Knowledge is King !!!

Hello friends!!!
When I started to write this blog little did I know what I would find out. When we seek the Lord, He reveals to us more and more so that our spiritual riches grow daily. King Solomon asked for wisdom and the Lord gave it to him. In fact He was so pleased with Solomon, that He promised to give him much more than  just wisdom. It was a right choice.

I think one of the best ways for a believer to seek the Lord is through the fast, prayer and meditation on His word. The benefits are primarily spiritual, when we set time apart, allowing the Lord to minister to our hearts, but there are great physical benefits as well. It works just as a tandem!

I have been interested in health issues for a while now. Recently, the Lord had sent rather competent people in my life on the matter. I'm so please to share with you all what I have found out.

Last Saturday I've attended a lecture by all three: a doctor, a vet and a nutritionist on human and animal health. There are vast quantity of information that they gave us, so I will try to share briefly here.

Our bodies are very complex system that uses a lot of nutrition. Due to overworking the land, transporting the fruit and veg in a long distances, using a vast amount of chemicals in farming today, our food now days has a little nutrition left. On top of that, a lot of vitamins are destroyed by cooking, with heat, our life style (caffeine intake, smoking and ect.). Our eating habits do not help either. For a example if someone had a very good
seafood meal which is rich in vitamins and zinc, but straight afterwards has a cup of tea of coffee, half of those vitamins would vanish.
Many of us think that coke is not bad now and then, but it has 10 spoonfuls of sugar where phosphoric acid is added, to balance it out! The acid goes straight into the bones,by pushing out calcium. Not only that, it shuts down entire immune system for 24 hours! I hope I never have to drink that stuff ever again.

I'm not making that up, but today we had a friend for dinner and he said that he drinks 10 cups of coffee every day with 3 spoonfuls of sugar!!! The nutritionist said that 4 cups of caffeine is top limit for the liver since it can't cope with more. I've asked him if he ever fasted, to that the answer was:'No.' Once again I was convinced that spiritual and physical are very related to one another. The Lord reveals wealth of information through fasting. A lot of things that I've done on intuition before, now I can see how it was God's protective hand over me. Once you are ready to look for knowledge it is there waiting for you to be grasped.

I have to read and re-read the material I've received during the lecture on nutrition. So far I've learnt that Bee pollen is a must for those who lack energy. Pollen is the fertilizing dust of flowers. It's rich in zinc, vitamins B6,  aids digestion and the metabolism of fats, and improves the efficiency of the immune system and the nervous system. Also it eliminates poisons from the body. More on the vitamins later...
Today I found out a fascinating facts about plastic. My friend shared with me a theory that hold water in it. There are two types of plastic - PP = polyprophylene and PC= polycarbonate.
If you see numbers on your Tupperware or on any plastic , for example PP5 it is rather safe to use for storing food or drink. If you see PC 7 is it bad news, if you see #1 acidic drinks and hot drinks can't be used there. Generally PC is very bad because in contact with heat or freezing temperature it starts releasing synthetic estrogen which could lead to a sex change. That's the theory because we heard that fish changes it's sex in water polluted with synthetic hormones. Perhaps that's why we have growing number of young people feeling that they belong to a different sex!

 We laughed about it, but I understand now that it is a very serious issue. It also causes all manner of stomach problems - cling film, plastic bags that we keep bread in, carry bags that we store meat in, especially in the freezer,  keep releasing the chemicals under really cold or hot temperatures. My friend's brother is a Scientist in Hong Kong and he confirmed about two types of plastic and how bad (PC) one of them it can be for you. Do not leave those bottles of water in a hot car in the summer! Afterward you can taste that plastic in your mouth !!! Glass bottles and everything that we can buy in it is the best answer- milk, juice, ketchup and ect.

May the Lord grant you wisdom and discernment how to live this life for His glory and for our good health. On the finishing note men please ignore it, but to all Christian women I have to say that contraceptive pills take vitamins out of your body, besides the spiritual reality, that it is  the Lord who wants to have control of life and death in His hands. We should train up children in the Lord as arrows and send them in to the enemy's camp!!! The more the better!!!
May the Lord guide us all in His perfect way. Amen.

Harmony

Hello friends,
At our church (MPBC) we've just started a book club and just finished reading the first book "The glory of Christ" by John Owen. The only sad thing is - it was an abridged version! At the time as I was finishing the book I was talking to a Christian friend who said that she only has time for the spiritual food and God will take care of the rest. She does not have time or energy to be bothered to worry about her body. She does not even have a family yet. =)
My opinion is rather the opposite. In my own experience I found that body and soul are so connected with each other that to ignore one surely means to make the other less effective eventually. It will be just a matter of time. Sick and tired one's can't accomplish much for the Lord and His Kingdom.
It is interesting enough to make the parrallel with what John Owen said:"As we grow older we lose much of our natural appetite for food. We say it does not taste as good as when we were younger. But the change is in ourselves, not in the food. So it is with the word of God which the Psalmist says is sweeter than honey and the honeycomb (Ps. 19:10). If we were hungry, we would find a sweetness in its bitterest reproofs."
I don't know if anyone can see what I can see, but to me if we lay a healthy pattern in our lives from the start (when we are younger possibly) it is so much easier to be disciplined and serve the Lord more effectively. Simply have the energy to read His word continually no matter what the circumstances in lives are (married with kids or single), pray fervently and fast on a regular basis. I remember when I was working with the missionaries, a few of us tried to be healthy - to do aerobics, running, healthy eating, fasting - it was really impressive/challenging to unbelievers and a good example to other Christians. To say that because we are Christians we wont have any issues with health or only because we are Christians we wont have problems in marriage is very foolish. We need to make an effort in every area of our lives. If God sends us an affliction in His Sovereignty it is all together a different thing, but I've met Christians who wont do much to stay healthy and think that God will take care of them?!!! I believe that God gave us brain, will and abilities not to expect Himself to come down and do everything for us! What do you think folks? If you are agree it must be not merely in your head (both spiritual and physical issues), but in practice with redeeming the time attitude too. Selah!