For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope (Romans 15:4).
A little more than twenty years ago, the news media reported on a wellness study that researched the wellness of 16,936 Harvard alumni. At the time I wrote a devotional about it. One of the statistics resulting from the study was so astounding that I wanted to confirm it before I wrote about it again. So, I "gooogled" "16,936 Harvard alumni" and found the study in The New Wellness Encyclopedia, by the editors of the University of California, Berkeley, Wellness Letter. It confirmed what I had reported many years ago.
The wellness study of 16,936 Harvard alumni revealed that moderate exercise significantly lengthens the span of life. But this quote is the real shocker! Their mortality rates from every major cause were generally half that of most white males--except for suicides, where their rate was 50% higher. Wow! Does that shatter conventional wisdom or what! Health, wealth and a superior education should result in a life of satisfaction and contentment, right?!?
Education does play a significant role in helping a person to cope with the stresses of life, but a hopeless education isn't nearly as significant! A life without purpose is a life without hope. When a person is told that he is an accident, simply the result of time plus chance, then what is the purpose? A life without purpose is a life without hope. God is the source of purpose and hope. It is not an accident that one of the characteristics common to survivors is faith in God.
Grace&Peace,
Tom
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