"DO NOT DISTURB"
Are we living in a routine of selfishness? the last 30/40 years has lent itself to the "ME" society. I want, I want, I want and who cares who gets between me and my I want. I'll get, I'll get if I want--by hook or by crook I'll get it cause I want it. Don't bother me, because I want.
Who cares about others, I want! it is out of my way, it is not in my comfort zone, it takes too much of my time, I want what I want, don't disturb me.
As time goes on we realize that happiness is something we strive for and it isn't in the--"I wants". It does not come by getting our "I wants". But by giving what we have in excess of our needs. We do not need alot, but society says we need our wants. We get them and what do we do with them, we store them, hate them, exchange them.
This does not mean that we expect others to give to us, it means we need to give to others, not with the purpose of getting back. It means we give of ourself; knowledge, love, experiences, joy and personal help. Too often we hear, I want, I want. If I don't get, I beg or take.
When we get what we think we want we are not happy, we want more(stuff). True happiness comes from doing for others, and there are sacrifices to be made, but they are worth it if we are not expecting.
It is not just giving of money, money is forgotten as soon as it slips through our fingers. It is giving of self; the thoughtful things that others do for us, the little personals things, the not forgetting our birthdays, the anniverseries, the flower the little ones bring mean so much.
Old people used to be prised for their experiences, their memories, not for thier money and possessions they can pass along when they are gone. Now they are not rememembered unless they have something that the "I want" will bring along. The "I wants", are never fullfilled.
Give with Love and God will Bless with Love
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
"DOES YOUR LONGINGS FIT HIS PLAN?"
DOES YOUR LONGINGS FIT GOD'S PLAN,
PSALMS 37:4
Desires of your heart mean---get what I want or does it mean my desires fit with God's plan? We are so selfish, we want what we want and forget there is a plan for our life. We can help shape that plan to some degree if we include God in the plan. When we do it by ourselves we will surely fail, no matter how smart we are. I know!!
God will Bless us if we fit? It is like a puzzle--the pieces have to fit together. We can not have a cluster of pieces and two pieces out their in left field doing what they want or going where they want(namely to another puzzle).
GOD should have priority over our possessions, vocation, and even our relationships, but we often misunderstand the verse 4 of Psalms 37. "God promised to give me the desires of my heart." But what we miss is the scriptures reveal the Lord's principle for purifying our desires and issues a call for devotion to Him.
If we fit with the plan and work together. This leads to the Holy Spirit aligning our heart's desires with His, which always puts us in position to experience His Blessings.
God put us here, he has a plan, we need to align or fit with his plan and he will truly bless our comings and goings. Be sure to fit with his plan and your plan will work.
Taken from Dr. Stanley's lessons on March 24, 2012
God's Blessings
PSALMS 37:4
Desires of your heart mean---get what I want or does it mean my desires fit with God's plan? We are so selfish, we want what we want and forget there is a plan for our life. We can help shape that plan to some degree if we include God in the plan. When we do it by ourselves we will surely fail, no matter how smart we are. I know!!
God will Bless us if we fit? It is like a puzzle--the pieces have to fit together. We can not have a cluster of pieces and two pieces out their in left field doing what they want or going where they want(namely to another puzzle).
GOD should have priority over our possessions, vocation, and even our relationships, but we often misunderstand the verse 4 of Psalms 37. "God promised to give me the desires of my heart." But what we miss is the scriptures reveal the Lord's principle for purifying our desires and issues a call for devotion to Him.
If we fit with the plan and work together. This leads to the Holy Spirit aligning our heart's desires with His, which always puts us in position to experience His Blessings.
God put us here, he has a plan, we need to align or fit with his plan and he will truly bless our comings and goings. Be sure to fit with his plan and your plan will work.
Taken from Dr. Stanley's lessons on March 24, 2012
God's Blessings
"DRESS YOUR SPIRIT EACH DAY"
"DRESS YOUR SPIRIT EACH DAY"
from Dr. Charles Stanley
We have to fight the enemy each day. The enemy seeks to deceive and distract us from becoming what God wants us to be. We should Read and Pray first each morning to set the stage and prepare our heart and thinking on God's Goals.
We should Thank the Lord for supplying us with all our needs and preparing us for battle in Jesus name. With the power of the Lords Spirit put on you armor each day of protection.
1. First, put on your Helmet of Salvation, and ask God to protect your mind and imagination. We can focus our thoughts, love, power on you and not on ourselves.
2. Next, we should put on our Breastplate to claim Christ's rightoeousness, to protect our heart and our emotions. Our emotions are fleeting and do not last, they keep changing so we can not count on our thoughts and emotions to guide us.
