This news headlines speaks for itself - but you can be sure it'll not be found in your local (chinese / english) papers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7739433.stm Israeli soldiers become targets for these settlers. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404784020&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
And meanwhile hardship in Gaza continues. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7739063.stm A would-be terrorist gets blown up probably by his own bomb. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404784596&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Relief in sight?
The fighting in Gaza is hurting the people so badly in terms of food, medication and heating that King Abdullah of Jordan has stepped in to negotiate so that some relief and respite is possible. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404783836&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Let's hope some peace returns so that food and medication can get in.
Let's hope some peace returns so that food and medication can get in.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Food facts
This was sent to me from a doctor friend - interesting reading! Of course I can't verify if it's scientific fact - so just read it for interest and make up your own mind.
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All o f the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.
It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...
God left us great clues as to what foods help what part of our body! God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All o f the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). 
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility. 
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries 
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. 
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body. Tuesday, November 18, 2008
more on war
The war in Gaza worsens. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7735051.stm And the people are almost one week into lack of food and fuel. Read to what the Gazans have to say : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7727219.stm The border is closed.
Meanwhile the mob war in Tel Aviv is going to "spin out of control" as reports say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7733818.stm Innocent bystanders are hurt in the blast.
The weather is getting colder day by day. The sun sets by 5pm and all is dark. I'm utterly exhausted after last week's sudden workload - feeling faint twice at my table from sheer exhaustion.
Meanwhile the mob war in Tel Aviv is going to "spin out of control" as reports say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7733818.stm Innocent bystanders are hurt in the blast.
The weather is getting colder day by day. The sun sets by 5pm and all is dark. I'm utterly exhausted after last week's sudden workload - feeling faint twice at my table from sheer exhaustion.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Twist
Today's gospel reading has a twist which modern folk are not aware. St Eusebius of Caesarea, who lived here in the Holyland in the early 4th century tells us how it was first understood here in the Holyland in its history and culture.
The 1st two servants who made more money with the talents were doing something illegal because the master never told to invest it - they were only entrusted to care for the money. The 3rd servant who buried the talent in the ground did what was allowed by Jewish tradition but was punished by the master. But note, says the saint - the master was not a good guy: he "reaped where he did not sow and gathered where he did not scatter". In effect the master was rewarding his servants who did wrong, because he himself was of the same nature; while the good one was punished. Lesson to learn: if you want to be a good christian in this wicked world, the world will punish you and make you suffer. In other words, "The world loves its own and reject what does not belong to it" (rough paraphrase of John's Gospel); or a good Christian will have to "carry his cross" daily.
Another ancient explanation is: The 1st two servants who made more money with the talents were punished by the master because they were never told to invest it - they were only entrusted to care for the money. The 3rd servant who dug a hole and buried the talent did what Jewish tradition required (cf Matt 13 when the farmer buried the treasure and bought the land) and was rewarded by the master for doing the right thing.
But modern world capitalism/materialism has changed the parable's meaning: earn more, exploit more, make quick money regardless of the consequence.
The 1st two servants who made more money with the talents were doing something illegal because the master never told to invest it - they were only entrusted to care for the money. The 3rd servant who buried the talent in the ground did what was allowed by Jewish tradition but was punished by the master. But note, says the saint - the master was not a good guy: he "reaped where he did not sow and gathered where he did not scatter". In effect the master was rewarding his servants who did wrong, because he himself was of the same nature; while the good one was punished. Lesson to learn: if you want to be a good christian in this wicked world, the world will punish you and make you suffer. In other words, "The world loves its own and reject what does not belong to it" (rough paraphrase of John's Gospel); or a good Christian will have to "carry his cross" daily.
Another ancient explanation is: The 1st two servants who made more money with the talents were punished by the master because they were never told to invest it - they were only entrusted to care for the money. The 3rd servant who dug a hole and buried the talent did what Jewish tradition required (cf Matt 13 when the farmer buried the treasure and bought the land) and was rewarded by the master for doing the right thing.
But modern world capitalism/materialism has changed the parable's meaning: earn more, exploit more, make quick money regardless of the consequence.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Is there a tomorrow?
If this war doesn't stop in Gaza, the misery of the common people will be worse ... for both sides of the wall. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404732385&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
And we don't need to find more ruins of churches, dead buildings; we should be looking for living churches that are dying in order to save them - in India, Iraq and elsewhere. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7729718.stm
And we don't need to find more ruins of churches, dead buildings; we should be looking for living churches that are dying in order to save them - in India, Iraq and elsewhere. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7729718.stm
Independence Day
Today Palestinians celebrate Independence Day - even though they have no independent state. The streets are packed with Palestinians, and so with the Israeli soldiers. Last night fireworks were fired but only a short while. Gaza has run out of food but they still keep bombing missiles into Israel for the 2nd or 3rd day running. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404732385&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull This only causes the checkpoint to be closed and no food can enter Gaza. The checkpoint in Nablus is also closed so we cannot help buy fuel for the orphanage inside. There must be a way. God cannot be blind to such suffering.
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