Be not among drunkards
or among gluttonous eaters of meat,
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
We believe marriages improve when people get healthy and become friends.
Of course getting healthy is more than dropping pounds or getting ripped.
Your marriage health is influenced by all facets of life.
But that is precisely why we encourage caring for your body as one of the 4 healthy pursuits that impact the quality of your marriage and your life.
1. Food/Fitness
2. Work/Finances
3. Friends/Family
4. Fearing God/Following Jesus
The self-control required to “be not among drunkards and gluttons” is the same kind of self-control required in all of life’s healthy pursuits.
The writer of Proverbs understands the connection between diet and the rest of life.
He draws a straight line from struggling with self control to struggling in other areas of life.
In this proverb a dad warns his son that what begins with too much alcohol or too much food quickly turns into laziness in all of life.
Curiously, sloth is a tiresome worker.
Sloth never rests in the same easy chairs as its victims.
Sloth stays lean as it fattens others.
Sloth tirelessly sneaks into all areas of your life.
Sloth is a bully who threatens terrible things if you will not submit.
Fight for your fitness.
Fight for your food.
Fight for an active mind.
Fight for a thriving marriage.
Fight for time in God’s word.
Fight for the simple pleasure of standing up to the bully within you.
Here's how to start fighting for your health:
1. Start together
2. Start with sleep
3. Start mornings with water
4. Start eating with a predetermined plan
5. Start exercising
Be kind and keep talking,
Brooke and Brian