The Strategy is Often the Same

Satan is very clever. Always his strategy is to confuse reality, to make evil seem good. He knows Eve is living in all the splendor of Eden, with all of her needs met. How do you get at someone who is contented with good?

The serpent has a plan. He approaches the woman with a theological discussion about God. That is a safe subject; she likes to talk about God. The serpent queries, “Did God really say, ‘ You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The serpent makes an overstatement that he allows Eve to correct, but in doing so he makes her aware of a restriction. God is keeping something from her.

The woman corrects the serpent. “No, God isn’t like that….” Then she makes her own overstatement of what God has said (Genesis 3:3). Yet, instead of declaring that the garden is lavish in its provision for her need, and that one tree doesn’t make all that much difference, the woman lets the serpent trick her. He focuses her attention on the one forbidden tree, suggesting that God is keeping something good from Eve. He casts doubt on the character of God. Doubting God makes it easy to “take and eat.”

Eve’s attention is riveted to the tree– not the garden full of goodness, not God’s gracious fellowship and provision. Just the tree. It looks good; it pleases the eye; it is desirable (Genesis 3:6). The more she looks, the more appealing it becomes. It’s always that way when Satan gets us to concentrate on the temptation instead of on God.

I suppose the temptation has been replayed again and again in the history of the human race, and probably in each of our lives. The specifics are different, but the strategy is often the same. How many times has the serpent tempted you to think, “A good God wouldn’t keep me from this, would He?”

The serpent won his encounter with the woman. She took the fruit and gave some to her husband. It will be a long time before another One will say, “Take and eat, ” and this time He will provide His own body and blood as a ransom for their sins.

from: Women’s Devotional Bible

Although God would put enmity between Satan and humanity, and between the Seed of the woman and that of the serpent, a Man would be appointed by God to bruise the serpents head, and remove God’s curse forever, although God’s chosen Saviour would Himself be bruised in the process. But the death of the ONE would triumph over the power of the other, death itself would lose its sting, and Satan himself would be vanquished forever.

One result of their sin would be a perpetual struggle between the satanic forces and mankind until its final completion, and Christ becomes all in all. But until that time, there will be ongoing hostility and bitter enmity between the woman and her human offspring, and Satan, his demonic forces, and all who choose to serve in the kingdom of darkness.

Satan and sin was defeated at the Cross by the death of Christ and His shed blood. Two thousand years ago the promised Seed of the woman crushed the head of the serpent and defeated man’s bitter enemy at the Cross, where His heel was bruised on account of our iniquity and sin. BUT His blood cleanses sin for all who believe in Christ as Saviour. Praise His holy name.

Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/genesis-3-15

Now coming TRUE! They lied to us!

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biggest-scandal-american-history.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/covid-origins-hearing-focus-faucis-role-disproving-lab-leak-theory

“The scientists who published the hasty study had previously confided to Fauci that the virus likely came from a lab but reversed themselves in a matter of three days. Dr. Redfield called that about-face “antithetical to science” and accused Fauci of “an attempt to misguide and redirect debate.”

As I have argued before, there is more than sufficient evidence to justify an investigation by the Department of Justice as to whether Fauci gave deliberately deceptive or false testimony when he appeared before a Senate committee. 

As the evidence against him mounts, the chronicles of Dr. Anthony Fauci demand a sober reassessment.  The man who was lionized as “America’s doctor” is not the saintly figure that he and a sycophantic media have long portrayed.”  Gregg Jarrett

to PROMOTE VACCINATION aka INJECTIONS!

Conspiracy Theoriests have found that truth is on their side after all! They’re vindicated! More than two (2) years and TRUTH came down knocking! The conspiracy theories were right about everything, according to Elon Musk. He dug into the Twitter files and found, among other files bombshell, the criminal works of those responsible in twisting the minds, and took advantage of the frightened U.S. citizens and thus got them vaccinated of the questionable drugs, which is really not a vaccine but injection with so many boosters, are finally exposed!

I have questioned about this so called vaccines and have posted some of my doubts in the past about it.

I did not feel getting discriminated for not trusting the vaccines, but nobody really knows I was unvaccinated, except my exercise therapist who kept on asking me, if I was vaccinated every time I showed up for a therapy session last year. I was mostly home in 2020 and 2021. Worn my mask when I would venture out, up to this year. We have been in good health in my household and have been making sure that we are nutritiously healthy and been engaging in exercises. My faith in God has tremendously helped me in coping with the pandemic years. God has guided me, and protected me and heals me through discernments and wisdom, as well as my family.

