Who really rescues who?
We set out to adopt a pet but it's really to pet that choses it's people!
A dog and his person/people have a bond that cannot be matched!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
God Keeps His Promises!
Throughout the ages God has made promises to his people and his creation-all humanity. A covenant is an agreement of that promise with the parties on both sides. Though we may not always live up to our end of the deal in our "agreement" we are blessed by grace that God ALWAYS honors his covenants with us! Praise the Lord for his goodness, mercy, love and grace to us!
A list of God's Covenants (promises)
Order of God's Covenants in Depth
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Rainbow, God's Promise & Us
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One of the most amazingly beautiful phenomena we witness in nature is the rainbow. The array of colors dispersed through the air as the mist of a summer rain settles on the ground stops us in our tracks, if only for a moment, and the promise it represents takes our breath away replacing it with humbleness and a reminder of God’s grace and mercy (Genesis 9:13-17)!
Science attempts to explain the wonders of nature as well as the human body and the mind. Discoveries have been made revealing answers to so many mysteries of each and enlighten us to the fact that there are more questions to ask. When it comes to rainbows, we have been able to simulate the band of colors created from projecting light onto a triangular block of glass called a prism to transform that beam into the splendor of a rainbow! Well, ok, a very small version of God’s grand display in the sky!
In all the spectrum of color there are many made from a combination of the three primary colors the human eye recognizes: red, blue and green. Adding these colors emits white while subtraction leaves us with black. Most everyone loves color and most of us have one that is our favorite. Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to one particular color more than another? Colors are as vast and diverse as personalities. Just like personalities, colors can tell much about a person. There are even personality tests that go solely on color. So, this seems to suggest that colors have meaning. According to the Bible they do!
First, let’s take a look at the link between color and personality. Have you ever wondered about the significance of color? Besides the obvious purpose of making our surroundings more exciting and pleasing to our senses do colors have specific meanings? If so, what does that meaning have to do with us? Well, we have all grown up hearing the generalizations bordering folklore of the ‘dumb blonde”, “angry red head”, innocence of pink or brooding of black but what about all the colors of the spectrum? Everything has a reason for it’s existence, even a color. So, what is that reason and what is it’s connection with you?
First, we need to understand how we see what we see. For most of us, those who aren’t totally blind, information is received by the eyes and transmitted to the brain. Colors are processed by three different cones: red, blue and green. The latest and most excepted theory, due to neurological findings, suggests a more specific categorization of channels produced by the cones of red-green, blue-yellow and black-white (luminance). This explains why we don’t see reddish-green or yellowish-blue. It also better defines the color wheel. The process of color perception is as vast and mysterious as the brain itself.
Science attempts to explain the wonders of nature as well as the human body and the mind. Discoveries have been made revealing answers to so many mysteries of each and enlighten us to the fact that there are more questions to ask. When it comes to rainbows, we have been able to simulate the band of colors created from projecting light onto a triangular block of glass called a prism to transform that beam into the splendor of a rainbow! Well, ok, a very small version of God’s grand display in the sky!
In all the spectrum of color there are many made from a combination of the three primary colors the human eye recognizes: red, blue and green. Adding these colors emits white while subtraction leaves us with black. Most everyone loves color and most of us have one that is our favorite. Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to one particular color more than another? Colors are as vast and diverse as personalities. Just like personalities, colors can tell much about a person. There are even personality tests that go solely on color. So, this seems to suggest that colors have meaning. According to the Bible they do!
First, let’s take a look at the link between color and personality. Have you ever wondered about the significance of color? Besides the obvious purpose of making our surroundings more exciting and pleasing to our senses do colors have specific meanings? If so, what does that meaning have to do with us? Well, we have all grown up hearing the generalizations bordering folklore of the ‘dumb blonde”, “angry red head”, innocence of pink or brooding of black but what about all the colors of the spectrum? Everything has a reason for it’s existence, even a color. So, what is that reason and what is it’s connection with you?
First, we need to understand how we see what we see. For most of us, those who aren’t totally blind, information is received by the eyes and transmitted to the brain. Colors are processed by three different cones: red, blue and green. The latest and most excepted theory, due to neurological findings, suggests a more specific categorization of channels produced by the cones of red-green, blue-yellow and black-white (luminance). This explains why we don’t see reddish-green or yellowish-blue. It also better defines the color wheel. The process of color perception is as vast and mysterious as the brain itself.
Now that we know how color is perceived, it’s time to discover the meaning assigned to each. There are several areas we can find that place significance on color: culture, religion, social beliefs and personal preference. Comparing the areas you find they agree to most of the same defining qualities.
What does your personality have to do with your color perception and preference? What does God say about it all?
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Better Health through Biblical Scripture
"Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, “Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
At the end of the ten days they looked healthier & better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. So the guard took away their choice food & the wine they were to drink & gave them vegetables instead." ~ Daniel 1:11-16
Have you ever asked yourself, "How and when did we get so far from what God intended regarding how we live and how we maintain (or don't) our health? Most is blamed on convenience that we rely on in our busy, hectic lives but just as much if not more of the blame should be put on the deception in which we have allowed ourselves to fall victim.
If we go back to the Bible and how God created heaven, earth and every creature we would also see how he described the plan for healthy living and proper diet.
Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, in collaboration with several prominent doctors now have a website devoted to health and wellness, God's way called The Daniel Plan. http://www.danielplan.com/
The site gives Bible based plans better eating and living as well as evidence based research to back it up and support through motivational stories of success to help you through.
As far as educating yourself about medications and their role in the big picture that is healthcare, cardiologist James Marcum MD, is trying to make this re-learning process a bit easier and shows how pharmaceutical companies have taught us not to trust natural as having all our bodies need and that "whole foods" really aren't whole anymore-perpetuating the misconception that "More is Better" and "Big Brother Knows Best". He has written a book on the subject titled The Ultimate Prescription, which is very insightful and an easy read-relating it to Biblical descriptions of eating to truly nourish our bodies.
Have you ever asked yourself, "How and when did we get so far from what God intended regarding how we live and how we maintain (or don't) our health? Most is blamed on convenience that we rely on in our busy, hectic lives but just as much if not more of the blame should be put on the deception in which we have allowed ourselves to fall victim.
If we go back to the Bible and how God created heaven, earth and every creature we would also see how he described the plan for healthy living and proper diet.
Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, in collaboration with several prominent doctors now have a website devoted to health and wellness, God's way called The Daniel Plan. http://www.danielplan.com/
The site gives Bible based plans better eating and living as well as evidence based research to back it up and support through motivational stories of success to help you through.
As far as educating yourself about medications and their role in the big picture that is healthcare, cardiologist James Marcum MD, is trying to make this re-learning process a bit easier and shows how pharmaceutical companies have taught us not to trust natural as having all our bodies need and that "whole foods" really aren't whole anymore-perpetuating the misconception that "More is Better" and "Big Brother Knows Best". He has written a book on the subject titled The Ultimate Prescription, which is very insightful and an easy read-relating it to Biblical descriptions of eating to truly nourish our bodies.
He is also the author of several others to include
- Medicines that Kill
- Heartwise
- Heartbeat
He is also speaker and director of Heartwise Ministries that is dedicated to truth about medicine, health and wellness and 'natural' vs 'pharmacology'.
View it here at http://www.heartwiseministries.org/
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Verses for the New Year
It's a New Year and with a New Year comes new opportunities and new beginnings. Every new day brings another chance for positive change! Every new path brings new adventures!
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. - Proverbs 23:18
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." - Revelation 21:5
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11
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