Since I can remember I have always learned so many simple and priceless lessons from my Dad and my Grandpa. "If you're gonna do something, make sure you do it it right", or "Take your time with what you're doing, nothing beats quality". There are so many other examples that I can't even count. One of the ones I remember most is to "Take pride in what you have, take care of it and it will take care of you for a long time".
There was no better implemented possession that this applied too more than our vehicles. Most people know, I live and die with the bow-tie. Im a born and raised Chevy guy and that will never change. Thats just how it is. I learned early to take care of my trucks. You work em' hard but you clean them up good after. Whether is was oil changes, spark plugs, radiators, tune-ups. . I always made sure to take care of them. When I did, they took care of me. Sure, small things happen here and there. . . But nothing to crazy thats not a routine fix.
So here's a super sport 454 big-block engine. Sucks gas, hauls . . . fast. The type you hear coming from a mile away, roaring like some kind of monster. The ones that just have that loud "chug, chug, chug, chug" sound and when they pull up next to you you have to turn up your radio cause it somehow got turned off. . . You can bet the guy with this under his hood knows a things or two about fine tuning. Were talking about the top performance of American engineering, putting out 750+ horsepower. This isn't a fancy pants Italian exotic car, or your mom's prius, This is American Muscle. You couldn't pull a dollar off the dash board after his beast takes off the line. With all this in mind, you have to wonder how much this guy takes care of his car. . . Yeah it might be worth one pretty penny, but I would have no doubt he rips that thing around the streets then takes it home and babies it like a newborn child.
There's no difference between this scenario and our own human bodies. We might have grown accustomed to the normal functions of the human body over time, but none the less they are incredible machines. No matter how fancy or advanced technology gets, nothing can measure up to the technicalities and absolute perfection the body has. The functions, the way we heal, they way we think, the brain, the eye, are all things that science has yet to explain. Make no mistake, we are not randomly conspired organisms that have developed over a long period of time and somehow evolved into what we are today. Charles Darwin only made it possible to become an intellectually fulfilled atheist. Something like this couldn't have just happened at random. Our bodies in fact, are of divine design. One of the reasons we are here on earth is to gain a physical body. Before, when we lived with our Father in heaven, we saw he had what we didn't. A body and His infinite wisdom and knowledge. As part of his plan of happiness, we too were to gain a body and the knowledge we could. And here we are, with bodies of our own. Like a sixteen year old with the keys to a brand new Corvette, ready to hit the highway. What a lot of us sometimes forget is that God threw in an owners manual too.
You wouldn't put sugar in the gas tank of your brand new Corvette, and you probably wouldn't put bad gas in either. You'd want too take the best care of it you could, I'd hope. With our bodies it's a just a little different. We don't really notice the immediate effects of what we put into them until a little later down the road. One cigarette won't kill you, neither will a beer here and there, but when the filters in our bodies start to give way then we find ourselves in a world of hurt. Thats why the Lord has revealed his word of wisdom to us in these latter days. He has commanded us not to partake of street drugs, alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, or anything else that would harm us. We are also encouraged to exercise and take care of ourselves, not to eat too much and to avoid extreme diets. This was all revealed to us through modern day revelation and living by this will bring us not only physical blessing but also spiritual. 
It all comes down to how you want your engine to run. You can listen to the guy who designed it and take care of it. Or you can wear it out and run it to the ground. The word of wisdom is here to protect us from harming ourselves. If we follow it and take care of our bodies, we will only feel the blessings of a healthy motor.
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