DO YOU KNOW THE "SECRET" TO LONGEVITY?

What comes to your mind when you view this picture? I'm sure you will say that the flowers are beautiful, but do you ever think what it takes to make a beautiful landscape and for the flowers to have a long life?

What is the *SECRET*? It's TLC, careful planning, buying the best seeds, the best nutrients for the flower to grow and have a long life. Lots of work goes into this and you have to start all over every year, yet you put the time, effort and money so that you have a beautiful garden.

What is the *SECRET* to our longevity? It's TLC, eating the right foods, careful planning, buying the best nutrients for your body to stay healthy and have a long life. You must put more effort in it as the flowers only live a season and will regrow but us humans don't. Once our season is over, we don't return the next spring.

There are many *SECRETS* to a long life but the most important one is..you will never guess....IS TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF SPIRITUALITY IN YOUR LIFE.! That is one of the best *SECRETS* to a long, healthy life.

So one of the many *SECRETS* to a long healthy life, is to obey God's Commands and Laws just as we obey the laws of the road and not have road rage or drink and drive so that we don't not only shorten our lives but of others.

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Many researches have been made on longevity and nurturing your spirit, no matter what you call your source of inspiration is one of the most important things to live long.

The Mayo Clinic followed 4,000 people for 4 years and found that those who attended church services weekly had a 28 % lower mortality rate overall when compared to those who did not attend church regularly. WHY IS THAT?

Also other things were considered, as, illness, income, disease, education, health habits, diets, exercise, drinking, smoking, social participation, body fat, and psychological status. GUESS WHAT? NONE of these factors explained the results of these researches.

No one could explain why the people who attended church regularly was the strongest and independent predictor to longevity. Those who attended church lived longer than those who did not. Why was going to church a important factor to living longer than those who did not. Is there a *SECRET* to attending church for a longer life?

One theory is that people who attend church form social networks, thus if they are ill, there are people in the network who will care for them.

But, there isn't really a *SECRET* to attending church makes you live longer. What it is..is simple, when you obey God's Commandments and Statues on how to live, people tend less to risky behavior. Those who attend church have stronger immune systems and blood tests showed that they had less high level of an immune system protein involved in age-related diseases. Why?

The Bible tells us how to have longevity. in Ephesians 6:1-3..Jesus apostle Paul wrote: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. *HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER* which is the first commandment with promise, that it may be well with you and you MAY LIVE LONG on the earth.

Obeying God's Laws and Statues gives you a longer life than those who don't. Why is that? What does obeying have to do to prolong our life?

When we obey our heavenly Father, our lives our blessed and we realize that while God blesses us with quality of life, we must nevertheless be willing to endure suffering for righteousness sake, which may mean having our lives cut because of persecution.

Proverbs 3: 1-2 says: "My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. This commandment if we understand it well, doesn't only address the children but to the adults as well as we are all children of God. God is our heavenly Father and He directs us how to pray to Him for a long life. Matthew 6:9

Jesus lived only 33½ years, not because he didn't obey His Fathers Laws. He came so that mankind could have a life more abundantly (John 10:10)

A more abundant life? Is the *SECRET* to longevity attributed to a lawless existence? Some believe that Jesus abolished the Ten Commandments which on the contrary He magnified them by demonstrating their spiritual aspects, as we can see how He death with the Pharisees. in Matthew 23:23. Christ made the Ten Commandments more vital for Christians..not less and never abolished them as He said He came to FULLFILL His Fathers laws and He had no power to abolish them. and would be valid "til the heaven and eath pass away" Matthew 5:18

When you follow the Commandment of not committing adultery, you will have a longer life because you are living without stress of being discovered and also no risk of getting diseases, such as AIDS or other sexual diseases which can shorten your life.

When you follow the Commandment of not coveting what doesn't belong to you, you don't live with jealousy, envy of others possessions and don't risk to get gunned down or committing murder in the process, thus preventing to be handed down a death penalty or jailed for life..which will shorten your life.

When you follow the rules of personal hygiene and the biblical health laws about Clean and Unclean Meats..which I will open a hub on..you don't risk to get fatal diseases that the unclean meats who are the filters of the waters and cleaners of the earth. You will live longer, have beautiful skin, look younger than your age, more alert, and your immune system will be stronger and your system won't tend to get the diseases cause by the unclean meats..example..the SWINE FLU..which comes from humans handling pigs and then the pigs give the virus to humans.

When you watch what you eat, what you drink, your lifestyle, your all around health habits, your interaction with others and attending church, you will no doubt live longer than those who don't obey and who may die at 60 while you may live to be 110 or longer and die only because your body has arrived at it's age limit.

Watch out for my next hub on Clean and Unclean Meats...you will be flabbergasted and even maybe it will cause you to abandon to eat certain meats and sea foods when you read how they can shorten your life and kill you.