This year, two friends died after a short illness, and a neighbor passed away suddenly. They were not elderly, they still had some years ahead of them. They were not sickly, but starting getting sick after most people got the vaccine shots; and most likely they did, too. I felt there was something “in the water, something in the air” that’s going on. I just had this intuition, an awakened sense of complex feeling. Especially when I found out through friends that many people they know had passed away, young, middle age and some elderly and the funeral parlors are overextended and there’s a waiting period before the deceased families could hold a viewing and a funeral! The people in the state where I came from were mostly vaccinated. So you would expect that there will be fewer deaths. But of course, surveys are under the government agenda; so they would make up news that the ones that died in 2021 are the unvaccinated, which is further from the truth. In 2022, the cahooters’ survey recently are saying that the most people infected now are the vaccinated, because they said, most of the unvaccinated people had passed away already.

It’s true that in 2020, the millions of death were of those that were unvaccinated because the cahooters had not yet invented a supposedly vaccines until 2021.

Fast forward to when Elon Musk becomes the CEO of Twitter. I have a twitter account, so pretty much, I know what has been going on in this very popular social media platform. He changed the ambiance of Twitter and allowed free speech. Before Elon’s taking over Twitter, the atmosphere there was of caution. Like no tweets ever to offend just about anybody; and mostly, everybody who are in power along with all the social and mainstream medias; or else, your tweets would be suppressed, deleted and eventually cancelled and permanently suspended, just by tweeting the truth. Everything had to be politically correct. Then enter Elon Musk and it was a PARTY! It has been actually the best social media forum, and meeting of kind minds; mostly, unless you encounter someone who’s already angry and uptight of the good changes on Twitter.

from: EuroWeekly News

I was surprisingly astounded when one of the tweets I’ve came across was about not being infected by Covid at all through the more than 2 years of the pandemic and they never gotten vaccinated at all. There were a lot of them that came out and tweeted their truth. These stories were suppressed and many more like it.

When the Tweeter FauciFiles were downloaded and exposed, many memes came out about the Covid truthful informations that were suppressed. I doubt if there’s any investigation that will come out from all these; and if ever, it will die a slow death for politically speaking, they will all try to protect their own financial investments and special interests; and no one will be sent to jail. While millions of people died because of cover ups.

These are some of the MEMES that Tweeter Users uploaded who were outraged by the lies, deceptions and cover ups:

Toxic Nightshades Vegetables

Vegetables and fruits are part of my healthy diets for the past years now. But I’ve never heard of a group of edible plants called nightshades vegetables.

The aches and pains on my back had gotten worse last year. So I thought to go get an X-ray. The sports doctor I saw said my spine is in good condition. He suggested to go get some physical therapy and was given exercises to do everyday. I even bought seat cushion and lumbar support for my back, lumbar support back braces, and exercise balls. I would do them daily. They helped temporarily but the aches and pains would come back in no time. I even went to see and got my back worked on by a chiropractor this year. It would help for a day or two, then I’m back with aches and pains on my back again. I was getting frustrated.

One thing good though, each time, I would feel good in the morning after a good sleep; but then I started feeling back pain towards the afternoon after I was done with my daily lunch. And it goes through the night and I barely can sit for long without using my back braces and I have to use a heating pad before I go to bed. I started getting very concerned. I tried to avoid over the counter medication for back pain, but I resorted to taking them to ease the pain three weeks ago. I tried not to take the doze that’s suggested on the label. I know there’s side effects in taking them everyday. I tried not to rely on medication if I can avoid them.

I read that homemade Ginger tea is good to ease aches and pains; and good for colds and flu and at the same time it helps lowering my blood pressure. I drink it every morning on an empty stomach and it does help. As long as I don’t drink too much of it. And it’s anti-inflammatory.

I started researching the internet to get answers to the continuous back pain, stiffness, achy and mostly a very cold sensation running through my upper back and; I got the answer! Through extensive research and links, I found out what’s causing the back pain and I was dumbfounded that some of the veggies and fruits I’ve been eating are the cause of my aches and pain! I was totally and intensely shocked, for I thought I was doing myself a favor by eating healthy foods!

The culprits are the veggies and fruits that have Solanine in them! Solanine is a poisonous compound that has pesticidal properties for plants natural defenses against bugs. The plants actually have drug-like substances called alkaloid drugs. Solanine is a natural pesticide, protecting the plants from insects that may harm them. It might be a protection for the plants, but have bad side effects for some humans and it includes me! And Solanine chemical compound can be found in a group of nightshades vegetables such as eggplants, tomatoes (all varieties including tomatillos, white potatoes, peppers (red, green, yellow, orange), jalapeño, chili, cayenne), paprika and ground cherries. Foods that contain Solanine that are not directly in the nightshades family are: apples, blueberries and huckleberries, okra and artichokes.