3. Oh don't forget your Belt of Truth, so you will not be governed by your feelings, and will not deceive or lie.
4. Put on your Sandles of Peace so your steps will be guided by Christ and not by self. This will protect you from the power of attacks.
5. Don't forget about your Shild, your Shield of Faith this will protect you from Satan's arrows. They will not sting so much if they do not hit you, they will just roll off and not be felt.
6. Now you have with you a Sword, yes a Sword of the Spirit, The Holy Spirit is with you, just do not forget the word is in your heart, ready when you need to talk to him. He is ready and willing and just there waiting on you.
Now are you dressed for this day?
God I pray for awareness!!
from Dr. Charles Stanley
We have to fight the enemy each day. The enemy seeks to deceive and distract us from becoming what God wants us to be. We should Read and Pray first each morning to set the stage and prepare our heart and thinking on God's Goals.
We should Thank the Lord for supplying us with all our needs and preparing us for battle in Jesus name. With the power of the Lords Spirit put on you armor each day of protection.
1. First, put on your Helmet of Salvation, and ask God to protect your mind and imagination. We can focus our thoughts, love, power on you and not on ourselves.
2. Next, we should put on our Breastplate to claim Christ's rightoeousness, to protect our heart and our emotions. Our emotions are fleeting and do not last, they keep changing so we can not count on our thoughts and emotions to guide us.
3. Oh don't forget your Belt of Truth, so you will not be governed by your feelings, and will not deceive or lie.
4. Put on your Sandles of Peace so your steps will be guided by Christ and not by self. This will protect you from the power of attacks.
5. Don't forget about your Shild, your Shield of Faith this will protect you from Satan's arrows. They will not sting so much if they do not hit you, they will just roll off and not be felt.
6. Now you have with you a Sword, yes a Sword of the Spirit, The Holy Spirit is with you, just do not forget the word is in your heart, ready when you need to talk to him. He is ready and willing and just there waiting on you.
Now are you dressed for this day?
God I pray for awareness!!
Friday, March 23, 2012
"WHY"
Why? Why can I not get my prayers answered? Why am I not hearing from God? Why is my life full of problems? Why can't I get the things I want?
There could be many reasons. Let us ask ourselves if we plan,prepare,pray(for God to work according to what he knows we need and want),persist and be patient. These are questions we need to consider as to why we do not get our prayers answered.
I remember a young man asking me one time about this one. He said he prays and prays and what he wants does not happen. I told him it is like that song that says,unanswered prayers are sometimes the answer. He was praying for a girlfriend to come back to him. She did not even with all his prayers. He then told me later that he found someone that did answer his prayer and she was far better than the one he thought he wanted.
I remember and old man that was to be a real Christian ask me if I get my prayers answered. I told him I did, he said he does not and he is not sure why. Before I had the answer for him, he died and it has always been my regret that I could not answer him. Now I think I have a good answer that would help him.
We seem to think that just because we have been "Saved", that that is all we need to do. Wrong, we need to please God with reading the Bible, studing his word and giving time to be alone with him. We have to realize that he needs to work with us and change our thoughts, ideas and habits. When we are saved we become a new person in Christ. It however, does not happen over night. Sometimes it takes 30 to 40 years or more for us to decide that we do not have all the answers and that we need to depend upon him. No matter how smart we are or how good we have been or what we have done. WE need to rely upon him.
1. We need to examine our heart and deal with our negatives, sins, short comings and do it his way and not our way.
2. We need to seek his direction and avoid our emotions to a situation or a problem from what we think. Our logic and our worldly training is a different intellegence from God's intellegence. That is what is so maraculous about what he does.
3. Answers usually require our involvement. We can not just ask and think it is going to drop in our lap. We can ask for a car, but is it something we can take care of? Can we afford the gas, the insurance, the changes of oil and hoses every three months or so? Can we afford the tires that need to be changed every year or so,and other problems. Such as, we had a real hard snow 18" of snow and ice on the windshild. I turned on the heater to high as was told, to get it to melt fast, well now I have a cracked windshield and have to replace the window. It will probably cost me $250 to $300 to get it replaced. Boo Hoo!!! well that is the cost and I have to do it. We have to prepare for the unknown and to care for the car.
We have to be the right age according to the law, we have to take driving classes, we have to get a license to drive. Then we have to get a car, but because of all the above we have to have and income to cover the things that need to be done for a car, we have to be responsible for that vehicle. That is the way God works too!
