Summer, sweet summer! Doesn’t every body (space between those words is intentional) occasionally crave sunlight? Some just want to feel it on their faces, some want to lay in it like a lizard, soaking it up from the sun above and the warm rock below. Even though, fickle as we are, we are then often grateful to return to the comfort of our AC units! Why are we so attracted to the sun? What benefits does it have? Can you think of some that I missed in this list (is so, post them below – I WANT MORE!!) Here are some of the physical benefits I was able to think of that we experience when we spend time in the sunlight:
- Dislodges parasites
- Disinfects
- Deodorizes
- Warms and straightens materials that have been damaged or “bent out of shape” (feathers, plastics, etc.)
- Allows our body to absorb necessary nutrients (such as vit D)
- Makes us radiant – “healthy glow”
Mmmm… RADIANCE! I love that word and the glowing beauty it
embodies. Do you know that you’ll never be more attractive, more radiant, than
when you are spending time with Jesus? The simple effect of being in his presence
is radiance beyond comprehension. Now, just think of some of the spiritual
benefits we experience when we spend time in the Sonlight. Read back through
that list above and be inspired to take some time today to work on your Sontan!
Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord
appeared to us in the past, saying:
I have loved
you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
John 6:44
For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to
me
John 12:32
And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to
myself.