I found out that nightshades foods contain four types of alkaloid drugs which can be dangerous to those that are sensitive to Solanine and the other alkaloid drugs. Steroid alkaloids, which includes Solanine, propane alkaloids, pyrrolizidine alkaloids and indole alkaloids. These drugs including Solanine may cause paralytic-like muscle spasm, aches and pains, tenderness, inflammation and stiff body movements. Another health problem is soft tissue calcification around the joints.

The experts and doctors on these particular food toxins indicated that people’s body cannot metabolize (break down) a particular substance as Solanine. The Solanine then builds up in the major organs, including the thyroid gland and skeletal muscles and can cause all sorts of problems. This can result in an inflammatory response and different people have various levels of sensitivity, depending on genetics, nutritional status or other factors.

On a practical level Solanine can do the following in sensitive patients; act as an endocrine disruptor especially to the thyroid, 2) cause chronic joint pain, arthritis (all forms), joint inflammation- this is due to solanine’s ability to remove calcium from the bones and deposit it in any weak or genetically predisposed area of the body, for the same reason it can be a major contributor to osteoporosis (since it removes calcium from the bones) and arteriosclerosis (it can deposit the calcium in the blood vessels), “leaky gut” as well as IBS, appendicitis, birth defects including spina bifida, depression (correcting it in one patient stopped their strong suicidal tendencies), migraines, Solanine can greatly interfere with calcium and vitamin D absorption, despite supplementation.

Solanine may sneak in potato starch used to help shredded cheese to separate from each other. Paprika is in mustard, mayo and few other condiments. The majority of salad dressings and spices has some form of pepper in it to help the taste. Some of the pre-seasoned meat uses chili powder or cayenne powder. I have to be conscious and on the look out and read labels more closely.

I have incorporated since last year bell peppers (nightshade veggies)-red, yellow and orange, in my veggie salads. I ate apples maybe 3 times a week. I would make some eggplant parmesan and eggplant omelette. I’ve always have consumed blueberries. I’ve used some paprika in dishes I’ve made that calls for it. And of course, tomatoes are in most of my homemade cooking. I don’t eat much potatoes as it could screw up my diet, so not a problem to eliminate it. Thankfully, there are other varieties of veggies and fruits that safe to eat and there’s no Solanine in them.

I’ve started eliminating these nightshade veggies and fruits with Solanine, in my cooking and my raw veggie salads and fruit consumption. According to a clinical research on Solanine, it can take 6 months or more to clear these chemicals from the body so just eliminating them for a few weeks may not provide a clear enough indication. It suggested to keep a journal of symptoms while totally avoiding nightshades and foods with Solanine for a minimum of 6 months.

I have not eaten any nightshade veggies for two weeks now; so I can tell which foods would give me inflammation attacks that causes stiffness and cold sensation in my back. I ate an apple yesterday and sure enough, my back reacted to my ingesting the apple with skin, with aches and cold back sensation just after a few hours up through the night.

Today, I’ve had some ginger tea first thing in the morning; and had some oatmeal with milk. I had my daily veggie salad sans Solanine chemical compound and ate a sumptuous main course and red grapes for dessert. My immune system did not attack my body for an invader it hated- Solanine! I was pain free and no cold sensation on my back! I’ve started incorporating back my Vitamin Code Grow Bone System to heal my joints and bones.

Vegetables and fruits are not created equal! I’ve learned a big lesson and got familiarized with Nightshades foods. I prayed to God to give me wisdom about this health problem and He gave me discernment and led me to know about Nightshades foods and Solanine. God is good all the time! God is always to my rescue! I just have to always pay attention to what the Holy Spirit of God is placing in my heart and mind.

God’s Presence thru Jesus

What a wonderful feeling waking up and God speaking to my heart. What a voice of peace whispering in my ear that He is near. He has a marvelous way of extending His desire to be shared in this world that He created. Remember not to worry is His tune; always seek the Kingdom of Righteousness to prepare for the glorious eternal moments that no earthly eyes have ever seen or imagined! He reminded me that He is forever my Shield, my Protector, my Healer, my Refuge, my Comforter, my Companion, my Provider and my Counselor. How good of a feeling that through Jesus, I am privileged to be gifted with His Holy Spirit that enabled me to hear clearly the voice of the Almighty One. What a GIFT, that many people are missing out, just because they do not believe in the story of the Cross at Golgotha.

the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was located at Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified

No matter how we tried to live a life sans Jesus Christ, that life is not a peaceful one but it’s an empty existence. Without Jesus, we tried to cover up that hole in our hearts with thoughts of having it all in life. A process that have been proven futile, useless or in vain. Party here, party there! Live life to the fullest- eat, drink, travel and be merry. Would God say in your Judgment Day, since you party hardy, drink, eat plenty and live life to the fullest, you are welcome in heaven?

