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Avocado, Tomato and Toast and Maybe a Visitation from an Angel

August 30, 2023 Filed Under: Physical Health, Uncategorized

I have been a wellness seeker since I was 25 years old. I started reading books on natural health and pulling away from the Western medical mindset decades ago. This journey has taken me into seeking a healthy lifestyle—part of which is food. I will be writing more on health and nutrition in the days ahead.

The other day I was making an avocado, tomato and toast sandwich and got out my jar of turmeric, cumin, and cayenne pepper concoction and felt I was to tell the story behind these healthy ingredients.

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Many years ago, before Whole Foods, there was a grocery store on 12th Avenue in Nashville called Sunshine Grocery – Groceries Delivered To Your Door . They sold wonderful whole foods with organic meat and vegetables. One casual day I was wandering through the vegetable section and was buying cremini mushrooms. This nice, handsome young man, who appeared to be in his early 30’s, came up and asked me how I knew these mushrooms were super healthy. I told him I had been studying about healthy food for a long time. We chatted about food for a while and parted ways.

We reconnected again and he said “let’s look at the figs.” He proceeded to tell me the health benefits of figs. Later I bumped into him again in the spices section of the store. By then I “felt” there was something unusual and special about this man.

He said “let me show you a spice concoction that is extremely healthy,” and he proceeded to pull out the following spices: turmeric, cumin, and cayenne pepper. The formula is one third of each.

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Simple!

He told me to ingest these spices often.

By then I sensed he might be an angelic “being.” I said, “sir, what is your name?” He said “Ariel” which means Jerusalem.

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I asked him what he was doing here, and he said, “I have been sent to help a woman in Hendersonville.” Then he disappeared—not before my eyes—but I couldn’t find him in the store. This is the only time I think I have had an angelic visitation, and it was concerning food.

Since that day I have kept a jar of turmeric, cumin, and cayenne pepper with my spices. Every time I have an avocado and tomato sandwich, I use ½ teaspoon of this concoction of spices with the mashed avocado with olive oil, and salt and pepper. I look for ways to use these spices when I cook. (If you have known allergies to any of these spices, PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS SPICE COMBINATION).

It’s hot and has a kick, but every time I eat it, I believe God is telling me I am doing something for my health.

I believe in prevention of disease if possible. I have seen a homeopathic healthcare professional for ten years, and I have taken thousands of supplements through these ten years. I am trying to fight the aging process to the degree I can. I am not going down without a fight.

I also see medical doctors, take medication when needed, and seek diagnosis through tests, etc., but God is my source of healing. I never take ownership of sickness. I will do whatever I can to recover believing with God I can overcome it. But I have to do my part.

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The typical American diet is killing us.

We all need to get serious about our health and wellness.

Create a healthy lifestyle that is lifegiving and ask God to help you walk it out.

None of us know if we have another day, week or month, or 10-20 years or more. God has given us common sense to do the best we can to eat healthy, lose or gain weight (some people are too skinny), and reclaim our health.

Seek God about a strategy that will work for you. Incorporate simple changes that can change your life.

Many of us need to do more than pray about our situation. We need to get busy doing something to improve the situation. So many times, we spiritualize something to death, and we never get up and do anything practical to change a miserable situation.

Do something to make lifestyle changes that will positively impact your health. Do what you can do!

Seek God and seek wellness. He is the God who heals us, but sometimes He needs us to do something to “help” Him. You can’t eat and drink “garbage” and expect to be healthy.

Take control of your life and health. God will meet you in the middle of your struggle.

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Just Because We Can, Again!

May 20, 2022 Filed Under: Physical Health

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This theme is stuck inside of me! For some reason, I continue to revisit this issue. Either I need to keep telling myself this truth, or maybe many of you need to be reminded that “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

I have always been blessed with a lot of energy and motivation, but my body can no longer keep up with all of the demands of that energy and motivation. I strained my foot pushing myself to walk greater and greater distances for exercise. Sometimes I do really stupid things and suffer some serious consequences. The last stupid thing I did was go for a walk I should not have attempted due to my already strained foot. I took the dog for a walk, and I limped back home.

Wisdom said stay inside and forget my daily walk. In my disobedience, I decided to go on a three-mile walk anyway, so I headed out on the neighborhood trail. About a half mile out, I was almost lame. I could barely drag myself home.

Due to my foolishness, I ended up in a boot and on a crutch, and I learned the lesson again.

Once again, “Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should.”

God is always speaking to us, if we will listen. Most of the time we are so self-absorbed or preoccupied we miss even His most evident messages.

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We Are Eating Ourselves To Death

May 17, 2022 Filed Under: Physical Health

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For the past two months, I have been on a quest to drop fifteen pounds. The message from the Lord was loud and clear.

“If you don’t turn this runaway train around, your eating habits are going to kill you.”

I was having some serious abdominal aches and pains and concerned I was having gallbladder issues. Who knows what else my agony might have been. The Lord said,

“I cannot override your stupidity and lack of discipline concerning your eating and your health.”

This was a hard word, and He meant business with me!

It is God’s desire we be in good health, but as long as we are foolish about what we eat and how much we eat, He is not obligated to do for us what we refuse to do for ourselves.

About twenty years ago, I lived a macrobiotic lifestyle. The woman who was teaching me about this way of life, always said we create our own disease. I thought that was so harsh and hard and untrue. But the older I get, the more I think there is probably truth to her statement.

