and it expresses the refinement, delicacy, peace,
benevolence, and pure and tender love that reign in the heart....
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Give “thanks always for all things unto God.”
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