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August 21, 2015

Today's reading: Isaiah ch. 57

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:22

"It is not what we consume that causes most complaints, but what consumes us, not what we eat, but what gnaws at us." Although a healthy, balanced diet is important, this opinion of a doctor will hardly surprise us.
We have known for a long time that the most common causes of illness are factors from the world of our thoughts and emotions that drain our strength and rack our nerves. When stress burdens us, we often cannot easily change the situation for any length of time. Then there are gnawing feelings like jealousy, bitterness, hatred, for which we are ourselves responsible. If we give way to such feelings, they sap our energy, so that we can reckon with serious mental and physical consequences.
A third factor that affects our mind and heart is the problem of guilt. If our conscience accuses us, because we have become guilty towards God or others, then our health will suffer as a result. The psychiatrist William Sadler remarked quite rightly: "A clear conscience is the best protection against neurosis."
That is what the Bible says. Wicked thoughts, hostile feelings and a bad conscience have a disastrous effect on the whole person. But whoever has a clear conscience and is prepared to forgive others has a healthy sense of balance. This peace of heart comes from God alone. However, He does not give it to the self-righteous but to those who confess their guilt to Him and accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

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