ARE YOU STARVING YOURSELF TO DEATH?

We all are acquainted with the devastating effects of 

malnutrition.  If we do not get enough of some nutrient

or other, something in our body is going to suffer.

We are taught what to eat for a healthy heart, lungs,

muscles or even our brain.  I imagine that there is 

even something special to eat for us to have healthy

small toes.

But there is very little instruction in this old world 

about how to have a healthy "you".  Yes, you, the 

real you, not just your body.

Consider almost any living organism you want.

A tree, rose bush, vegetable, slim or what ever.

They can get the nutrition they need simply from

a supply of manure.  But they are not like you.

They do not have a spirit, soul, mind or the thing

that makes the real you.  The thing in us that is 

going to be somewhere forever.  We worry about

this old body we live in.  But do we ever think 

about the life that is in us.  Our real self.

This is the thing Jesus Christ was talking about when he said;

"People do not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes from

the mouth of God."  

(Matthew 4:4 NLT). 

The only way our real self can be nourished is by the

word of God, the Holy Bible.  If you are neglecting

reading the Holy Bible you are neglecting the nourishment

that is most needed by you, the person in your body.

Neglect it to your own peril.

LIKE AN EAGLE

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It had been a hot muggy day when a storm front came

up.  So, grandpa headed to the front porch and a rocking

chair.

As happens often around here, in those conditions a group

of hawks will go for a fly.  You know, like the first warm

day after winter and a bunch of "bikers" decided to go for

a ride.  Lots of times I have seen a half dozen or more 

hawks get out there and just soar around in the wind having

a great time.  I will confess to being envious.  It sure does 

look like fun.

While watching those hawks something clicked.  Lately

I have been feeling guilty about feeling so well for an old

man when so many of my "peers" are so sickly.

You see, back when I was only seventy nine years old I 

came down with "Acquired aplastic anemia".  That means

that my body quit making blood.  Of course I about died

and have no idea how many doctors I have seen.  And of

course have had a number of different treatments.

No, I am not feeling like a teen ager.  But for some 

time now I have been feeling so well and working 

longer that truly I was feeling guilty for feeling so

good.

What was it that clicked?

Some time ago [And I do not know quite what I

mean by that.] being acquainted with this portion

of Scripture I decided to put this truth to work and

"wait" or "trust" in or "depend" on God over my 

health issue.  It says;

"Yet those who wait for the Lord

Will gain new strength;

They will mount up with wings like eagles,

They will run and not get tired,

They will walk and not become weary.

(Isaiah 40:31 NASB)   

Here I was enjoying the best health I have had

in a number of years and enjoying watching some

birds doing what God was helping me do in the

restoration of my body.

PRAISE GOD.

HEART PROBLEMS

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Last night God brought one of his blessings to my mind.

Let me share it with you.

When I was in my early teens the family doctor detected

that I had a heart mummer.  [What ever that is.] The doctor

attempted to cure it with something or other that did not work.

Then when I was about eighteen or nineteen the draft called

me in for a physical.  Yep, I was rejected because of my 

heart.  I was issued a 4-F.

When later married, and having three children my income

came from selling life insurance.  With a growing family

having an insurance policy would be a wise move.  So I

applied for a life insurance policy with the company I worked

for.  That required a physical.  I was rejected because of my

heart by the company I sold for.

My staff manager crawled all over the company because 

they would not issue a policy to one of their employees.

So I was sent in to company headquarters or some place

where all kinds of tests were done on me.  They did relent

enough to sell me a "rated policy".  That means I had to 

pay a lot extra for the policy.

Oh!

I dropped the policy about forty years ago.

What is my point?

In about three weeks I will be eighty four years old.

Though not as strong as I used to be, I still whip a

chainsaw around, spit wood, repair my own vehicles

and donate time to a family camp working on trucks,

tractors and what ever.

I feel like God has given me the last laugh.

Why?  I have done nothing to overcome the problem,

but these two verses of Scripture could sum up why

I have made it this far.

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,
for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
-Isaiah 41:10

"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and
that all my go well with you, even as your soul is getting
along well."
-3 John 1:3

I SHOULD BE DEAD, BUT...

  

                    I SHOULD BE DEAD BUT,

"I cried to you for help,

O Lord my God,

and you healed me;

you kept me from the grave.

I was on my way to the 

depths below,

but you restored my

life."

(Psalms 30:2,3 GNT)

Over a year ago my body quit producing blood.

I should be under a grave stone like the one above.

Of course I have been seeing doctors -

after praying about it.

And taking their medicines and advice.

And praying about it.

About a month ago within just a few

days I begin to feel like my old self.

The doctors do not offer me any explanation.

I do not know where it will end.

BUT God,

has worked it out so that instead

of being in a hospital bed,

I'M BACK TO RIDING THE MOTORCYCLES

YOU SEE BELOW.

PRAISE GOD.

"But those who trust in the 

Lord for help

will find their strength renewed.

They will rise on wings like eagles;

they will run and not get weary;

they will walk and not grow weak."

(Isaiah 40:31 GNT)

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

"It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds out of the
mouth of God."
(Matthew 4:4 AKJV)

You have heard it said,

"You are what you eat."

Or,

as relates to computers;

"Garbage in, garbage out."

And we wonder why our bodies are not all we want them

to be.

Or even worse.

We stuff our minds and hearts with all that

 we see on the one eyed monster (TV),

or the Internet.

And then do not understand why so much goes

wrong and we are not content with life.

It is because of what you are feeding yourself.

"And he humbled you,

and suffered you to hunger, and fed you

with manna which you knew not,

neither did your fathers know;

that he might make you know

that man does not live by bread only,

but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth

of the LORD does man live."

(Deuteronomy 8:3 AKJV)

Do you want to live forever????

Start feeding yourself on the Word of God,

The Holy Bible.

"As new born babes,

desire the sincere milk of the word,

that you may grow thereby:"

(1 Peter 2:2 AKJV)

GREATEST TREASURE

TREASURE!

MONEY.

STOCKS.

BONDS.

REAL ESTATE.

???????????

HEY! I HAVE EVEN MORE IN THE BANK.

[If I did not. I would be bankrupt.]

Where is your greatest treasure?

Money sure is not mine. Mine is in a very

simple, life dependant, fact. God helped

me see this in a statement He made about

about Israel and Jerusalem in particular.

"He always protects his people and gives

them wisdom and knowledge. Their

greatest treasure is their reverence

for the Lord." - Isaiah 33:6 (TEV)

If I have a fear of God. A reverence of

God, I have everything.

His blessing. His health. His help. His

wealth. His wisdom.

You name it. What ever my need, I have

it from him if I reverence him.

Can you say that with your bank account

in today's economy?