But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
This is from Isaiah 53:5-6. It's the reminder that Jesus paid for our sins through His sacrifice on the cross. We have gone our own way, but we have an opportunity today to turn from our selfishness and turn back to the God who created us.
When will it be the last time that we see each other? As I was leaving the office Friday evening one of our warehouse workers was driving onto the lot. We both smilled and waived at each other...for the last time ever. For the second time last week a wrong way driver took anothers' life. Saturday morning at 2:55 he and one of his friends (another of our warehouse workers) were killed in an accident on the freeway.
http://cbs2.com/local/wrongway.driver.118.2.688014.html
My two friends did not know the Lord. This reminds me of our responsibility to each other: to share the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ to all we come into contact with throughout our lives. Life on this earth is short. Nobody knows when God has ordained to take us home.
If you don't know the Lord today take the time to contact me or another friend of yours who knows Him. Allow Him to transform your life. I don't know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future.
31 March 2008
21 March 2008
This Time It's Personal
The gospel music group The Winans have a song from years ago in which there's a section that basically says, "You're always praying for everyone else and now you have a need so it's time to lift that need up. This time it's personal."
I've been to numerous doctors over the past couple of months in an effort to get to the bottom of some symptoms I've been struggling with for a little more than a year. It's in relation to my monthly cycle. I've never had to deal with some of the effects of the monthly cycle - especially cramps. I would get cramps maybe once or twice a year. Mind you, they were horrible when I did, but it was that infrequent. The other thing about my cycle was that you could 'set your calendar by me'. In other words, it was always every 28 days. Over the last year and a half my cycle has become unpredictable (to say the least). Towards the end of 2007 I started having massive pain associated with it. So, I scheduled a doctors appointment.
After several appointments with various tests the conclusion is that I have three fibroid tumors in my uterus. The doc wants to treat the symptoms as they "don't know what causes fibroids or how to treat them." The way to treat the symptoms would be to put me on the pill. However, this "may or may not help alleviate some of the symptoms". Since I don't react well to pharmaceuticals I decided to hold off on their method of treating the symptoms to talk with somebody at the Better Life Institute. I heard back from Dr. Chet Vlasco this morning as I was driving to church. He recommended a couple of things by Nutrilite that I am already using (one of which I started in December and have noticed some alleviation of the symptoms) and also one supplement that I'm not using called Glucose Health. In the Glucose health it has an ingredient called Chromium picolinate which he said has been proven to help with various kinds of fibroids. I will start on that next week and see how that helps.
With my current doctors the next step is to check the tumors in six months to see if they are the same or if they have changed in any way. My proactive nature is that I am going to contact the insurance company (Blue Shield Access Plus HMO) to find out how I go about getting a second opinion. I am of the mind that even benign tumors don't belong in my body. NOTE: I have no idea if these tumors are benign or not. This is not something that the doctors have checked. That is part of the other reason for seeking my next step with my insurance company.
My prayer requests are simple: complete healing of the tumors so that at the next doctors appointment (whether in six months or sooner) there are no more tumors. Also, please pray for absolute favor with all whom I come in to contact on this issue. Obviously, some people won't see God's glory in my healing if there's not medical proof that I'm healed. Since God IS my healer I believe for His intervention in my health and my ultimate desire is to see His glory revealed in and through me.
As you have been faithful to pray for all those I pass thru your emails I now thank you for this personal need for which you will be intercedeing on my behalf.
Lots of love & have a Blessed Easter! (If you 're looking for somewhere to worship on Easter, The Church On the Way has three services Sunday morning! If you're there see ya at 8 am).
I will try to be faithful to keep any updates on my blog so check back here.
I've been to numerous doctors over the past couple of months in an effort to get to the bottom of some symptoms I've been struggling with for a little more than a year. It's in relation to my monthly cycle. I've never had to deal with some of the effects of the monthly cycle - especially cramps. I would get cramps maybe once or twice a year. Mind you, they were horrible when I did, but it was that infrequent. The other thing about my cycle was that you could 'set your calendar by me'. In other words, it was always every 28 days. Over the last year and a half my cycle has become unpredictable (to say the least). Towards the end of 2007 I started having massive pain associated with it. So, I scheduled a doctors appointment.
