Two Truths and a Lie About Your Body
We unintentionally believe a lot of lies about our bodies. The lies fall to both extremes: on the one hand, that the human body is an object of worship, and on the other, that it’s a pointless vessel. As a young athlete from the age of 10 through my college years, I heard the former lie as gospel truth. Then I began to hear new lies (more toward the latter) in Christian circles. Today, as a competitive marathon runner, and a coach to triathletes and marathoners in their 30s to 50s, I see that the lies never really go away. To remember the truth about our bodies, it is worth our time to go to the One who thought of physical bodies, and then made them. Lie: Only the Soul Matters In a culture obsessed with image, we should be surprised at how often we are told that our bodies don’t matter. Even a casual viewing of Netflix will reveal story after story where the mind and soul transcend the body. Take one of my son’s favorite movies, Big Hero 6, which is a cartoon superhero movi