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Grief in Wisdom? Sorrow in Knowledge?

Because of a number of health issues I confronted last year, I have been on a quest to understand the causes of illness, the God-ordained ways our bodies can heal, and to establish a balance between acquiring health to serve God and serving God to acquire health.

Andrea G. Schwartz
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From The Kingdom Driven Family Blog:

Because of a number of health issues I confronted last year, I have been on a quest to understand the causes of illness, the God-ordained ways our bodies can heal, and to establish a balance between acquiring health to serve God and serving God to acquire health. The book of Ecclesiastes speaks to this. 

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Ecclesiastes 1:18)

As I have studied about toxins, toxicity, and the consequences of a diet filled with processed foods, GMOs, and negative nutrition, I find it easy to become wrapped up in protecting myself from such dangers. New remedies and protocols arise, as do new threats to well-being. Yet, if battling such fearful things becomes my primary focus, I can easily slip into the mode of making my health an idol, and spend my time obsessing about which foods I should or should not be eating.

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