We also have to have the temperament to be a responsible driver, cool under pressure and eat properly to feel good to keep an open mind and care for other drivers out on the road. It is a big job. Are we ready for the responsibility?
God is with us after we have accepted him into our lives, but we have to take the time, responsibility to plan, pray, prepare, be persitant and be real patient for him to prepare us and give us what he knows we want and need. We have to hang around the right people to learn from them and to learn discernment as to who is right to be with, what is bad for us and to take time to listen and watch for God to work.
We have to understand that God works in different ways, he is with us and if we are not aware, we will miss his calling, his little things he does and not know he was there. He could be presenting himself as a bird, a dog, a bum on the street, the neighbor, or just a text, a phone call. God and Jesus are here as the Holy Spirit that is within us. Are we listening, hearing and waiting for him, he is already with you?
God Bless
There could be many reasons. Let us ask ourselves if we plan,prepare,pray(for God to work according to what he knows we need and want),persist and be patient. These are questions we need to consider as to why we do not get our prayers answered.
I remember a young man asking me one time about this one. He said he prays and prays and what he wants does not happen. I told him it is like that song that says,unanswered prayers are sometimes the answer. He was praying for a girlfriend to come back to him. She did not even with all his prayers. He then told me later that he found someone that did answer his prayer and she was far better than the one he thought he wanted.
I remember and old man that was to be a real Christian ask me if I get my prayers answered. I told him I did, he said he does not and he is not sure why. Before I had the answer for him, he died and it has always been my regret that I could not answer him. Now I think I have a good answer that would help him.
We seem to think that just because we have been "Saved", that that is all we need to do. Wrong, we need to please God with reading the Bible, studing his word and giving time to be alone with him. We have to realize that he needs to work with us and change our thoughts, ideas and habits. When we are saved we become a new person in Christ. It however, does not happen over night. Sometimes it takes 30 to 40 years or more for us to decide that we do not have all the answers and that we need to depend upon him. No matter how smart we are or how good we have been or what we have done. WE need to rely upon him.
1. We need to examine our heart and deal with our negatives, sins, short comings and do it his way and not our way.
2. We need to seek his direction and avoid our emotions to a situation or a problem from what we think. Our logic and our worldly training is a different intellegence from God's intellegence. That is what is so maraculous about what he does.
3. Answers usually require our involvement. We can not just ask and think it is going to drop in our lap. We can ask for a car, but is it something we can take care of? Can we afford the gas, the insurance, the changes of oil and hoses every three months or so? Can we afford the tires that need to be changed every year or so,and other problems. Such as, we had a real hard snow 18" of snow and ice on the windshild. I turned on the heater to high as was told, to get it to melt fast, well now I have a cracked windshield and have to replace the window. It will probably cost me $250 to $300 to get it replaced. Boo Hoo!!! well that is the cost and I have to do it. We have to prepare for the unknown and to care for the car.
We have to be the right age according to the law, we have to take driving classes, we have to get a license to drive. Then we have to get a car, but because of all the above we have to have and income to cover the things that need to be done for a car, we have to be responsible for that vehicle. That is the way God works too!
We also have to have the temperament to be a responsible driver, cool under pressure and eat properly to feel good to keep an open mind and care for other drivers out on the road. It is a big job. Are we ready for the responsibility?
God is with us after we have accepted him into our lives, but we have to take the time, responsibility to plan, pray, prepare, be persitant and be real patient for him to prepare us and give us what he knows we want and need. We have to hang around the right people to learn from them and to learn discernment as to who is right to be with, what is bad for us and to take time to listen and watch for God to work.
We have to understand that God works in different ways, he is with us and if we are not aware, we will miss his calling, his little things he does and not know he was there. He could be presenting himself as a bird, a dog, a bum on the street, the neighbor, or just a text, a phone call. God and Jesus are here as the Holy Spirit that is within us. Are we listening, hearing and waiting for him, he is already with you?
God Bless
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
"A BOWL OF SOUP?"
