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Aging and Love Thy Neighbor

admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:10:32 +0000

Mornin guys! Hope this finds all in good spirits and health.

Ya know, I used to have passin thoughts back in the day. Passin cause when in my twenties there wasn’t much grass growin under my feet and I just didn’t have time to sit and ponder much.

But at times I’d wonder what hittin 30 must be like?

Then 40?

Suddenly it was 50!

Now my next milestone will be 60, and dang if there ain’t some grass BEGINNING to grow under my feet some???

Just this morning I was tryin to remember the name of the photographer who used to take our family pictures way back when.

Got to botherin me so bad I went and pulled some outta a box I keep em in and looked at the name on the back of the photos.

Know what it said?

Matthew Brady Studios.

If you just got that, well…you got it.

If not…ya probably never will! LOL!

A kid asked me the other day, “How old are you?”

I replied that I was so old, I remembered when they came out with…

“Preparation A!”

Getting older…ain’t it grand?

No seriously, I have to say I am so much more settled, and to be perfectly honest with you guys, I’m very content with where I’m at in my life.

Sure, there’s still struggles, hardship, loss of family members and friends, but there is also a peace that just seems to hang about me…

My God…Our God

This peace that I know comes from my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

For the non-believers, I guess this may be where ya wanna “jump off” this morning, because this is the topic of today’s post.

Not unlike most of you guys, I follow the happenings in our Country today and can’t say that I like most of what’s going on. I’ll read the articles, and if the topic interests me I’ll read many of the comments as well.

It’s very disturbing to me how our administration, our media, and even much of our own citizenry mocks our religion. At times after reading of this I simply shake my head.

Any of you guys feel this way?

Don’t think for one minute that I don’t struggle in my own Christianity, because I most certainly do…every single day.

But to see, every day, the attempts made to restrict our freedoms, and most of all our religious freedoms leads me to believe we’re entering into an age…of evil things, led by evildoers.

Ha-ha, says the naysayers, or non-believers, when you broach the topic…of God. This guy is one of those religious nutcases!

Ha-ha-ha.

YET…

The masses today of the far-left and the believers that the Barack Obama’s and the Hillary Clinton’s among others, are the answer to their prayers (“prayers” here simply being just a figure of speech in regards to their beliefs that these elected elite have the masses best interest at heart), is totally contradictory to many in their disbelief…of God.

Not to speak of their ridicule of those of us who truly know and believe that God does exist.

Why do I say this?

Simple…

With Clinton and Obama both being disciples of Saul Alinsky, “the father of community organizing,” I have to bring up one of Saul Alinsky’s quotes….

Remember, these words come from Alinsky’s own mouth…not mine.

“Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgement to the very first radical; from all our legends, mythology, and history…the very first man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom—Lucifer.”

So, there is no God they say, but they use Lucifer as a prime example of their own agenda.

Aren’t these people fine examples to us, our children, and our children’s children?

Is this what our Country has become?

In all honesty, I have to say, in my opinion mind you, that many if not most of the problems our Country faces today is created through our turning away from God.

As for myself…

Yet I still dare to hope

When I remember this:

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!

His mercies never cease.

Great is His faithfulness;

His mercies begin afresh each morning.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;

Therefore I will hope in Him.” (Lamentations 3:21-24)

The Power of Prayer:

I’ve learned firsthand the power of prayer. I believe that through prayers, miracles can happen.

I believe our goodness towards others comes through our faith in God.

I also believe that God puts people in our lives to Bless us.

That being said, I’d like to share with you guys a comment we received just a few days back from Anne.

“Greetings & Salutations! I have cancer of vocal cords, had radiation therapy ending in Oct 2013, cancers have returned, rapidly growing. Next step could be removal of vocal cords, chemo & mechanical voice box. Trying to avoid this procedure any way possible. Last year had cancerous tumor removed from bladder, last week had small cell basil removed from nose. Obviously I’m not faring so well. Question; will this concoction in any way help my throat and/or other areas of spread? I have some trouble swallowing but can manage. PLEASE, you and your knowledgeable readers advise your thoughts ASAP. Thank you so much for your compassion, concern and any helpful advice or counsel. Love from Fla, USA”

We responded to Anne expressing our feelings of putting your faith and trust in God, and as most know that have followed us very long, that the word “cancer” hits very close to home for me, and for far, far too many others just like me.

We received this in return…

“Thank you Dub for caring and for your expedient reply via my email. God bless you; I couldn’t agree more with your encouragement in Jesus and in my walk with Him. The Gentle Master is forever with me day and night, comforts and holds my hand at every moment and at every turn; leading, bringing me to a calm place in my spirit and keeps me in constant peace. There is no more than this I can ask, or would ask; other than counsel and prayers in His Holy Name. Truly, HE IS and has been all I have (and THAT’S A LOT!) to hold onto, He is my strength, and in HIM is my faith in everything I do, or don’t do. Your response is SO beautiful; please, feel perfectly at ease to publish it right here if you’d like.

