Keeping a Healthy Balance in our Lives
We would like to share some thoughts with you on finding and keeping a Healthy Balance in our Lives.
What is the Relationship Between Health and Balance?
Actually, holistic health refers to a process of wholeness that exists when there is balance among our different dimensions (physical, emotional, spiritual, social, vocational, and environmental). As Christians, we believe that balance is only possible when we base our life on Christ; the spiritual dimension is our real essence. In John 10:10 we read, “…I have come that they might have life, and have it to the full.” It seems that often we try to create our own “full life” and find ourselves over – committed, under appreciated, fatigued, frustrated and out of balance. We need to find the “full life” and balance that only Christ can give.
How Can I Keep My Life in Balance?
There are several specific approaches we can use to nourish this gift of balance. First, we can consider our current life in terms of energy investment, values, and priorities. Are we ‘spending’ our life in activities that have eternal consequences? Second, we can develop an action plan, if we would like to spend our energy and time in a different way. To be helpful, the plan would need to identify what needs to be changed, what it needs to change to, and how the change will be made. Third, we can live our changed lives with the confidence that “…He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6).
