I just read about this guy who's spending 2 million a year. To look and feel younger. He calls his program "Project Blueprint".
This is his prerogative but I wonder how often he thinks about his soul?
We are all living to die. No matter how hard we work to outsmart aging, we will not outsmart God. We are born, we live, then we die. Period.
As a woman in her sixties, I use face creams and body lotion. I try to eat right. I want to be healthier. I do miss my 20-year-old body - being thin and cute. But being 20, thin, and "cute" will never be my life goal. To each his own but, for me, emotional and spiritual growth are true goals. Growing into what God created me to be is a goal. Living eternally is a goal and that will not happen in this mortal body.
I'm not hating on this guy. I'm trying to understand him. My heart hurt a little when I read that he once felt so unhappy because of life stress and overwork. He said he was overweight, depressed, and nearly suicidal. His solution seems to be revamping his physical self. He obviously sees himself as the god of himself.
To be honest, even if I didn't believe in God and if I had all the money needed, I wouldn't want to pursue this guy's regimen. I needed a nap after just reading about his routine. He's not even really living to live a life I'd want. He is living, eating, sleeping, and breathing an around-the-clock routine that excludes everything but this weird pursuit to live younger. When does he get to enjoy the benefits?
One quote from him:
"What I do may sound extreme, but I'm trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable."
Thanks to sin, all the self-harm was already a done deal. Decay - does he mean death? - is inevitable.
Money can buy good medical care but it can't buy life. Money can't buy a good time but it can't buy eternity. Money can buy things that make us temporarily happy but I wonder if this man is now happy. I wonder if he isn't just wearing himself out so that he doesn't think about the inevitable.
Here's a quote from one article about some results of this "regimen":
Test results from doctors suggest that Johnson has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the lung capacity of an 18-year-old, Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance reported.
What good does the skin of a 28-year-old do for a person with a deadened soul? I have a quote from the Bible that I wish this man would study:
For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. (2 Cor. 5:1-3 NASB)
If I was so unhappy with my "earthly" tent that I'd spend 2 million dollars a year to pursue youth, I wouldn't want to live another year, let alone forever.
I did say a little prayer for this man. I prayed that he will look to God for answers. I prayed that he will come to think of his soul as deeply as he is thinking about his physical body.
Peace
--Free