March 13, 2012
Today my lesson was about what I can learn from Jacob and Esau. The lessons do not change from their time to our time. Esau gave up/sold his birthright for a bowel of soup. He was hungry, he could not wait. He chose the short term benefit and gave up his right to the long term benefits. We often choose the instant rewards and give up our long term benefits. We often do not take the time to consider what we are giving up to get that immediate instant rewards. There for we go around and complain that we are not getting treated properly, life is not fair or many other complaints, which are excuses for our choice to take the instant gratification. If we will just wait on God and be patient; he will reward our waiting, time with him. We will learn his lessons and we will reap the long term benefits. Are we giving up our bowl of soup today, for our right to long term happiness? God Bless
Today my lesson was about what I can learn from Jacob and Esau. The lessons do not change from their time to our time. Esau gave up/sold his birthright for a bowel of soup. He was hungry, he could not wait. He chose the short term benefit and gave up his right to the long term benefits. We often choose the instant rewards and give up our long term benefits. We often do not take the time to consider what we are giving up to get that immediate instant rewards. There for we go around and complain that we are not getting treated properly, life is not fair or many other complaints, which are excuses for our choice to take the instant gratification. If we will just wait on God and be patient; he will reward our waiting, time with him. We will learn his lessons and we will reap the long term benefits. Are we giving up our bowl of soup today, for our right to long term happiness? God Bless
Saturday, October 23, 2010
"TIME IS LIKE A COIN"
What is your time worth? I read in Debbie Macomber's book "One Simple Act". that as per Carl Sandburg, "Our time is like a coin". The only coin we have. We need to spend it well/wisely. We should accept time as a gift from God and remember it is limited. We determine how we invest our time (we have been given free will), do we spend it all on ourselves or give ample time to others. Others should not spend our time for us and we should not allow that to happen. We should balance giving our time and taking others time. God determines what time we have. If we spend all our time on ourselves and do not give to others, we will not be given more we use it up. Just like the Magic Penny, Give it away and you will will be given more.
God is the Master of Time. When we seek His Wisdom through study and reading, we learn he wants us to invest our time and upon whom and how much. Invest well, give some time to others daily instead of demanding others time and robbing them of their time. God will bless you.
FROM 'THE MAJIC PENNY", A CHILDREN'S SONG----Love is like a majic penny, if you give it away, give it away, give it away, you end up having more. We all want more!
God is the Master of Time. When we seek His Wisdom through study and reading, we learn he wants us to invest our time and upon whom and how much. Invest well, give some time to others daily instead of demanding others time and robbing them of their time. God will bless you.
FROM 'THE MAJIC PENNY", A CHILDREN'S SONG----Love is like a majic penny, if you give it away, give it away, give it away, you end up having more. We all want more!
Friday, May 21, 2010
"UNITY"
Unity means to unite or come together and stay together. Philippians 2:3 says "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit."
Today as I was reading the content of the lesson in Our Daily Bread,I could not help but think about this message. It was about the above verse, selfishness. Oh boy did that take me back through my life. I see much of my life that was not selfish, but much that had become selfish. My need to become someone and to succeed took over. It was important and good to do what I did, but the problem was when it went overboard. Where is the line to the right amount of ambition and conceit? The other thing I noticed was that in my day there was a book "Looking Out For # One". The book was a big hit and most everyone read it, I did not read it but the premise rubbed off on me too! It even went to the next generation and the next one. When will the selfishness stop.
The verse above is a good one to teach our children. It is about giving to others and that is what we should do. I should have learned these words and planted them in my being and perhaps then things may not have happened. Selfish ambitions cause selfish thinking or stinkin thinkin.
We need to progress but the I'll take care of myself and get all I want is not good. It is selfish ambition and it is off course. I know that that book, "Looking out for # One" caused the selfish thoughts to generate into selfish ambitions. Those thoughts grew and clouded the marriages of the day. Thoughts became the movement of the days and it was a bad movement. Many marriages were lost because of the selflessness of that thought process.
We are meant to look out for others and with their good will in mind, and not from selfish what is in it for me attitude. Believe it or not, the selfishness shows through and no one wants to be around that self centeredness.
When we look out for others with selfish intentions in mind we lose unity and the end is near to any relationship. A heart that is truly focused on others (rather than # One)will not be consumed with self" Think about it, where do you stand?
God's love is universal and is here for all of us if we ask for it and practice it.
God be with you!
Today as I was reading the content of the lesson in Our Daily Bread,I could not help but think about this message. It was about the above verse, selfishness. Oh boy did that take me back through my life. I see much of my life that was not selfish, but much that had become selfish. My need to become someone and to succeed took over. It was important and good to do what I did, but the problem was when it went overboard. Where is the line to the right amount of ambition and conceit? The other thing I noticed was that in my day there was a book "Looking Out For # One". The book was a big hit and most everyone read it, I did not read it but the premise rubbed off on me too! It even went to the next generation and the next one. When will the selfishness stop.
The verse above is a good one to teach our children. It is about giving to others and that is what we should do. I should have learned these words and planted them in my being and perhaps then things may not have happened. Selfish ambitions cause selfish thinking or stinkin thinkin.
