Grace Bliss Tribute
“Our bodies are a gift from God – a very precious gift. … Living as healthfully as you can is a vital part of being a Christian.” Abounding in health and vitality, Grace Bliss spoke those words when she was eighty-five years young, and she remained her own best example of stewardship of the physical body until the day that she finally drew her last breath at the age of ninety-eight. A great woman of God, Grace dedicated herself to learning and teaching the art of healthful living.
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research beginning in the late 1940’s, Grace Bliss discovered just how critical our diets are to our health and well-being. As she wrote in her autobiography, By Grace: At the beginning of the 20th century, the health of people in America was as good as in any nation of the world. However, today both physical and mental sickness are rampant in our country. Yet America has more doctors and nurses, more hospitals, and more medicines than any other country. These are not the answer to our current health problems and never will be. So many people have not educated themselves in the area of healthful eating and habits of life. Man still believes that illness is due to outside forces over which he has no control. That’s one major reason the relationship between good nutrition and health has been ignored by so many. eternallyblessed.org 2 Putting her new-found knowledge into practice, Grace’s h