I did all the research I could find and read your blog and the reader posts before I made my post on your site, so I understood about the juice concentrate concoction, which appears to definitely be worth a try in several areas of improving ones health. I will answer your email soon; meanwhile I wanted to shed a little light on the huge problem of squeezing the juice from these hateful fresh ginger roots. I, like many others, do not own a Jack LaLane Juicer or any other kind of juicer that’s worth a good huff & a puff. Tried and true: S-I-M-P-L-E! THIS WORKS!!

Rinse the fresh roots but do NOT peel. Break them up and/or slice off sections crosswise, (not lengthwise slices), not so small that you wouldn’t be able to get a grip on them. Place the pieces in the freezer until solidly frozen. Microwave on high a few pieces at the time until real hot and soft to the touch; this will take more than a minute. Using a short salad fork, and holding directly close over the container, insert the fork prongs into one piece of the root at the time while continuously gouging and twisting the fork firmly back and forth. The juice will immediately start to flow out of the pulp; THEN using your hand/fingers squeeze the root piece as hard as you can and there, BINGO, you have your juice! BTW, just so you know; it takes lots more than one pound of ginger root to make an 8oz cupful. I saved and boiled all the (very tough) pulp pieces for brewing ginger tea. Strained it, spicy but tasty with a little honey added, refrigerated the rest. You get used to the sorta hot-spicy taste.

NOW, as to the fresh garlic juice. FORGET THAT! I’m no master chef, but I tried every kitchen gadget I own, including a garlic presser. No can do! W.H.A.T a mess. I sent my son out to purchase a large jar of refrigerated minced garlic for me today and this will just have to do. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work the very same way, right? It’s all going to be boiled together anywayz, so big whoopie. It will still be drinkable and digestible. Only thing, it’s probably preserved in store-bought vinegar w/water and possibly other preservatives added? Well. I can’t do much about that, now can I? Don’t think I’ll bother to strain out the tiny little garlic pearls after boiling with other ingredients, could be losing the only garlic content if I do that.

Bottom line, I have to move forward and stop fiddling with it, meanwhile the lemons could be going sour! I am thinking I will take 2 tbsps 3 x daily of the final concentrate mixture while keeping it safely refrigerated. The final six cups of concentrate, after adding the 3 cups of honey, should last a few weeks? What say you?

Dub, I have also been reading about a natural raw (NOT Arm ‘n Hammer) PH baking soda/raw molasses possible cure for some types of cancers, primarily prostate cancer (don’t have, I’m a woman). I’m not handy at posting links but it’s on the interwebs and by Googling Baking Soda Cancer Cure it should show up. Some research has been done on this; as well, there is an informative video posted by a doctor who has done multiple research in conjunction with others, who categorically advocates that cancer is a fungus. I have not had time to look into his research and recommendations but intend too.

Do you or any of your readers know anything about these possible cures and dietary regimens, or other alternative simple-step/do-it-yourself treatments? Believe it or not, I have not given up at all and actually AM thinking that I MIGHT/COULD get better! I look forward to being in touch with you and your readers very soon. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL; and thank you again for your kind response…. Anne in Fla, USA”

Without Anne having any knowledge of this, I gotta tell you guys, reading her two comments inspired me to know end!

Looking at what Anne is going through in her own life, and for her to express such love for “The Gentle Master,” made me realize just how trivial my life problems really are.

You shouldn’t be thanking us Anne for anything. It is us who should be thanking you!

No longer than we’ve been in contact I have to state to you emphatically…You Anne, are such an inspiration to me.

This is God, one more time putting total strangers together.

So, I’m asking all who read our site, or just stumble across our site, please pray for Anne. Put her in your prayers…

Not just Anne, but ANYBODY you might know or have heard of with any type of disease or affliction.

Also, if you have any advice or you just want to drop her a line as a show of support for her, or anyone for that matter, please do so and God Bless you for doing it!

These are the types of things that help to keep that peace I feel in my heart.

I want you all to have a great day, and again, God Bless you and yours, and God Bless America!

Remember…

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath.

Please be sure to, “Keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!”

Doug and Lucky

“Holding Your Hand From Afar”

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:16:52 +0000

Well, good morning once again. We hope all are doing well, and guess what? We had over an inch of rain yesterday afternoon!! YES….

I have to tell you guys what a pleasure doing this site has been. Yeah, there are times it seems as if there just aren’t enough hours in the day in regards to all the irons Deb and I have in the fire, but that’s part of life.

I know without a doubt that what I have to say suffers from time to time on account of other things going on, but I have to tell you…all the good we’ve received by doing this, far, far outweighs any bad. You guys have been just great!

