Good For Your Health

This was taken from the August, 2007 issue of "Consumer Reports on Health", pg 3.

Volunteering: In one study, adults aged 55 and older who volunteered for two or more groups were 44 percent less likely to die over the five year study period than those who didn't volunteer. Other studies have linked volunteering with reduced rates of illness and chronic pain, and increased functional ability.

I have also heard from several men and women who were formerly incarcerated. When they get out of prison loneliness sets in. If they are at home, tension builds due to the slow process of getting a job. What these men and women have told me is that when they look for ways to contribute (even volunteer), their loneliness disappears and the tension subsides.

Prov. 12:25 says, "An anxious heart weights a man down, but a kind word cheers him up." Not only receiving a kind word but giving a kind word will lighten your load. DO IT! IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH TOO.