The spirit of understanding scripture. This passage was about the word of wisdom something that I feel like gets a little too much attention in my home. I was pondering upon the spiritual lesson behind the word of wisdom one evening while I was driving home and I had the idea that the word of wisdom is atattched to the lesson that everything was created for a purpose and that not following that purpose is against the commandments of God.
For example, meat has a purpose and should be eaten sparingly. The lesson book also says that it should not be eaten when it is rotten. That there are many health benifiets from following this advice, well, commandment from God.
I feel that I can apply this to myself. I have a particular purpose. There are times and seasons to my life purpose, and there are certain percasions that I have with my own purpose. That my physical body, and my spiritual body have a particular purpose. That when I help to keep my body fit and active I can better full fill my life purpose. I fell that keeping the word of wisdom is not making a list of do and don't but it is understanding that every thing, even grain, meat, fruit, all of it has a purpose and that I should respect the purpose of all of God's creations.
The second lesson for me is that by respecting the purpose of God's creation I can better full fill my own purpose. That when I respect the purpose of Tabacco and use it as a medicine and not as an addiction I can utalize the purpose of Tabacco to more fully complete my own life purpose. It testifies to me that all of our purposes are interrelated and that by making the choice to respect other of God's creations purpose I can better respect my own. That when I respect my own purpose I can help others to find and obtain their life purpose. That is what I believe about the word of wisdom.
