It never stops amazing me, the power of the love of Jesus to transform and heal brokenness.
If you are in the mood for an inspiring story, read this Gospel for Asia's story about a family broken by alcohol addiction and how one faithful missionary filled with the love of Christ, brought about a complete change in direction.
Demanding a Refill - Gospel for Asia
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
The Gluten Free Mine Field
Classified as "gluen intolerant" is what I have been told.
So I'm not an official "Celiac".....just ups and downs with symptomatic reactions to what I eat.
I'm grateful that this gives me a less intense pursuit of the gluten free lifestyle than those who
have been diagnosed with the real deal "Celiac".I've been told that real Celiacs can even get cancer from cheating on their gluten free diet....
Is that true? My heart goes out to you. It's hard enough finding gluten free food, let alone having medical pressure "forcing" one to find such gluten free items.
Anyway, so i Do try almost all the time to eat a gluten free "diet".......I don't really like that word
"Diet" as it sounds so controlling....and I'm not that kind of gal.
But I have found such a huge difference in my state of health when I eat exclusively gluten free items that it makes it worth the effort to hunt down, find, and pay for those gluten free items.
The ultimate score is when I can find something officially gluten free to eat that isn't priced high.
I have no idea why so many gluten free items are sooooo overrpriced. They aren't made from gold and so many gluten free products are made from rice...which is very low cost....so I just don't comprehend this issue.
Walmart has been the cheapest place I have found so far to buy gluten free groceries. Thank you Walmart!
Have you had any luck lately in providing yourself or a family member with a gluten free lifestyle?
Looking forward to your comments.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
My own Snazzy Think Tank
Creating your own think tank…..
I don’t know if you’re like me….you may have a wonderfully
different background than I do.
But perhaps we share a unique fascination with creating one’s
own awesome
Creative zone.
For me, I would call it my own personal “Think Tank.”
Hmmmmm what would it include?
It would have four monitors connected to my ultra high speed
computer with unlimited memory and super fast speed for downloads, uploads and
sideloads….you get the picture.
On one of the monitor would be streaming CNN
The other one would be streaming BNN
The third might be streaming a personalized live updated
screen of my favourite stock picks.
The fourth might be just a blank canvas such as this, in
order to have a place to blurt out my brainchildren.
Then of course, I would need one monitor of the four that I
would convert to using for the other sites I frequent, such as Hotmail….biblegateway.com,
bubblews.com, etc.
This think tank would be a room roughly 20 ft by 10 feet.
Along one long wall would be floor to ceiling white boards.
Along another wall just above my height would be a locked up
book case, to house my precious literary treasures.
Which books mean the most to you? Which books just mean something just because they
exist, because they express something that is very personally significant to
you?
Elsewhere in the room would be my favourite tilting
ergonomic office chair. Something I can lounge it, but that can pop back into
office work mode for intense computing.
The desks , there would be at least three of them…and must
be perfectly suited to my height and comfortable sitting height.
The room would also need a huge set of speakers upon which I
can perch my phone as a docking station and from which I can blast my favourite
seminars or university classes.
You see, I have a bit of an obsession with M.I.T’s
opencourseware….it’s the right price (free) and is taught at a level that is
wonderfully above my own. Hey you got to reach up sometimes and hang around
folks who know more than you eh?
What would you include in your own idea “CREATIVE ZONE”?
Wrinkled Papers
It is sooo
important to be able to write in a similar manner as to how I speak.
In fact, it
is one of the skills that has permitted me to go forward further into writing.
Had I not
adopted this technique no doubt I would have given up writing years ago.
What is it
about writing that is so eminently rewarding?
Is it
because it somehow freezes in time the tone and
Substance of
our thoughts?
The living
legend. Mr. Seth Godin writes about taking up the practice of writing onto a
public forum as regularly as possible, daily if possible.
He endorses
writing, not in order to be swayed by public opinion and comments on your
writing , but rather in order to hone your craft and to allow your written
voice to flourish to fuller bloom.
I
wholeheartedly agree. Writing on blogs is not even so much about the template
or forum upon which you write, but rather that you are waltzing into an epic
journey every time you pick up your pen, or your tablet or your piece of chalk.
I am under
no illusions as to what the habit of writing means to different folks around
the globe. Some scurry with their coins to internet café’s in order to plunk in
a few precious tidbits of theory that they have been working on for months.
Others save
their wrinkled paper notebooks and painstakingly transcribe them onto their
blogs when their parents have taken the time to get their internet connection
back up and running.
So blogging
brothers and sisters, please don’t weary of the process. It is a journey. It is
my walk of life.
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Monday, June 2, 2014
Can you Use a Special Blessing?
It was first brought to my attention by the christian teacher Bill Gothard
that there comes a special blessing from God when
one takes the time to read aloud the first 5 chapters of the book of Revelation....which is the last book of the Holy Bible.
I have experienced this blessing numerous times.
Well, you might be thinking....why the special blessing on those specific chapters? Well, the assumption is based on
Revelation Chapter 1 verse 3 which states " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."
I'm not sure why the first five chapters have been emphasized especially as, of course, reading the whole book of revelation would also be awesome.
But I have discovered that it really does bring about a special blessing.
I would actually dare you to try it and see if you don't feel a tangible difference in your mindset and in the very atmosphere that you are in.
If perhaps you don't own a bible for yourself, you can go to the free online bibles that are available at biblegateway.com and I would encourage you to use either the New King James Version or the King James Version.
Some folks have a more difficult time with the old style of formal english that appears in the original King James version of the Bible. That is why the
New King James version is a little more "user-friendly" with it's more commonly used terms instead of the very formal "thees and thous" of the original King James Version.
Let me know how your experience was when you tapped into this blessing.
Peace and prosperity.
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that there comes a special blessing from God when
one takes the time to read aloud the first 5 chapters of the book of Revelation....which is the last book of the Holy Bible.
I have experienced this blessing numerous times.
Well, you might be thinking....why the special blessing on those specific chapters? Well, the assumption is based on
Revelation Chapter 1 verse 3 which states " Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."
I'm not sure why the first five chapters have been emphasized especially as, of course, reading the whole book of revelation would also be awesome.
But I have discovered that it really does bring about a special blessing.
I would actually dare you to try it and see if you don't feel a tangible difference in your mindset and in the very atmosphere that you are in.
If perhaps you don't own a bible for yourself, you can go to the free online bibles that are available at biblegateway.com and I would encourage you to use either the New King James Version or the King James Version.
Some folks have a more difficult time with the old style of formal english that appears in the original King James version of the Bible. That is why the
New King James version is a little more "user-friendly" with it's more commonly used terms instead of the very formal "thees and thous" of the original King James Version.
Let me know how your experience was when you tapped into this blessing.
Peace and prosperity.
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+specialblessing
+billgothard
+readthebiblealoud
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