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On 4/18/10, Jaque wrote the following in the private Miracle in the Mirror forum (posted with Jaque's permission):

"I'm happy to report that I'm a healthy specimen.  I'm also happy to say I've been "challenged" in the health area for years because I didn't understand the principles enough to respect them and "be healthy (whole) for He is holy (whole).  I love the journey I'm on.  As a result have become (very) intrigued by the subject of health as a "whole person" rather than as a "pile of parts".  I seek and find, I learn and make adjustments, all because the Wonderful One has revealed opportunities and opened doors I would not have otherwise experienced had I not sought Him for them.  "Before I was afflicted I went astray" (Ps 119: something…)

I love to learn …. Maybe one of these days we can start a Health Forum for those interested in making this a discussion."

So now I am intrigued and would like to know what principles you have learned to respect, Jaque!
Health is a topic of interest to me, and I would love to hear anyone's insights about it!  I'm also fascinated by the idea that God's holiness is wholeness, and He tells us to be holy!  That would mean He's giving us the means to do so.  I know of people who have gotten pretty legalistic about it, who follow the food rules in the Old Testament, and end up making nutrition "another gospel."  So how do we find the principles that promote health without making them laws and adding to the salvation that Jesus paid so dearly to give to us?

Wondering,

Georgia

I just came in from the golf course and was thinking "on the green" about where to start sharing on the forum.  (Hey, that's pretty good; I can finally both play golf and chew gum!)

In looking back at what I've learned thus far I'd have to say it certainly is a game of "elimination" (no pun intended) but it's true.  Not only is it imperative to have a good elimination physically, but also to be willing to test the many "attested" truths about health and eliminate those that don't work for me.   I think of health as I think of truth; some things are foundational to everyone (there is no other way to the Father but through  Christ) and others are my choice (how much time I will personally invest eating manna and how I will prepare each meal to be enjoyed); it's important to know the difference.

Those that are foundational (this is my personal revelation) have to do with tuning into the voice of my own body (Christ living in His 'Jaque' temple on earth), and finally agreeing that my blood has the last say.  "The life of the flesh is in the blood."  Recent blood tests answered questions that no longer required that I "guess" how much of this or that I should consume–my blood knows because it answers for me and not for anyone else.  I've been very confused in the past with all the so-called-available knowledge, especially on the Internet.  I can learn about anything I like but in the end, less is still more.  It takes a lot of patience to wade through much of this stuff.  For me the 'wading' has been necessary–I think because it teaches me to "own" what I find at last is true for myself.  I've had to play the game (elimination) but this is good.   Visionwriting these many years is no different.  I show up believing that God WILL reward me with a revelation of Himself, but I never know how much delusion, error, emotion, etc, will land on paper before the Light dawns. I've decided that the reward is worth the effort.  I'm committed so I "just keep walking" or pressing towards the mark of the high calling.

Okay Jaque, slow down.  Does this make sense so far to any of you?

Yes.  But before I do that I research to see if and how it has worked for others. It really needs to feel worth while in my gut…like it has a sound "basis" behind it. 

It's sorta like putting together a gig-saw puzzle.  Lots of folks don't like that idea–it takes too long; a quick fix sounds better.  Don't we wish there was such a thing? I'm past 'wishful thinking'.  Now I look at it as a life  long journey that is part and parcel of what God uses to hone my "Christ" character.

God is Good…even and especially in the healing "details."

Jaque

I've wanted to get back to this forum for some time.

Jaque, I know where you stand on this because I saw what you wrote in the study on the Character of God in the chapter about holiness:

"To be holy is to be whole, to be well."

God is well.  There is nothing unhealthy about Him.  We are called to be as He is.  Holiness has got to be more than the absence of sin, because God was holy before sin ever came into the world. 

There are a lot of places in the Bible that show that Jesus is interested in our physical health.  By His stripes we are healed.  I believe He took all of our infirmities with Him as well as our sin when He died on the cross.

So how do we apply this knowledge to our lives?

Georgia