We need to progress but the I'll take care of myself and get all I want is not good. It is selfish ambition and it is off course. I know that that book, "Looking out for # One" caused the selfish thoughts to generate into selfish ambitions. Those thoughts grew and clouded the marriages of the day. Thoughts became the movement of the days and it was a bad movement. Many marriages were lost because of the selflessness of that thought process.
We are meant to look out for others and with their good will in mind, and not from selfish what is in it for me attitude. Believe it or not, the selfishness shows through and no one wants to be around that self centeredness.
When we look out for others with selfish intentions in mind we lose unity and the end is near to any relationship. A heart that is truly focused on others (rather than # One)will not be consumed with self" Think about it, where do you stand?
God's love is universal and is here for all of us if we ask for it and practice it.
God be with you!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
"LOVE AND THE 3 P'S"
Today I feel compelled to talk about love and the 3 P's. I rarely know if anyone reads these little Didi's, but if I get the urge to write about something I feel free to write it in here. I hope someone learns something from these writings.
A girl went to her parents and told them that she and her fellow was going to get married. The parents was rather surprised for she said she was not ever going to get married. She had a career and she was going to pursue it. Then maybe after awhile she would consider it.
The father asked her, "Do you love this fellow?", the girl said yes. "Are you sure?", "Yes!" "How do you know you love this fellow? How do you know you love him?" She replied, "I feel so good about him, he is so good to me, he makes me feel all funny and flushed when he is around and I get these excited feelings. I know it is love, I have never felt this way before." "So, who is he and what does he do and how long have you known him. and what things does he like to do, and where does he like to go and does he go to church?" The answer is, "I don't know and it really does not matter, we will work things out as we go along."
Those reasons my friends ARE not good reasons to get married. We can not rely on our feelings. Feelings are so fickle and change from day to day. Feelings are like a river, they keep flowing, and day to day or hour to hour they can go off in another direction and are long gone. We can not rely on feelings except they were given to us to sense something that is very wrong or very right at the moment, like someone close to us, or danger lurking in the mists. They are only temporary and very fleeting.
Love is something that is built and grows. So the best results are to look for characteristics and qualities in the other person. No one is perfect and one hundred percent what one would expect, but we must look for the qualities that are best and close to what we can live with and also look for the imperfections to see if we can live with them. We must give time to test these qualities and characteristics. Some will change over time, some are fake, but most still are retained as habits that may not change.
We should learn about love and PONDER on how GOD loves us. We should read up (Bible)on how he loves us. Learn that love does not seek for itself, but to give to others and especially to a marriage partner, without selfish reasons. The more we give for the right reasons the more we get back for the right reasons. So Ponder on God's giving.
The next P is to PRAY for God's love so we can sense his love and so we can give his love to our marriage partner. When we think we are lacking in our love for our spouse, we need to ask God for guidance to be able to give more of our selfs in the right way. Our partner has certain love signals and we should consider what they consider love. We all have different ways and reactions we consider love. Someone might get a real hype from getting flowers and someone else candy. Someone else might be more practical and a jar of jelly will give a sense of real love. We must learn the love signals that turn on our partner and into a love machines and give that to them.To set the record straight, this is not about sex, sex is a small part of love, it is one of the acts of love, but not the only one. When people get older this act goes away for obvious reasons, we were not meant to give this type of love forever, we were to grow and give love in different ways. So learn to love in all areas and we will never feel without love. Show some love everyday. So Pray for God to show you the love signals of others.
The last P is to PRACTICE love. Love is not just a feeling, it is giving of ones self all the time and not just your body, By doing things and saying things, warm thoughts that emulated from you. Just being what you can be for your spouse. We have to get love from God and then give it out to those around us. Love is a feeling that is flitting, we must give it out every day, love is a giving away. The more we give away the more we get. We have to practice giving love to get love.
So remember the 3 P's and life will be loving.
God loves you!!! Just allow him to love you!
A girl went to her parents and told them that she and her fellow was going to get married. The parents was rather surprised for she said she was not ever going to get married. She had a career and she was going to pursue it. Then maybe after awhile she would consider it.
The father asked her, "Do you love this fellow?", the girl said yes. "Are you sure?", "Yes!" "How do you know you love this fellow? How do you know you love him?" She replied, "I feel so good about him, he is so good to me, he makes me feel all funny and flushed when he is around and I get these excited feelings. I know it is love, I have never felt this way before." "So, who is he and what does he do and how long have you known him. and what things does he like to do, and where does he like to go and does he go to church?" The answer is, "I don't know and it really does not matter, we will work things out as we go along."
