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Today we continue a series we hope has been helpful to you so far in your pursuit of faith and

fruitfulness in the duties God has put before you. In this series, entitled On Being Human,

we're working through four parts of what it means

to be human, four areas of life where a man or a woman can pursue excellence, fruitfulness,

virtue, and honor. Physical, the spiritual, the social, and the vocational. In the physical,

we're talking about the body, physical fitness, nutrition,

appearance, and just generally taking care of ourselves so that we can do our duties in the body

with joy. In the spiritual, we're talking about personal piety and virtue, spiritual disciplines,

and the whole-souled pursuit of the life of faith. In the social, we're talking about social

graces, emotional aptitude,

friendliness, hospitality, and more. Basically, the art and science of being a normal and

likeable person who is not super weird or awkward. And finally, in the vocational, we're talking

about achievement, pursuing excellence in your work, whatever it is that God has put in front of you. In the last

episode in this series, we talked about a subject in that first category, the physical, with a look

at strength training, why it's important and how to get started with it. Christians ought to

exercise discipline, remember, in seeking bodily strength and health and even beauty for God's

glory and the good of their people.

And strength training is a great servant of this pursuit.

But we left out a part of that conversation that you probably noticed, and that is weight management.

And so in this episode of Brightheart, we'll be focusing in on this very specific aspect of the body,

an aspect with a growingly

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