God will judge us base on what we did for His Kingdom. If we didn’t serve Him (https://www.gotquestions.org/well-done-good-and-faithful-servant.html), we will be judged by the Ten Commandments.

Did you use God’s name in vain, did you steal, did you lie, did you get envious of other’s wealth and popularity, did you have sexual relationship before marriage or with a married person? James 2:10 said: “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point (command) is guilty of breaking all of it. Are you going to heaven or hell? God is just and fair and He is Holy. There’s no grey matter in His Kingdom. He is either black or white in His Judgment.

The reason why Jesus put forth this very disheartening story of ^{The Rich Man and Lazarus}  “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.  And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’  But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’  He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

We are nothing without Jesus in our lives

So heart provoking if you seriously think about it. Jesus said yet again on Luke 12:19-21: “And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’  But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Give us wisdom to realize how short our lives are

When we realize that our life is short, we should also realize and be concerned, as to where this life after death will spend eternal life in the eternal hemisphere.

No one can see heaven nor God without going thru Jesus. Church cannot save us, good deeds cannot take us to heaven, being a good person will not open heaven’s gate. Only through our personal relationship with Jesus Christ can God allows for us to be with Him. Because thru accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He will give us the Gift of Grace that has a transforming power that would totally change us to be like His Son as we seek and study Jesus’ life and God’s true nature. With it comes the gifting of the Holy Spirit that would reside within us. It’s so powerful! Don’t miss out! Your eternal life’s destiny depends on this Truth.

“So how do we follow Him today? The same way the disciples did long ago. They heard the words of Jesus and believed them. They took His words and obeyed them. They confessed their sins to Jesus as their Lord and God. They believed that He died to take the punishment of their sins and rose from the dead to give them new life. They followed His example and command to tell others the truth about sin, righteousness, and judgment. When we follow Him in “the way,” we can be assured of following Him all the way to heaven.” GotQuestions.org

And this is what God this morning nudges me to write. Share God’s good news of Salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him (Jesus) shall not perish (go to hell) but have eternal life (heaven).” John 3:16

Where is your sting?

Another chapter in my life is besieged with news of death of a long time friend last month, 23rd of July to be exact. After two people I’ve known had gone ahead to eternal life, I was again mourning the passing of this friend who was dear to my heart. Again, I was looking back to the past. It has a way of pulling you back, throw back the years gone by. Days of recollection of the good old days. It played in my mind how busy the years were, that when I got reconnected with these group of friends outside work; they have all been family oriented and with kids to boot. Those days of carefree life among them stayed in my old video tapes, played again after hearing of this friend’s death.

I just recently recovered from the passing of a friend from work; and facing again this dilemma of heartbreak of losing another friend, it’s been tough. When she finally was laid to rest and the coffin was lowered down to the grave as shown by a live streaming video on Facebook, I was exhausted from mourning. I had to deactivate my Facebook page again just to take a breather. I decided to intentionally stay away from Messenger as well to clear my mind. My friends from this group were so nonchalantly telling me that people they know, related or not, died like flies in recent months. Young and old alike are passing away. The funeral homes are inundated with funeral services even to this day. They are hopelessly overloaded, the reason it took 17 days for the viewing of my friend’s remains. At least she was buried on her birthday the next day. This is the reality of the ongoing pandemic of Covid 19 and its variants.

Who knows if these people are passing away, not necessarily of Covid infections, but the effects of Covid vaccinations that trickled to the body’s organs and cells that causes illnesses and deceases. No one knows at this point of the pandemic until maybe years from now.

What’s top my list moving forward is to go back to stress reducing ways. Resume with exercises, sleeping well, healthy diet and meditation. With these sad news of deaths, close in proximity, among friends and relations, it takes a toll on your mind. I have to tell myself, these people are gone. The Holy Bible scriptures describe their state of mind as asleep knowing nothing anymore about this present world. I need to remind myself, to help me cope, that their spirits have gone back to God and their everlasting souls either stayed with God or Hades. Wherever their souls reside, they no not of us any longer. They don’t know anymore how we feel about their passing. They are like vapors that are now gone. We are just torturing ourselves getting emotional in recollecting the memories about them. We should have actually enjoyed and have spent time with them, in any shape and form, while they were here on earth, communicating with them when they were alive. That’s the valuable facts that no one pays attention to when these loved ones were alive. When they want to communicate, communicate back! You will be sorry if you don’t when they pass on. And when the opportunity arise, don’t miss out sharing and telling them about Jesus eternal SALVATION.

