{"id":5,"date":"2008-05-05T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2011-06-27T21:20:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T03:20:57","slug":"blessings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<dl>\n<dt>Where is exercise mentioned in the Word of Wisdom?<\/dt>\n<dd>It&#8217;s not. Many people have mentioned that the Word of Wisdom \t\t\tis a revelation concerning diet and exercise. However, guidelines are \t\t\tnever given concerning exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The mention of such words as &#8220;run and not be weary&#8221; and \t\t\t&#8220;walk and not faint&#8221; are not instances of exercise \t\t\tsuggestions. They are examples of blessings we will receive from full \t\t\tobedience to the Word of Wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>However, other passages (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/scriptures.lds.org\/dc\/88\/124#124\"> D&amp;C \t\t\t88:124<\/a>) suggest that exercise and sufficient rest are vital to health.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Are these blessings of health and intellect solely dependent on \t\tobedience to the Word of Wisdom?<\/dt>\n<dd>No. Verse 18 states that &#8220;walking in obedience to the \t\t\tcommandments&#8221; will provide us with these blessings. President \t\t\tBenson in April of 1983 interpreted this to mean all commandments.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is exercise mentioned in the Word of Wisdom? It&#8217;s not. Many people have mentioned that the Word of Wisdom is a revelation concerning diet and exercise. However, guidelines are never given concerning exercise. The mention of such words as &#8220;run and not be weary&#8221; and &#8220;walk and not faint&#8221; are not instances of exercise &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/blessings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blessings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Bc4t-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/lds\/wordofwisdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}