When I let out about Deb’s cancer, I was stunned by the goodness you guys put out there for us. Your thoughts, concerns and prayers, literally overwhelmed us! On top of this, I know, in my heart, that your kindness has helped Deb immensely in her fight, and is one of the reasons she’s done so well! Thank you all again!

Without a doubt, the main reason we keep on with our site…is the ability to converse and share with so many wonderful people. The sharing of ideas, recipes, and even laughter. But far more than anything else is the ability to share prayers in each of our regard!

Sadly yesterday, we’ve found out that one of our very good, well actually, a very dear friend is once more faced with adversity from this terrible disease. I won’t use their names as I’m not sure yet if they’d feel it appropriate at the moment.

Most that have read our column for any length of time will know immediately who she is, but once more, I’ll keep it under hat for now. If she feels okay with it, I’m sure she’ll let you know, but I just would like you to say a prayer in their regard.

God too knows who I’m speaking of, and he will know where these prayers are directed!

The reason I’m letting out this news is that throughout Deb’s fight, she has been standing beside Deb since day one, and as she likes to say, “Holding Deb’s hand from afar.”

Because of this, and the type of person this lady is, I humbly ask you guys for prayers on her behalf as well. She has been through a long struggle in her own right with this disease, for years and years, but several months back was given an all clear!

Deb and I were ecstatic over such great, and deserved good fortune! It couldn’t have happened to a better person! Yet, we just found out that her husband was just diagnosed with cancer as well, and as far as we know at the moment, his prognosis is not good.

So once more, say a special prayer for this family. They have been through adversity before, and now it just tears our hearts out to find that once more, they are faced with this disease again.

I want her to know this morning just how much she’s meant to us since we’ve been blessed by her reaching out to us, and her literally becoming a part of our family, just as we feel we’re a part of her own.

Her thoughts, her laughter, her advice, concern and prayers were, and still are such a blessing, and this morning Deb and I both feel, not only feel, but KNOW, prayers are so helpful!

So to our friend, please know that this is but one way we feel we might could help you guys out…through prayer. Prayers from all our other friends out there strung together to help you guys through a tough, tough time.

Miracles happen daily. Keep the faith, look up, and know in your heart that you are loved by so many! God Bless you and yours! We love ya’ll, and are only a phone call away.

“Holding your hands from afar…”

Dub and Deb

A Special Request, and a Couple of Thank You’s as Well:

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:25:37 +0000

I’d like to ask you today for a special request. In reality it’s a prayer request.
I’ve talked a time or two about a family out in Texas who Deb and I met through our site, and from watching each other’s videos. They’re two fine people, and actually have become good friends with ole Deb and I.
Ken and Trisha are their names, and we became very close to them after finding out she was diagnosed with cancer at almost the very same time as Deb, although Trish was diagnosed with lung cancer.
We found out just a couple days ago that they’re really going through some tough times in this regard, and we would so appreciate you guys putting them into your prayers. Also, I’d like to thank you all for doing this in advance! You all have been so good to Deb and I in are our regard, so please, give Ken and Trish a dose of the same! I’m telling you now that they’d greatly appreciate your doing so. Thanks guys!
Ken, Trish, we love you guys! Stay focused and positive, and you’re in our prayers!
In regards to us throwing a couple of thank you’s out there, the first will be to our good friends, Judi and Brian of the Canada Free Press, or the “CFP.”
Judi and Brian have done, and still do so much for us, and they are just two wonderful people. I aggravate the tar out of Brian from time to time, but the guy is literally unshakeable. I wonder if there’s anything that can get under his skin, as I haven’t had much luck in doing so.
It’s not that I try, but simply I’m not computer wise…period. By this being the case, I’m sure my lack of knowledge MUST aggravate him, but the poor guy never misses a beat. I swear I wish my temperament was more like his, and a lot less than mine is in reality. I believe being more “low key,” may actually add years to your life!
Thanks for being Brian, Brian, and as far as Judi, well, words can’t express what she’s meant to us! Thanks guys, we’re so appreciative of your help! God bless you both.
Another thanks I’d like to throw out there this morning is to another site. This site is Yer Ol’ Wood Pile Report. www.woodpilereport.com
I was looking at a site that Brian “hooked us up with” and it tells us the number of hits we have daily. Being I’m not computer literate once more, I just happened to be playing around with it, and saw the Wood Pile Report had actually sent us a number of readers from time to time.
To the editor of Wood Pile Report I’d like to say thank you for this, and that Deb and I both appreciate this. We’re just sorry we weren’t smart enough to figure it out before now. Actually too, a reader, “Ken” sent us a comment to us that he’d found our site through the Wood Pile Report.
This got me digging around, and I checked them out. It looks like a great site, and again, thank you for linking to some of our stuff!
Lastly, Deb and I would like to thank you guys too, our readers and friends. You guys have been great! Have a wonderful day, and God Bless you all!
Dub and Deb