According to Ecclesiastes 9:5 of the Holy Bible: “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”

“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2

“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Post Office Rudeness

Never thought I would experience it, but there’s always a first time. I’ve heard the expression that someone “went postal or going postal.” For some reasons, in our community of post office services, we got the worst delivery systems. Undeniably many employees serving the public at the post office have attitude problems. Most are very unfriendly. I usually put up with their very poor customer interactions as long as I’ve got what I need.

Two days ago was a different experience and sort of hostile. We made an appointment to get started with our passport renewals. The appointment was for ID passport pictures; and we got confirmation for the time we should be at this post office, which is not our regular post office. However, it was the only available customer service to take ID pictures.

We gave ourselves enough time to make it to our appointment to this post office about 25 minutes from our residence. Thank goodness, not a lot of customers were there. When we got inside and waited to be called, one of the post office sales associates asked us why we were there. When we said we have an appointment for ID pictures, she started yelling and told us that we should just have our pictures taken at Walgreen. She was rude that my hubby reacted to her bad attitude. First of all, she should have gotten out of her glass window office and talk to us and explain the whole thing. It was a very tenseful situations. My husband was getting angry already as he started feeling intimidated by this post office employee. I tried to keep calm so we can have things done and leave.

Bad Customer Service at the post office

Then we realized it was this sale associate with a bad attitude that would be taking our ID photos. She came out and took pictures. She was rude all throughout. She had it especially bad with my husband who was already irate and the picture taken of him showed it, when I saw them at the counter as the other employee was helping us to mail our passport applications. I checked mine and it was the most ugly ID photos. I was tempted to stop the process and get our ID photos somewhere else, but the process went so fast that the next thing I know, we paid for the ID pictures and whatever other charges we had to pay.

I was just glad to get out of there! But the more I thought about the bad experience, it started bothering me and eating me up. We were treated like we were stupid. She bullied us and got away with it. It was on my mind until I woke up this morning. I then remember on the post office sales receipt, there was a request for a survey on what we have experienced doing business with the post office. I did not waste my time to get to the feedback website. It asked for the zip code of the post office and the date we got the service. I gave it the worst unsatisfactory feedback. There was a comment section and I expressed the bad experience we had with the post office sales representative.

These sales associates at the counters of the post office have a high and mighty attitude all the time. But they seem to get worse during these pandemic periods of our lifetime. They might be short handed, but at the time they were trying to serve us, there was no line. So there’s no excuse. But even then, we should not be treated like stepchildren undeserving of respect.

What I’ve learned from this experience is, never get our passport ID pictures taken by the post office employees again! Next time, do it online for renewals. Stay away from the post office as much as possible. If we choose to mail our passport applications, we will do them ourselves. Obtain the priority mail envelope and the address label at the post office and put them all together at home. Stay away as much as possible from these disgruntled post office employees!

RUDE and all CAPS!

‘Rude’ Postal Employees Could Cost USPS $300 million this year

https://www.govexec.com/management/2015/02/rude-postal-employees-could-cost-usps-300-million-year/105045/

“The USPS inspector general said in an audit released last week that negative customer feedback increased 9 percent from fiscal years 2012 to 2013. Overall, 20 percent of customers said they were treated “worse than other retailers” by postal employees.”

Why are USPS workers, for the most part, so mean and rude?

“I agree that the answer is – because they’re government employees and they feel they have a monopoly and power over you, and power corrupts. I went for a passport application. That’s one area where they still have monopoly, because the mail is so much better with UPS and FedEx of course. So the person there was being abusive to me from the beginning, yelling at my and my child for no reason, saying the kid was touching something in the store and I had to pay for it before they start my application. I offered to pay but the employee kept yelling at me and I had to leave. Would never happen if it was a private organization and iif t did, they would compensate me.This doesn’t mean there aren’t nice employees too but as a general rule, more crazy/insane/evil people like that would be working in government places.”

“I wonder this exact same thing. Not with mail carriers, but anytime I need to go into the actual post office I’m barked at, copped attitude with, demeaned, rolled eyes at and given general stank face. I google this question wondering if it had something to do with what their day to day or payrate was like and instead was met with a bunch of grown adults whining that they’d behave better if only YOU did.”

Why are the USPS front desk staff so rude?

