As a Christian school, we believe that God created us and gives us all things, including our
health. Therefore, we thank God for the gift of life and health He has given us, imperfect as it may
be with problems of illness and diseases as a result of sin. But knowing what God has done for us
through Jesus Christ, the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation, our response is to care for the
body that is on loan to us as a way of thanking and praising God. If we view our bodies as His
temple, we can begin to see the importance of daily maintenance in order to keep it usable for His
service. By keeping our bodies well-maintained (physically fit) and filled with the right kinds of fuel
(foods) needed to sustain us, we will be ready at a moment’s notice for the demands and tasks
He is calling us to do.

(Adapted from “Fill’er Up-With Good Food,” by Steve Grunewald, writer/editor of Better Health, a quarterly wellness letter
published by Concordia Plan Services of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and published in Shaping the Future, a publication of
the Lutheran Education Association, Winter, 2005.)