Those reasons my friends ARE not good reasons to get married. We can not rely on our feelings. Feelings are so fickle and change from day to day. Feelings are like a river, they keep flowing, and day to day or hour to hour they can go off in another direction and are long gone. We can not rely on feelings except they were given to us to sense something that is very wrong or very right at the moment, like someone close to us, or danger lurking in the mists. They are only temporary and very fleeting.
Love is something that is built and grows. So the best results are to look for characteristics and qualities in the other person. No one is perfect and one hundred percent what one would expect, but we must look for the qualities that are best and close to what we can live with and also look for the imperfections to see if we can live with them. We must give time to test these qualities and characteristics. Some will change over time, some are fake, but most still are retained as habits that may not change.
We should learn about love and PONDER on how GOD loves us. We should read up (Bible)on how he loves us. Learn that love does not seek for itself, but to give to others and especially to a marriage partner, without selfish reasons. The more we give for the right reasons the more we get back for the right reasons. So Ponder on God's giving.
The next P is to PRAY for God's love so we can sense his love and so we can give his love to our marriage partner. When we think we are lacking in our love for our spouse, we need to ask God for guidance to be able to give more of our selfs in the right way. Our partner has certain love signals and we should consider what they consider love. We all have different ways and reactions we consider love. Someone might get a real hype from getting flowers and someone else candy. Someone else might be more practical and a jar of jelly will give a sense of real love. We must learn the love signals that turn on our partner and into a love machines and give that to them.To set the record straight, this is not about sex, sex is a small part of love, it is one of the acts of love, but not the only one. When people get older this act goes away for obvious reasons, we were not meant to give this type of love forever, we were to grow and give love in different ways. So learn to love in all areas and we will never feel without love. Show some love everyday. So Pray for God to show you the love signals of others.
The last P is to PRACTICE love. Love is not just a feeling, it is giving of ones self all the time and not just your body, By doing things and saying things, warm thoughts that emulated from you. Just being what you can be for your spouse. We have to get love from God and then give it out to those around us. Love is a feeling that is flitting, we must give it out every day, love is a giving away. The more we give away the more we get. We have to practice giving love to get love.
So remember the 3 P's and life will be loving.
God loves you!!! Just allow him to love you!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
"THE THREE F'S"
This is about our health. Ha! not what you thought!Right? Yes, every one in my family has several problems and I am no exception. We all have bowel problems. I can remember my aunts and uncles mentioning problems of this nature. I think that this problem is inheretited. It is caused by many things; not eating the right foods,not enough water,not enough exercise and most of all we hold things in as a rule and it causes problems. My daughter and I have found the solution. It is simple and one of God's herbs he gave us. It is flax seed. I can not take flax in a seed, I can take the oil, but that is not even as effective as the ground flax. My daughter bakes with flax, she substitues 1/4 flour with 1/4 flax in the things she bakes like muffins,or cup cakes. You can improvise, it is important to have it at least several times a day, I advize not within three or four hours of each other. I like to have it for breakfast on my eggs or cereal and so does my husband. You can use it on anything; in soups, on cottage cheese, or what ever you think of. If I forget to take it for dinner in something, I go and get water or milk and put in there and drink it. It is good tasting and easy to take or eat. Boy do you get moving and regular if you are paying attention and taking it at least twice a day. It can be purchased at health food stores.
The next problem is that of MUCUS; coughing up stuff and spitting. It is so discussting. My dad did it and my brothers and yes me and my sisters. We all have the problem. I have finally found out what causes me the problem. I went to many doctors and they kept saying there was not a thing wrong with me. Well it is not easily found, if you do not test for it and who does. After all these years and many eliminations, I now know what it is. I am lactose intolerant. I react to the things that are supposed to be good for me (in moderation that is, like; milk, cheese of all kinds, ice cream, butter, milk chocolate, yogurt etc. There is milk in so many things. I got married and my husband kept saying get some cough drops, I took cough drops until they got sickening. They did not really take care of the problem. I was watching Dr.Oz a number of weeks ago and a lady got up and asked him about the mucus problem. He answered and said to get FENNEL, and then he said it was good for lactose problems. Aha Haw!!! now I have to try this! This is another one of God's natural herbs. I cannot take the seeds so I began my search. I looked at about twelve stores and online medical and herb sites. Finally I found that Puritan's Pride had it in ground form. Five bottles was less than $8.00 for all five. I did not have to pay shipping. I have been using it for about a week, if I use it at least twice a day I have no hacking problems. I have learned it tastes like licorise and is in powered form and I can use it for candies, cakes, cookies, soups,meats etc. It is almost like the flax. Last night I forgot to take it at dinner time. I then had a piece of milk chocolate and started to hack. I went and got a spoon of peanut butter and sprinkled on about a 1/2 teaspoon full of fennel and ate it. In about 15 to 20 minutes Walla, no problem and I have slept through the night every night I take it. I think it lasts for about 8 hours and then it is time to take more. What a relief!!! Finally, I coughed so much I was raw and used so many tissues.