“Some reasons:

1. The sheer numbers of people who they have to deal with daily – In a medium-sized city, postal clerks likely handle several hundred customers per day. That volume of people can be difficult for some people and occasional lapses in courtesy are the result. The clerks in larger cities probably handle far higher numbers, especially during the holidays.
2. People are often unprepared to be helped when they get to the post office – They haven’t filled out address labels, they don’t know the zip codes, they didn’t bring enough money to ship their letter, they complain about the costs and they try to ship items which cannot be shipped. The customers often task the patience of the postal employees tasked to help them.
3. They can’t be fired – One of the open secrets of the USPS is that you really have to screw badly to be terminated. Being snide or rude to customers doesn’t qualify for this, so many postal employees can act in any number of manners.
4. They aren’t well-trained – Having used the post office many times for personal and business shipping, I can’t count the numerous times that a counter clerk had to go ask someone a question. Even things that they should have known, they would walk into the back and ask a supervisor or one would come out to resolve the problem. If the postal employees were/are better trained they might provide better customer service.
5. They have been in the job too long – A relative of mine was caught in a downsizing of postal employee in a Northeastern state. She had 20 years in, but was one of least senior people on the job. In one of the offices near her station, there was an employee who worked at the post office for 44 years, all of it as a counter clerk. This person apparently complained quite a bit and many customers preferred not use her “assistance.” This person had no intentions of retiring even though she apparently made it clear that she disliked her job.
6. Many see the “writing on the wall” – The postal employees know better than the customers that the USPS’s best days are long in its past. They know that even with boost of Amazon.com‘s shipping business, the Post Office will continue to contract. Since many of those people have made no provisions for a life after the USPS, they know that if they are downsized or terminated, they face a bleak future. That does little to boost morale or engender quality customer service.”

Grain is Pain

It is not a pain in the behind, but a continuous back pain!

I did not realize until I started researching the internet to the causes of back pain, I was having on and off back pain through the years. At first, just mild ones. When I iron clothes, I would get upper back pain, but the pain would go away when I take a rest. Last year I started having this cold sensation on my back, again on and off. I could understand the pain in my lower back if I sit too long watching TV, or sitting in front of the computer researching, reading, scrolling the sites I frequently visit.

The start of this year, the cold sensation on my back started to worsen, and it has become frequent as each day passed by. I found a remedy; and feel better when I put heating pad on my back, and when I wake up in the morning, the back pain and cold sensation on my back are relieved. However, in the middle of the day, I started having back pain and the cold sensation again. It’s started to bother me. I seek a chiropractor’s help and he did an x-ray and found out I have arthritis on my back. I went to have a bone density test, and it was confirmed I have a spinal arthritis. I was saddened but determined to find out the causes of arthritis.

I started researching the net, and was astonished that eating grain can cause back pain! I was taken aback because I have avoided fine grain. I seldom eat bread, or pastries or donuts or cakes, anything sugary, I have successfully avoided. Except of course during Christmas holidays I would splurge a little bit, but not to a point of eating too much of these sweet holiday offerings. I have thrown a lot of uneaten pastries that were in the fridge early this year which was a waste of money. As we say, Christmas holidays without sweet offerings is not the same. It’s just psychological, it’s just in peoples’ minds.

Anyway, to get back to the culprit of grain pain, my memory went back to last year’s diet. I have been eating plant based foods, fruits and vegetables, some meat, chicken, seafood, eating in moderation. And I have continued to do intermittent fasting. However, I had been having whole grain Kashi cereal for breakfast and would add strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries and sometimes bananas with milk. So as to have my daily calcium which I was not able to do supplementation, as I can’t find any good calcium supplements. The calcium regimen got complicated with adding Vitamin D and other minerals for the calcium to do its work with my bones, I found out.

After getting more information in regards to eating grain that causes pain, I thought that it does not apply to whole grain! There’s no way! But sadly it does! Grain is grain, all grain is created equal in torturing my bones! I was devastated. I love eating the best tasting whole grain cereals in Kashi. The thing is I’ve started eating more of it since last year for breakfast to start my day. I had to stop. Grain or pain?

I’ve chosen to be grain free. I am what I eat. Grain can cause acidic environment in my body; and my body becomes inflamed. Inflammation was overruling my entire microbiome community. The harder and dry the grain I eat, the havoc this grain is causing in my digestion, aside from the grain absorbing and grabbing the calcium I barely have. The grain steal the calcium and unfortunately my bones are not able to absorb any calcium. The back pain is a cry for help by my bones and joints. It was an overwhelming discovery that the grain, even whole grain was giving me back pain.

I stopped eating Kashi whole grain. I got back to doing moderate Zumba for weight bearing exercises, starting slow. And I’ve been doing neck and back exercise therapy. For the spinal Arthritis, I bought this supplement for pain relief for joint and muscle support; so far, it seems it’s working. My back pain and that cold sensation on my back are taking a back seat. As to this writing, I can sit and type this post without any back pain this evening and the past two days, I was back pain free!

