Lookin' good... for who?

Korey and I recently had a conversation about why we wanted to be fit or eat right. Through the discussion we agreed that if your goal for working out or eating healthy is to look "hott" or "more attractive" or "feel better - then those goals are selfish and misguided.

Yes it is okay to want to be healthy, but you should want that for the sake of taking care of the temple that God has given you. A temple that is still rightfully His and His alone. God does not care what your physical body looks like, for he looks at the heart. (1Samuel 16:7) It's okay to be healthy and it's okay to want that, but the chief end should be to glorify Christ by up-keeping the temple He created. Then beauty and attractiveness to God come from what he sees in your heart.

Korey and I also covered how looking better and being in better shape could be to impress your spouse. After finishing Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney today, I realize she had a lot to say about outward and inward beauty and so does the Bible.  Mahaney mentions that it is okay to be beautiful to our husbands, and to our husbands alone. This supports the point that Korey and I had made in discussion. You shouldn't workout to look better than that girl down the street, or to look nice for that job interview with Mr. BossMan. If not solely to glorify the God of your body, looking better should only be for the pleasure and eyes of your spouse. And if you are to be looking better you need to be available to your spouse. (Don't be a tease!) The Song of Solomon is filled with the expression and admiration of each spouse's beauty.  Our husbands, were attracted to us for a reason when we first met, and it's good to try and keep up with that. Later, Mahaney mentions scripture from Peter which reminds us that outward appearances aren't the only way to show beauty, but also our attitude and character.

1 Peter 3:3-5 "Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands.."

The more I want to mention things - the more I think you should read this book!

 It was loaded with scripture and really opened my heart to better serve and love the Lord through serving and loving my husband, Korey. 

Chief end of eating healthier may be to feel better, but I am keeping my eye on Christ. I want to glorify Him. To glorify Him, I need a healthy temple to live in and loving heart to serve with.