FOCUS!

FOCUS!

Focus on God and not on yourself.

Focus on God and not on your problems.

Focus on God and not on your challenges.

Focus on God and not on your disappointments.

Focus on God and not on your sickness.

Focus on God and not on your poverty

Focus on God and not on your failure

Focus on God and not on hatred and revenge

Focus on God and not on your weaknesses

Focus on God and not on your limitations

Why should I FOCUS on GOD when all these challenges are bothering me?

Well, the challenges will not be bothering you, if only you had given them to God!

How do I give my challenges to God?

Well, by resigning your fate to the supernatural God, who created you for himself.

How do I resign my fate to God?

Well, by accepting the things you cannot change and try to change those things you can!

Things like what?

Well, you cannot change your existence nor life and death.

You cannot change God’s love for you.

You cannot change your destiny by yourself.

You cannot change people from loving and or hating you at times for no reason.

You cannot change the family you are born into.

You cannot change your father, mother or brothers and sisters.

You cannot even change yourself.

But God can change you, if only you allow the Almighty 

to come inside of you and create within you a new you again.

Focus on God and leave the Almighty to fight your battle; 

even though at times you may lose some of the battles, 

but the God you serve by faith has won the WAR.

Glory!

Amen! Podeh/2015

Can a glass of water really prevent a heart attack?

Can a glass of water really prevent a heart attack?

Myth or Fact?

(Tag Archives: Dr. Virend Somers)

I’m so glad that I got a facebook page. If only because it’s quickly becoming a better source for blog fodder than Dr Oz. Okay, okay, that’s a slight exaggeration. Regardless, there’s a wealth of health misinformation floating around around on there.

Take this post, for example. It purports to be information coming from the Mayo Clinic and tells people that they can reduce the risk of heart attack by drinking a glass of water just before going to bed for the night. Too good to be true? You bet! Now, most of us could probably stand to consume more water on a regular basis so I really don’t want to discourage you (no not you, I know that you get plenty!) from drinking water. However, I don’t like people thinking that a glass of water before bed is the ultimate in heart attack prevention.

There is no information on the Mayo Clinic website advising people to drink water before bedtime to prevent a heart attack. Moreover, there is no scientific research to support this claim.
The article also makes three additional claims about the optimal times to consume water in order to help certain health conditions:

 2 glasses of water after waking up – helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal – helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath – helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed – avoids stroke or heart attack

This is all a lot of hooey. Want to know the optimal times to drink water: when you’re thirsty, when you’ve been sweating a considerable amount, and when you’re sleepy and want to be alert.
Want to “activate internal organs”? Avoid death or becoming a zombie. You’re good to go! Want to help digestion? Avoid consuming extremely large meals. Want to lower blood pressure? Avoid stroke or heart attack? Get plenty of exercise, avoid sitting for prolonged periods, consume a healthy, primarily plant-based diet.
The post goes on to mention additional advice about aspirin use for heart attacks. It references a Dr. Virend Somers at the Mayo Clinic.
Google his name and the first thing that comes up is this post on the Mayo Clinic website:

We have been informed of a recently circulated email regarding the use of aspirin, which included mention of Dr. Virend Somers and of Mayo Clinic. Neither Dr. Somers nor Mayo Clinic contributed to this email, which contains some information that is inaccurate and potentially harmful. We recommend that you speak with your physician if you have specific questions.

This was posted back in 2010! Clearly this misinformation has been making the rounds for some time. I would like to echo the Mayo Clinic’s advice: if you are concerned about heart disease risk, or any other medical condition, go see your doctor. Definitely don’t accept unsolicited advice from facebook.

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Love is a beautiful thing

Love is a beautiful thing

Love is a beautiful thing!

Love is a supernatural act and not a feeling that is rooted in emotionalism!

Love is when you know your enemy and still love them

Love is when you are not gay but love them

Love is when you are not lesbian but still love them

Love is when you are not a Moslem but still love them

Love is when you are hurt but still loves them

Love is when you are betrayed but still loves them

Love is when somebody hates you but you still love them

Love is when you husband hurt you but you still love him

Love is when your wife hurt you but you still love her

Love is when your children disappoint you but you still love them

Love is when you are refused help but you still love them

Love is when you are taking for a fool but you still love them

Love is when you are insulted but you still love them

Love is when you lay down your life for those who persecute and hate you

Love is when you sacrifice your comfort for those who hate you

Love is when you protect your enemies

Love is a beautiful thing!

In order to love, you need Christ, because true love which has nothing 

to do with emotions is supernatural and requires the grace of God!

That’s why Christian love is not the same as sexual enterprise

That’s why Christian love is not about emotional elation or suppression

That’s why Christian love is not about receiving but giving.

For God so love the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son 

(Jesus Christ) and whosoever believe in Him 

shall not perish but have a life everlasting.

Again, in another passage it states; 

while we are yet sinners He died for us!

Love is sacrifice and sacrifice is the Cross of Jesus Christ 

and the Cross of Jesus Christ is true love and this love will give us life.

So are you still in love with your wife, husband and children?

So are you still in love with your perceived enemies, 

associates and family members that at times 

does not respect or agree with your perspective?

So are still in love with that person that is a thorn in your flesh?

Love is a beautiful thing and we need God

 in our lives to love as Jesus Christ loves us.

Amen!

Love is a beautiful thing

Podeh2015.

What Song Do You Sing?

What Song Do You Sing?

“Sing to the Lord a new song, who has done wondrous deed.”

~ Psalm 98:1

What song are we singing- not merely with our lips, but with our lives?

When people see us, hear us or interact with us, what song do they hear coming from us?

Is it a song of sorrow?

Is it a song of anxiety?

Is it a song of complaining?

Is it a song of frustration?

Is it a song of hopelessness?

Is it a song of doubt?

It is a song of hatred?

Is it a song of disappointment?

Is it a song of unemployment?

Is it a song of poverty?

Is it a song of war?

Is it a song of defeat?

Is it a song of death?

Or is it a song of joy, trust and gratitude in the midst of live challenges?

If it is the former, then maybe we have to get in touch again with the “wondrous deeds” of God is doing in our personal lives and in our world.

Just because things are not the way you envisage them, does not mean God is not in control!

Maybe we are taking for granted, God’s divine favors, protections and love!

Maybe we are taking for granted, God’s divine mercy and plan of eternal salvation!

Maybe we are taking for granted, God’s divine healing and providence!

Maybe we are taking for granted, God’s divine gifts of family, friends and life.

PRAYER:

Gracious God, help me to see and appreciate the marvelous deeds you are doing in my life and in the world.

Help me to sing a song of joy, trust and gratitude by the way I live my life.

Help me to see you in everything that happens to me.

Help me to see your comfort in my struggles.

Help me to love you above everything else in this world.

And Lord, God help me to continue to thank you for the gifts of family, friends and benefactors in my life.

Amen!

Podeh/2015