As to my calcium supplement, I found and bought this bone growth regimen. A Vitamin Code Grow Bone made with Whole Foods, Strontium, Magnesium, K2 MK7, Vitamin D3 & C Plus Probiotics for Gut Health. This is so far the best one I’ve seen to help with my joints and bones.

What a big lesson learned. I’m staying away from grain!

“While different foods may trigger symptoms amongst different individuals, a common thread in most inflammatory conditions is excess intake of grains.

Refined grains in bread, cereals, pasta, pastries, etc. are the most problematic.

There are several mechanisms by which grains induce inflammation in the gut, which can then lead to body-wide inflammatory processes and pain.

Grains are Highly Pro-inflammatory

Once digested, grains reduce the pH of the body causing it to become more acidic and thereby increasing susceptibly to mineral deficiencies, chronic disease and inflammation.

That is why grains make you Osteoporotic.

Your body will leach nearly all the calcium out of your bones in an effort to maintain the correct acid/alkaline balance. Indeed it will almost convert the bones of your hips, spine, knees etc. to mush in an effort to maintain correct pH.

Grains are also high in omega 6 fats which, when eaten in excess as they often are in the standard Western diet, throws out the omega 6:omega 3 fatty acid balance in the body.”

excerpts from: https://www.thespinalcentre.com.au/nutrition/no-pain-no-grain/grains-cause-pain/

“Eating Grains Isn’t Necessary for Optimal Health

Although the government’s daily food recommendations would have us believe exactly the opposite, grains are not a necessary part of the diet in order to achieve and maintain optimal health. In some cases, they can diminish your wellness. It’s much more important to include nutrient dense foods such as meat, vegetables, fruits, and saturated fats in your diet if you want to achieve better health.”

excerpt from: https://www.oursmallhours.com/reasons-to-go-grain-free/

Grieving is feeling alone

“Death is life’s great leveler. No one is untouched by it. Not only does this mean we will all eventually die, it also means we will all eventually be touched and broken by the deaths of those we love. Grief is such a profound experience.” Bill Crowder/The Daily Bread

Once again, I am facing another sorrowful days of grieving. My friend of many years passed away. Death seems getting closer and closer reaching to the point of, who’s next? My true friends are few and far between and they’re getting smaller in numbers as years have gone by. People I’ve met in my life who I have crossed path with and closed relatives are dwindling in numbers as they’ve breathe their last breath.

The recent death of my friend had taken out a suppressed feeling riddled with thoughts of my own mortality. She was part of decades of a busy world of gainful employment and fun memories that would come with being around the same people each and every year. Come to reminisce my connection with her, I realized she was part of my small wedding entourage, parties I’ve attended and work-related gatherings and personal ones. She was always a friend who would make a special occasion a happy memory. She was on my few videos and albums of pictures of years gone by! Then we became text buddies when we relocated to another state. She surely has the brag rights to say she has the greatest numbers of being present in my lifetime, which she told her husband last night I spoke with him.. The saying of “friends come and go in life”, does not apply to her. Even at the closer end of her life, I’ve heard from her. She actually the one who would first connect when she had not heard from me. What a friend I had with her! Amazing that it’s always when a person’s life has ended that we look back at the impacts of every people in our lives. She has taken the most attendance! Wow, I’ve just come to realize it. Even my own relatives cannot beat that.

I will miss her. Her down to earth demeanor, her funny antics, her “trying hard” karaoke singing, her inner opinions of injustices of the world and; her spiritual knowledge about God and His Word are mine to remember. Goodbye my dearest friend, I have never met someone that has her character of a good, old fashioned but life loving as she was. I’m gonna see you at the pearly gates of heaven. You’re the very first one of the people I know personally that I’m pretty sure I will see in heaven. I love you my friend! ❤

I may have cried buckets of tears as days go by and read back your text messages and it’s all worth it!

The Living and Eternal God

Through the Scriptures, God has revealed to us what He is like. He is not, as some describe Him, an impersonal force. God possesses all the qualities of personality–intelligence, emotions, and self-determining will–in their ultimate and infinitely wonderful forms.

Though immeasurably greater than we are, He can relate to us and we can relate to Him with our minds, hearts, and wills.

God is eternal. His value is seen in the truth that He is “from everlasting to everlasting.” Unlike any other being, He never had a beginning and He will never have an end. He is, for every generation of worshipers, the Ever-living One.

God is spirit. Jesus taught us that God can’t be contained or limited by physical places, forms, or buildings. He is spirit and does not exist in a body that can be seen or touched. Therefore, He must not be reduced to a physical image of any kind.