The thrid "F" is for forgiveness. We have started at the bottom and assended to the top. The Bowels,the Respitory, and now the mind/soul. God thought of everything, if we pay attention. In the mind, we have torment, we torture ourselves in the mind and soul, but we do not have to do this. God sent Jesus to show us how to live and to forgive. Then he had him die in our place, go to hell to experience what hell was like and then assend to Heaven. The reasons for all that had a purpose, like all things. The purpose was to allow Jesus to experience what it was like to be human, to experience the hell, to know we do not want to go there and then he gave him the power over the humans that want to go through him to learn to forgive and follow his way. He did an awesome job, but many do not want to believe and experience the forgiveness he offers us and that we should offer to others. This frees up our mind to not say or think things we should not think, like the world does. We have the opportunity to give it all to Jesus and allow total freedom of mind and spirit. God sent the Holy Spirit to be a guide for us but we have to go through Jesus to get there. When we do than the Holy Spirit is always there and Jesus is always there, we just have to discipline ourselves to talk to them daily and for me hourly.
So we have covered all three "F's that God offered us. We have Flax, Fennel and Forgiveness, it is up to us to find all three and make use of them. I am how about you?
God Be With You As You Go About Your Journey!
The next problem is that of MUCUS; coughing up stuff and spitting. It is so discussting. My dad did it and my brothers and yes me and my sisters. We all have the problem. I have finally found out what causes me the problem. I went to many doctors and they kept saying there was not a thing wrong with me. Well it is not easily found, if you do not test for it and who does. After all these years and many eliminations, I now know what it is. I am lactose intolerant. I react to the things that are supposed to be good for me (in moderation that is, like; milk, cheese of all kinds, ice cream, butter, milk chocolate, yogurt etc. There is milk in so many things. I got married and my husband kept saying get some cough drops, I took cough drops until they got sickening. They did not really take care of the problem. I was watching Dr.Oz a number of weeks ago and a lady got up and asked him about the mucus problem. He answered and said to get FENNEL, and then he said it was good for lactose problems. Aha Haw!!! now I have to try this! This is another one of God's natural herbs. I cannot take the seeds so I began my search. I looked at about twelve stores and online medical and herb sites. Finally I found that Puritan's Pride had it in ground form. Five bottles was less than $8.00 for all five. I did not have to pay shipping. I have been using it for about a week, if I use it at least twice a day I have no hacking problems. I have learned it tastes like licorise and is in powered form and I can use it for candies, cakes, cookies, soups,meats etc. It is almost like the flax. Last night I forgot to take it at dinner time. I then had a piece of milk chocolate and started to hack. I went and got a spoon of peanut butter and sprinkled on about a 1/2 teaspoon full of fennel and ate it. In about 15 to 20 minutes Walla, no problem and I have slept through the night every night I take it. I think it lasts for about 8 hours and then it is time to take more. What a relief!!! Finally, I coughed so much I was raw and used so many tissues.
The thrid "F" is for forgiveness. We have started at the bottom and assended to the top. The Bowels,the Respitory, and now the mind/soul. God thought of everything, if we pay attention. In the mind, we have torment, we torture ourselves in the mind and soul, but we do not have to do this. God sent Jesus to show us how to live and to forgive. Then he had him die in our place, go to hell to experience what hell was like and then assend to Heaven. The reasons for all that had a purpose, like all things. The purpose was to allow Jesus to experience what it was like to be human, to experience the hell, to know we do not want to go there and then he gave him the power over the humans that want to go through him to learn to forgive and follow his way. He did an awesome job, but many do not want to believe and experience the forgiveness he offers us and that we should offer to others. This frees up our mind to not say or think things we should not think, like the world does. We have the opportunity to give it all to Jesus and allow total freedom of mind and spirit. God sent the Holy Spirit to be a guide for us but we have to go through Jesus to get there. When we do than the Holy Spirit is always there and Jesus is always there, we just have to discipline ourselves to talk to them daily and for me hourly.
So we have covered all three "F's that God offered us. We have Flax, Fennel and Forgiveness, it is up to us to find all three and make use of them. I am how about you?
