Day 40

Good morning

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Psalms 6:1

Refreshing water in the morning!

And during the day...

Ideal: 2 cups of warm water as soon as I wake up.

Sometimes I have tea.

“Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul,” is the language of the apostle Peter. Many regard this warning as applicable only to the licentious; but it has a broader meaning. It guards against every injurious gratification of appetite or passion. It is a most forcible warning against the use of such stimulants and narcotics as tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, and morphine. These indulgences may well be classed among the lusts that exert a pernicious influence upon moral character. The earlier these hurtful habits are formed, the more firmly will they hold their victim in slavery to lust, and the more certainly will they lower the standard of spirituality.—The Review and Herald, January 25, 1881 {CD 62.5}

My exercise:

Swimming 45 minutes 

Add at least extra 15 - 20 minutes for stretching.

We are vegetarian/vegan - I don't cook with eggs and dairy products. But sometimes for different reasons occasionally we have it.  

Good night.

Extra information:

I do not use tea, either green or black. Not a spoonful has passed my lips for many years except when crossing the ocean, and once since on this side I took it as a medicine when I was sick and vomiting. In such circumstances it may prove a present relief.{2SM 302.2}

I did not use tea when you were with us. I have always used red-clover top, as I stated to you. I offered you this, and told you it was a good, simple, and wholesome drink{2SM 302.3}

I have not bought a penny’s worth of tea for years. Knowing its influence I would not dare to use it, except in cases of severe vomiting when I take it as a medicine, but not as a beverage....{2SM 302.4}

I do not preach one thing and practice another. I do not present to my hearers rules of life for them to follow while I make an exception in my own case....{2SM 302.5}

I am not guilty of drinking any tea except red-clover-top tea, and if I loved wine, tea, and coffee, I would not use these health-destroying narcotics, for I prize health and I prize a healthful example in all these things. I want to be a pattern of temperance and of good works to others.—Letter 12, 1888 (To a minister on the West Coast).{2SM 302.6}