“We do not live in a praying age. We live in an age of hustle and bustle, of man’s efforts and man’s determination, of man’s confidence in himself and in his own power to achieve things, an age of human organization, and human machinery, and human push, and human scheming, and human achievement; which in the things of God means no real achievement at all. What we need is not so much some new organization, some new wheel, but the Spirit of the living creature in the wheels we already possess.”
Dr. Reuben A. Torrey, The Power of Prayer
Kids are very susceptable to pesticide poisoning from food from birth to 2 years of age because of the reduced ability of the extcretory system to process and reject these pesticides. Little is known about the effects of the pesticide levels in kids, but we do know that pesticides are a neurotoxin that can dramatically effect brain function.
The original article was from United Press Internationl. I found it through Organic Consumers Association: Click Here
Check out this funny but serious cartoon on JibJab about the drug industry. Go the JibJab and click on the “Drugs I Need” cartoon. Click Here
We joined the community supported agriculture (CSA) program of a local organic farm. This means we get a share of their harvest throughout the year.
Each week, the farm puts together boxes with fresh vegetables and fruit that they picked from the fields. They drive throughout the South Bay and drop off these boxes to a variety of pick up sites. Our site happens to be only 2 miles from our house!
The nice thing about this, is that we don’t need to drive far, and we are gauranteed to have fresh, ripe and completely organically grown fruits and vegetables for the week. We pay around $1000 for the entire spring, summer and fall seasons. That comes to abuot $30 per box. It’s much cheaper and more convenient that going to the organic food store.
Jenn and I tend to settle on 3 or 4 of our favorite vegetables and fruits, so this program will also encourage us to eat a wider variety of healthy fruits and vegetables.
The farm we are using is called Live Earth Farm. Check out their website. Click Here
We found them by searching for CSA’s in the Bay Area using Local Harvest’s website. You can also find a local farm anywhere in the country. Click Here
Remember that saying, “you are what you eat”. Well, this statement has never been more frightening after watching the eye opening film about our food industry called “Future of Food”.
Our food industry in the U.S. is run by huge multinational conglomerate cooperations that are money and power hungry. Let’s face the facts about businesses, they are out to make money. This film is a stark reminder that it is up to consumers and the government to protect themselves. However, it turns out, in the United States, the government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are being run by the former employees of these cooperation. It’s the old “fox watching the hen house”. How can us chickens be safe when the fox, who wants to pounce and kill on the chickens, is in charge of the safety of the chickens?
Happy Valentines Day to all. I found the perfect way to start Valentine’s day from one of my favorite devotionals, “Amazing Grace: 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotionals”
O love the Lord, all ye saints. (Psalm 31:23)
Blest be Thy love, dear Lord, that taught us this sweet way,
Only to love Thee for Thyself, and for that love obey.
?J. AustinSecular songs of romantic expressions abound on this day. For the Christian, a hymn about love is also appropriate for Valentine?s Day, and no sweeter expression of one?s love for Christ can be found than these anonymous lines from an early American folk hymn.
For the early Christians, February 14 was a special day. Tradition tells us that a man by the name of Valentine was a Christian doctor who went about doing good deeds wherever he could, in imitation of his Master.
Valentine became a good friend and helper to the Christians, who were being persecuted by the cruel powers of the Roman Empire. It is believed that the good doctor was eventually imprisoned because of his loyalty to his fellow ?followers of the Way.? After he was beheaded on February 14, that day was observed each year in Valentine?s honor by the early Christians.As time went on, however, Valentine and his deeds of kindness were forgotten. Because February was near the beginning of spring, with its feelings of romance, the day became a secular holiday celebrating romantic love. Tokens of love and affection were given to sweethearts and friends, starting the custom that we still practice today.
Dr. Valentine gave his life for his fellow Christians because of his deep love for Christ. We too can express our love for the Savior with these simply stated yet profound words ? ?but how much I love Thee my actions will show.?
I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my Lord; I love Thee, my Savior, I love Thee, my God: I love Thee, I love Thee, and that Thou dost know; but how much I love Thee my actions will show.
O Jesus my Savior, with Thee I am blest, my life and salvation, my joy and my rest: Thy name be my theme and Thy love be my song; Thy grace shall inspire both my heart and my tongue.
Oh who?s like my Savior? He?s heaven?s bright king; He smiles and He loves me and helps me to sing: I?ll praise Him, I?ll praise Him with notes loud and clear; while rivers of pleasure my spirit shall cheer.Osbeck, K. W. (1990). Amazing grace : 366 inspiring hymn stories for daily devotions. Includes indexes. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications.
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