I am reading the book Moby Dick right now. It was written in England in 1851, so the language and words are a bit of a struggle to understand. On just about every page, there is a word that I have to look up its meaning. I have read that one mark of a person’s intelligence is the size of his vocabulary. If I can remember all the words that I am looking up, my vocabulary will increase significantly by the time I finish the book. Maybe I will go from average intelligence to genius! As a person who is 76 years old, I am very aware of the number of older people who have started to have memory and thinking problems. I would like that not to happen to me. I know that there is a lot that we can’t control in our lives; it is pretty much up to God, but I also know that we have some things that we can do to maintain physical and mental health. Ever since I learned that I don’t have Parkinson’s but that I have food allergies that produce Parkinson’s symptoms, I have done a lot of reading about the role foods have in our health. I have read a lot of information that shows that what we eat not only affects our energy and general health but also our minds. But, I am sure that the most important thing I do for my mind and intelligence is not looking up definitions of words or eating right, but memorizing and meditating on God’s Word. I take 45 minutes every day to do my scripture memory discipline, but I am convinced it is the best use of my time in the entire day. Jesus said, “Man shall not live on bread alone but by every Word that comes from the mouth of God.”