God is all–knowing, unlimited in His knowledge calling each of the innumerable stars “by name.”

He knows everything there is to know about us, our world, and the universe. His knowledge is not hindered by locked doors, darkness, or distant places.

God is all-powerful. He can do anything He chooses to do. No army, government, or civilization can frustrate His purposes.

God is everywhere-present. There is no hiding or escaping — no way to avoid the all-powerful One. No locked room or secret meeting place can keep Him out. No matter where you go in the universe, God is there.

God is sovereign. Regardless of the apparent turmoil, confusion, or chaos in our world, the God we worship is the One who does all things according to His own will and purposes. He is, has been and always will be in control of all history. Nothing can escape His ever-present hand.

God said to His prophet Isaiah on verses 46:10-11

In His character, in His purpose, and in His ability, God never changes. He has never been nor ever will be less good, less loving, les true, or less powerful. The God that Abraham praise and relied on is the same God we worship.

God is good. “Taste and see that the LORD is good.”

Because of His goodness, He gives blessings and joy to His creatures.

His goodness to us should cause us to offer our praise to Him.

God is righteous and just. He deals fairly with all His creatures. Because of His perfect knowledge, love and holiness He is absolutely just.

“Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure– You, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. My shield is God Most High, saving those whose hearts are true and right. God is a righteous Judge, a God who displays His wrath every day. If a person does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He will bend and string His bow. He will prepare His deadly weapons and shoot His flaming arrows. Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.” Psalm 7:9-15

Because of His perfect knowledge, love, and holiness, He is absolutely just.

Not only is He the one true God, but whatever He says is true. We can trust all of His promises and His principles.

John 17:3

God is holy and completely free of any moral defect, compromise, or contamination.

Because He is the standard of all excellence and honor, He deserves our unending praise.

We worship God because of who He is! We also worship Him because of what He has done.

Excerpts from: What is Worship? Living in Response to God/JAMES PITTMAN/Discovery Series

More vaxed are Omicron Virus Infected

New South Wales in Australia has recorded more fully vaccinated COVID patients compared to their unvaccinated counterparts. The state is now grappling with an Omicron outbreak, which resulted in a major spike in COVID cases.

The U.S. and other countries have more Omicron surges among the vaccinated people, especially those that were vaccine boosted.

According to data from the NSW government’s COVID-19 Critical Intelligence Unit, up to 68.9% of COVID patients aged 12 and above who were hospitalized had two doses of the vaccine, while 28.8% of hospitalized patients were unvaccinated. For the first time, the Australian state has had more fully vaccinated patients hospitalized for COVID compared to unvaccinated patients who were hospitalized for the same reasons.

Moreover, the number of fully vaccinated individuals in intensive care units (ICUs) are also more than the number of those unvaccinated individuals. 50.3% of vaccinated patients are currently in the ICU for COVID, compared to 49.1% of COVID patients who are also in the ICU, The Epoch Times reported.

Data presented however showed that unvaccinated COVID patients were six times more likely to be hospitalized and up to 13 times more likely to be sent to the ICU compared to fully vaccinated individuals. This is despite the fact that the number of unvaccinated patients seem over-represented in the figures.

According to data, 7.3% of the NSW population aged 12 and older at the time were unvaccinated, but made up half of the ICU patients who had COVID in the NSW Health system. Australia is one of many countries that refuse the use of alternative COVID treatments such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

As per NSW Health, 95.1% of all individuals aged 16 or older in the state have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine, while 93.7 have been fully vaccinated as of January 11. The surge in hospitalizations among the fully vaccinated comes as the Omicron variant of COVID had spread all over the world and along with the decline in efficacy of the COVID shots administered last year.

An NSW Health spokesperson explained that the Omicron variant has become the more dominant variant spreading in the Australian state, but appeared to be less dangerous than Delta. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday that Australia must “push through” the Omicron outbreak just as the country’s total number of COVID cases since the beginning of the pandemic breached one million, Al Jazeera reported.

“Omicron is a gear change and we have to push through,” Morrison said during a briefing in the capital of Canberra. “You’ve got two choices here: you can push through or you can lock down. We are for pushing through.”

In Perth, citizens have been trying to make vaccine bookings following Premier Mark McGowan’s announcement that the state of Western Australia will be subjected to the strictest rules for the unvaccinated beginning January 31, ABC News reported. WA citizens will be required to show proof of full vaccination for “all hospitality venues, gyms, large events, bottle shops, and for visitors to hospitals and aged care” at the end of January.

2021 coronavirus pandemic information. Microscopic view of a infectious virus. 3D rendering

from: BY OLIVIA CAVALLARO /Christianity Daily