Today was the first day that I finally felt 100 percent. For four days now, I’ve been dragging my feet, feeling sickly and fatigued. With my physical health compromised, my spiritual and emotional life were being dwarfed as well.

So many times we practice the discipline of spiritual devotion, physical fitness, and strong work ethic–that we forget that if our health fails…everything else seems to disintegrate along with it.

Today, with multi-vitamins in high dosage and sufficient sleep in ample reserve, I feel able to conquer the little tasks along with the big ones. The color has returned to my cheeks and the life restored in my eyes. It feels really nice to be back on the offensive rather than the defensive when it comes to combating the daily obstacles of life.

Another thing that really helped…I’m reading Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. One passage says, “I found myself trying to love the right things without God’s help, and it was impossible. I tried to go one week without thinking a negative thought about another human being, and I couldn’t do it….My answer to this dilemma was self-discipline.”

Health and Self-Discipline, they go hand in hand. If you don’t take care of yourself, your health deteriorates-  If you are incapable of controlling your Self  your Self deteriorates.

Today, I’m learning that it’s okay to have a bad day or a bad week. But really,  it’s how you handle life’s discipline and how you prepare to be on the offense that’s really going to make your spiritual life rock solid.