Day 2: Healing Takes Time
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal
Eccl. 3:1-3
Losing weight and healing take time. But a common problem we seem to encounter daily is a lack of time. We are overwhelmed with responsibilities. But to heal we need rest. So we have to prioritize healing.
When we make a list of things to do we have to rank their importance so we make sure the most important things get done. Having a healthy body should be high on the list. One popular idea about fitness is the idea of the 4 minute workout. One reason it’s such a popular idea is how unbelievable it is. Just seeing such an outrageous claim makes you click the link to read about it. And unfortunately, the surface story that there was a study by Dr. Izumi Tabata that shows that an exercise program of 4 minutes a day of HIIT(High-intensity Interval Training) gave greater results than a more traditional steady-state approach would lead you to think that there is an easy way out.
What you don’t hear about is the fact that in addition to 4 days per week of 4 minute extremely high-intensity workouts, the group also did a 10 minute daily steady-state warm up and one day of 30 minute steady-state work out as well. So the combination of both was more effective than just steady-state.
Fitness takes time. And healing takes time.
Today I promise myself and God to schedule a time for rest, healing, and fitness today.
