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160110 NO Condemnation

Romans 8:1-4 (1) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spir...

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

130130 Properity and Health

Proverbs 13:7  
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Read 3 John 2 because it links prosperity and health. My health has improved, so let me slip in something about prosperity today. There is nothing wrong with money, as long as our attitudes towards God are right. One can easily find a person without money who has far more of a greed problem than someone who simply got paid for doing something well. Greed has much more to do with wanting and desiring rather than actually having.

“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:”

In 2011, Herbalife seemed like a good work-at-home idea. Decades ago, I had known some believers who had been selling it, and the product seemed like a good idea. The group I joined, however, had one thought: MONEY. That’s all they talked about. “Get rich!” “Amass wealth!” “Live in a mansion like mine!” “Buy a Lamborghini or two!” That was not, and could not be my goal. I’m glad, because that particular group is currently under investigation for shady practices. I quit long before I could lose as much money as someone in this article did:  Herbalife Troubles

The article is one-sided, because I have met honest people in the organization. Top recruiters, however, get all the glory and all the money by telling all the lies. A bit of truth is that I am thankful that my daughter and her boyfriend lost and are still losing weight on the product. She lost weight, not by restricting calories, but by adding the nutrition contained in the shakes. Although I can support the product, I had to ask myself: “Is money really worth the damage that lying does to my heart? “

there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”

On the other hand, I know and have known many wonderful, godly people who had varying degrees of money, but are all prosperous. Two examples:

1. A certain man, a friend, seems to have nothing beyond the bare basics, yet he always smiles. He loves the Household and speaks God’s Word to anything that moves. He has seen signs, wonders, and miracles. He has riches no one can take. Whenever he has a need, God provides.

2. Another man I know grew up very poor, but when he finally heard the rightly-divided Word of God speak of prosperity, he decided to prove it. Today, he has one child in college with no debt, while the other graduated last year with no debt. Isn’t college debt one of the big problems of today? What about housing crisis? He also owns his home; he has no mortgage. He may not be a millionaire, but he has prospered and is at peace.

Both these men made themselves ‘poor’ before God. They obeyed God. They put God first in their lives. God rewarded them with prosperity. Prosperity is not a number. It is having each need met as it arises. It is peace of mind. It is health and wholeness.

God Bless You!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

130129 Rabbits and Essential Oils

Today, I posted this to the Oil Testimonial site:


Pet Health With Essential Oils
My children wanted bunny rabbits as pets. They did research, bought some bunnies from a reputable pet store, and set up a cage and play area. After a few weeks, one of the bunnies developed a red eye with puss. The Pet MD site said to take the animal to the vet immediately. We wanted to do this naturally, so I pulled out my oils. I had already put a drop of Purification on each to repel/kill fleas, ticks, and mites. Purification still seemed the best option, so I brushed additional drops into the rabbit’s fur and sprinkled some into her bedding. She let me use a wet cloth to remove the puss. It did not reappear, and in two days her eyes returned to normal. A week later, she is active and eating well. The other two rabbits never showed any symptoms at all.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

130124 Bunnies

We have bunnies. I love bunnies. Moon loves bunnies. Agent loves bunnies, but doesn't like how they suck all our attention away from her.

Teenagers.


They are only about 9 weeks old. The lion's head on the left is "Dynamite". (Yes, that's a movie reference,) The Lop in the middle is "Sylph", (from a computer game).. The Lop on the lower right is referred to as "boy bunny", because the other two are female. I don't know if Agent has given it a permanent name it yet. We're going to make a big play area for them, because we love to watch them run around and do silly things. I used to be so cynical about pets, but these little bunnies make me smile.

An oil blend called Purification kills fleas and ticks, so I'm using it on them.

Dog hated the smell, but the bunnies don't act like they mind at all.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

130120 Lost a Month

Starting in December, I had a cold, then bronchitis, then Mountain Ceder (Juniper) pollen counts jumped from a rather heavy 800 parts per cubic meter to a wtf 23,000 ppcm. Death could not be so bad as this crap. My sinus' closed completely and I could not stop coughing.

Today, I told my sister in WY how funny it was that a not-so-serious cold/flu/ceder fever feels worse than a death-dealing disease. Then, she told me that a couple weeks ago, her friend had died after a bout with the flu. Oops! Then my sixty-two year old sister told me that her friend was pushing ninety. We agreed to keep in touch more regularly.

Essential Oils: Arthritis Produced Disfiguring Knuckle Nodules

Essential Oils: Arthritis Produced Disfiguring Knuckle Nodules

I am amazed at how well the therapeutic grade essential oils from Young Living work on auto-immune diseases.