About this same time, I had some heart issues and had to see a cardiologist. He told me to lose 20 pounds and my weight should never be over 130 pounds. After seeing him, I adopted a macrobiotic lifestyle and lost 20 pounds, but over the years I didn’t take his words and wisdom seriously.

Most of us don’t heed a warning until it is too late. Then we get mad at God because He doesn’t heal us.

Our health and weight are serious matters, and on some level it is our responsibility.

I am eating a fourth of what I was eating before I starting losing weight. Its amazing how little food we need to feel good. All my GI symptoms have gone away, and I have dropped eight pounds in the past two months.

God expects discipline in every area of life and food and weight is no exception.

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The Lord corrected me.

A few years ago my daughter lost 40 pounds. She is only 5′ 4″, so she didn’t have room to distribute all that extra weight. After she fought the battle and conquered the problem, she would often talk about how she had a totally different relationship with food.

I had never thought about having a relationship with food.

Our lives should not be lived around food. It’s an addiction just like any other addiction. We should eat to live not live to eat.

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Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

March 9, 2022 Filed Under: Physical Health

Growing old is hard on many levels. We have to accept the sad fact; we aren’t what we use to be.

Most of us come stumbling into our 60’s with some minor aches and pains that seem to worsen with time. We keep pressing in believing we can still do everything we could do when we were young, only to discover that the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

A few years ago, I thought just because I had the energy to walk about nine miles, that it was a good idea. WRONG. I put so much strain on my hip joints I didn’t think I would ever be able to heal and walk without pain.

So many times, when I am getting ready to do something I CAN do, I will hear the Lord say, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

As we age, we MUST give up many activities we have done without effort all of our lives: cycling, running, excessive walking, sports, lifting heavy loads, etc.

If we expect to be able to walk and live life without pain, we must give up many things we love to do.

This morning I was talking to a friend who is a healthy strong 75-year-old who almost lost her right foot two years ago in a horrible car accident. Luckily, she can walk without a lot of pain, but she has had to give up things she loved. She had to give up snow skiing and horseback riding that she LOVED. However, being strong and able to lift 35 pounds, she decided to unload 35 bags of mulch weighing 35 pounds each. Guess what—she injured her neck by putting so much strain on her body.

Once again, just because we can doesn’t mean we should.

It is frustrating and makes us angry that we cannot do what we use to do. Many people in their 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s and beyond have had multiple back surgeries, knee surgeries, and hip replacements.

What does it take for us to learn “it’s over” and give it up while we are still ahead?

In younger years, I was always in a hurry moving fast, multitasking, but as I aged this kind of behavior makes me prone for injury. We trip and fall. We miss a bottom step and take a hard hit. We get on a ladder we should never even consider climbing, and we fall. We let a big dog drag us down some steps and across the front yard. We drive too fast. We pick up things that are much too heavy for us. We do too much housework or yardwork and end up with sciatica and can’t walk. The list goes on and on.

Life as we have always loved it and known it is over as we age. Wisdom says “things have to change” if you want to live a long and healthy pain-free life. It’s time to ………

We must seek the Lord about everything we do to make sure He has given us permission. If you will ask Him, He will tell you what to do. He needs you healthy to be about His business.

Remember, just because you can doesn’t mean you SHOULD.

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Managing Your Weight

February 15, 2016 Filed Under: Physical Health

I have always been fortunate to not need to be concerned about my weight; however, as I age and grow closer to the “golden years,” I have discovered weight creeps up while I am not watching. In the past year, the weight issue has become clearly an issue for me. Like most of us, life happens while we are not watching, and we end up somewhere we never intended to go. Recently, I have discovered what it means to “manage my weight.” Managing your weight may be something you need to consider for the sake of your health and well being!

It is no secret that America has become an obese nation. You can look at statistics or look around the room. You can’t do much about America’s obesity problem, but you can do something about yourself. I became concerned about my weight as my clothes became tighter and tighter and breathing became more difficult. Every day became a little more miserable than the day before until I decided I was not going to live the rest of my life getting fatter and fatter. SO, I started to develop a simple plan to lose the extra ten pounds I needed to shed. Ten pounds may not be much, but my ten pounds could have easily become twenty and thirty.

In analyzing this new problem, I discovered I was eating for all kinds of crazy reasons. Many people live to eat instead of eating to live. I made a commitment to myself that by a certain date I would modify my eating habits until I lost the extra weight. Some simple ways to modify your eating habits include the following:
Cut your food consumption in half. Most of us can do this with NO problem.
Eat on a much smaller plate and do not go back for seconds.
Eat several small meals a day.
Never eat two big meals a day. For instance a big lunch and a big dinner. One is more than sufficient.
Cut back on bread and sweets. I am not saying give it totally up, just cut back.
Get on the scales two or three times a week to mark your progress. Write it down.
Exercise twelve minutes a day, or three times a week. Keep it simple and doable.

You will discover over time the weight slowly starts to melt away. All of a sudden you can fit into your clothes comfortably and breathe again. Your new found motivation may spill over to other areas of your life. It is really very simple!

Avocado, Tomato and Toast and Maybe a Visitation from an Angel

Just Because We Can, Again!

We Are Eating Ourselves To Death

Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

Managing Your Weight

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