Spiritual Life

Honoring God with

Last Sunday, our Bible Study focused on 1 Corinthians 6:19: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”

If everyone know and believe that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, then there will be less sickness, less immorality, and less violence in our society. We will be more mindful of our behavior and the actions we take in taking care of ourselves and our relationships. We will be living a healthy lifestyle to prevent the many debilitating diseases that affects us – diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer , to name a few. We will be living a healthier and happier life and definitely, the Holy Spirit will find our body a beautiful dwelling place. My field of study at the University of the Philippines was on physical education and health education. Then I moved on to pursue public health and health education. Hence, I spent more than fifty years, “promoting health, preventing disease, and prolonging life through organized community efforts.” I had a very fulfilling career, having worked at various levels in the government, in the academe, and in the church. My work always made me conscious of my health, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the “state of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being,