After several appointments with various tests the conclusion is that I have three fibroid tumors in my uterus. The doc wants to treat the symptoms as they "don't know what causes fibroids or how to treat them." The way to treat the symptoms would be to put me on the pill. However, this "may or may not help alleviate some of the symptoms". Since I don't react well to pharmaceuticals I decided to hold off on their method of treating the symptoms to talk with somebody at the Better Life Institute. I heard back from Dr. Chet Vlasco this morning as I was driving to church. He recommended a couple of things by Nutrilite that I am already using (one of which I started in December and have noticed some alleviation of the symptoms) and also one supplement that I'm not using called Glucose Health. In the Glucose health it has an ingredient called Chromium picolinate which he said has been proven to help with various kinds of fibroids. I will start on that next week and see how that helps.
With my current doctors the next step is to check the tumors in six months to see if they are the same or if they have changed in any way. My proactive nature is that I am going to contact the insurance company (Blue Shield Access Plus HMO) to find out how I go about getting a second opinion. I am of the mind that even benign tumors don't belong in my body. NOTE: I have no idea if these tumors are benign or not. This is not something that the doctors have checked. That is part of the other reason for seeking my next step with my insurance company.
My prayer requests are simple: complete healing of the tumors so that at the next doctors appointment (whether in six months or sooner) there are no more tumors. Also, please pray for absolute favor with all whom I come in to contact on this issue. Obviously, some people won't see God's glory in my healing if there's not medical proof that I'm healed. Since God IS my healer I believe for His intervention in my health and my ultimate desire is to see His glory revealed in and through me.
As you have been faithful to pray for all those I pass thru your emails I now thank you for this personal need for which you will be intercedeing on my behalf.
Lots of love & have a Blessed Easter! (If you 're looking for somewhere to worship on Easter, The Church On the Way has three services Sunday morning! If you're there see ya at 8 am).
I will try to be faithful to keep any updates on my blog so check back here.
11 March 2008
Just Perfect
EDITED 25-Mar-08: The corporation has informed all IBO's that we are not allowed to post the videos on the web. Therefore, I am leaving the text of my original post and if you're interested in seeing the videos I can email them directly to you from my phone. Just leave a comment requesting that. I moderate my comments so your email will not be published on this blog.
Okay, so it's not even once-a-month, but I've been busy lately. I was at a seminar a couple weeks ago for the business I own. We have a new product coming out called Perfect Empowered Drinking Water™. The speaker demo'd the product and my younger sis was one of the "models" in the demo. Here are three cell phone videos of the before and after drinking the water. The first is before. They do a flexibility test and then a strength/balance (tip) test.
CONTENT REMOVED
The water is on advance order now with shipments starting mid-April. I had the opportunity to be tested this past weekend. Holy cow! I was amazed at the not being able to be tipped. In the before I had to fight to avaid being tipped - to no avail. I was tipped. After drinking just an ounce of the water I didn't have to fight, but couldn't be tipped.
If you wonder about it check out the website for Perfect Empowered Drinking Water™ and it will break down all the information about the water for you. I am taking advance orders now for the Saturday order I will be placing. If you have interest or want more information just let me know.
Have a blessed week!
Okay, so it's not even once-a-month, but I've been busy lately. I was at a seminar a couple weeks ago for the business I own. We have a new product coming out called Perfect Empowered Drinking Water™. The speaker demo'd the product and my younger sis was one of the "models" in the demo. Here are three cell phone videos of the before and after drinking the water. The first is before. They do a flexibility test and then a strength/balance (tip) test.
CONTENT REMOVED
The water is on advance order now with shipments starting mid-April. I had the opportunity to be tested this past weekend. Holy cow! I was amazed at the not being able to be tipped. In the before I had to fight to avaid being tipped - to no avail. I was tipped. After drinking just an ounce of the water I didn't have to fight, but couldn't be tipped.
If you wonder about it check out the website for Perfect Empowered Drinking Water™ and it will break down all the information about the water for you. I am taking advance orders now for the Saturday order I will be placing. If you have interest or want more information just let me know.
Have a blessed week!
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