"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!

"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