God Be With You As You Go About Your Journey!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
"OUR IDENTIFICATION"
I am calling this discussion "Our Identification". I read it "Our Daily Bread", that we often do not understand who we are verses what we do. I got to thinking how true this statement is. Identification means, our state of being, not what we do. Often and most of the time, we are asked who we are and we say; I am a teacher, preacher, actress, painter, accountant, dog trainer etc. This is our job and not who we are.
When we retire or become empty nesters, we often are lost. The reason is that we had identified (all our lives) with what we did for a living. For myself, I have worn many hats; a baby sitter, house cleaner, waitress, an elevator operator, a bank proofer (now it us done by machines, a mother, a wife, a teacher of many other jobs, a preschool/kindergarten director etc. These are things I did, but who I was and who I am today are different.
On my drivers license it says; my name, address, height, weight(if I havn't gained or lost),hair color(if I do not use the bottle and change the color),eye color and other things to identify me on the outside. This is only my exterior self. I still have to identify my inner self. Most of us wear masks and do not want anyone to see inside, to know the real person. We are wonderful from the inside, we have laughter, and thoughts that should be shared with others. It does not matter if anyone likes what we reveal, but the point is we are who we are inside. If we do not like who we are inside then we should change. We have a choice, surprise! What we are inside believe it or not shows to others, but they will not tell you, they tell others. He/she is selfish, a prude, not nice, cold, a spendthrift,recluse, does not care about others etc. Sometimes they are right and sometimes they they are wrong, it is what they perceive from what we give off or share. We can change who we are.
I am a Christian, I love myself and God. I am proud of who I am and I do my best to show others who I am. For years I did not show who I was,I was sure I would be talked about and ridiculed. Well that is true,(either way)it does happen so why not go with the flow. I feel much better than I did when I held everything inside and did not share. I have found out that if we are with God and not afraid, the Holy Spirit guides us and helps us in what ever we say and do. If we boo boo he will help us to get back on track and go back to who we are, a child of God, we will start again to exude the fruit of the good spirit and not the bad spirits.
I want people to see Jesus through me and I do my best. Though I do stumble and back track from time to time, God gets me back and on track. It is sort of like a train. The train gets derailed sometimes and it takes the engineers pulling the right strings/levers/buttons again to get the train back on the tracks and going in the right direction. Sometimes it takes another engine to help pull the train back.
Ask God to show you who you are and identify yourself with the right side of the tracks.
May God Be Your Guide and Director
When we retire or become empty nesters, we often are lost. The reason is that we had identified (all our lives) with what we did for a living. For myself, I have worn many hats; a baby sitter, house cleaner, waitress, an elevator operator, a bank proofer (now it us done by machines, a mother, a wife, a teacher of many other jobs, a preschool/kindergarten director etc. These are things I did, but who I was and who I am today are different.
On my drivers license it says; my name, address, height, weight(if I havn't gained or lost),hair color(if I do not use the bottle and change the color),eye color and other things to identify me on the outside. This is only my exterior self. I still have to identify my inner self. Most of us wear masks and do not want anyone to see inside, to know the real person. We are wonderful from the inside, we have laughter, and thoughts that should be shared with others. It does not matter if anyone likes what we reveal, but the point is we are who we are inside. If we do not like who we are inside then we should change. We have a choice, surprise! What we are inside believe it or not shows to others, but they will not tell you, they tell others. He/she is selfish, a prude, not nice, cold, a spendthrift,recluse, does not care about others etc. Sometimes they are right and sometimes they they are wrong, it is what they perceive from what we give off or share. We can change who we are.
I am a Christian, I love myself and God. I am proud of who I am and I do my best to show others who I am. For years I did not show who I was,I was sure I would be talked about and ridiculed. Well that is true,(either way)it does happen so why not go with the flow. I feel much better than I did when I held everything inside and did not share. I have found out that if we are with God and not afraid, the Holy Spirit guides us and helps us in what ever we say and do. If we boo boo he will help us to get back on track and go back to who we are, a child of God, we will start again to exude the fruit of the good spirit and not the bad spirits.
I want people to see Jesus through me and I do my best. Though I do stumble and back track from time to time, God gets me back and on track. It is sort of like a train. The train gets derailed sometimes and it takes the engineers pulling the right strings/levers/buttons again to get the train back on the tracks and going in the right direction. Sometimes it takes another engine to help pull the train back.
Ask God to show you who you are and identify yourself with the right side of the tracks.
May God Be Your Guide and Director
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