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This Morning

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"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV)

I hesitated to write this page—but you’ve got to change your ways!

What I had this morning to eat—was so good—it gave me sweet peace!

Eggs, I maybe eat once a week. I measure what I ingest—I must stay healthy and sleek!

2 small eggs, I beat. A frozen package of spinach; boiled lightly—and beside it, sliced roasted chicken breast meat. I wrap them inside the cooked omelet, and place avocado slices on top it.

Right next to my plate—a smoothie, I’ll take.

I used the kitchen blender—remember, I want to remain slender: 1 banana, 1 cup of vanilla or pineapple yogurt and orange juice are swirled, and beautifully rendered!

Oh, I forgot the big watermelon chunk I had to eat before I prepared the cooked feast.

Now, on other mornings, we have different breakfast treats. Cottage cheese with cantaloupe and honeydew melons. I leave the house without belly blues.

I also love those whole grain cereals. We need all those vitamins and fiber material.

On top of the cereal place fresh fruit—strawberries, blueberries, nectarines or peaches too. For added fun, toss in nuts—a few; not tons. Make sure they’re salt-free—sunflower seeds, walnuts, pecans or cashews are good to me.

Finally, don’t forget to carry snacks of carrots, celery, raisins or granola bars—Don’t starve yourself or go hungry—even for a few hours!

Drink water, water, water—‘cause it fills you up!

Notice! I didn’t mention pork meat—bacon, pork chops, and sausages—cause it brings high blood pressure, heart disease and clogged arteries; so do volumes of beef, especially if it’s not lean!

Eat lots of fish, with omega 3’s will do the trick.

Workout for 10 mins three times a day—all your weariness and aches will go away

"With long life will I satisy him and show him my salvation." (Psalm 91:16 NIV)

Dear Pastor Glovioell,

I am overweight and I hate to exercise. Forget it!

I have pressure and sugar. I pray for healing all the time.

I am getting bigger and getting out of breath! Any advice?

Signed,

Make the Lord do his part

Dear Make the Lord Do his Part!

You do your part; the Lord will do his part.

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV)

Your body is the temple of God. All he asks is we feed it healthly, water it, walk it.

He does the rest—every beat of your heart, every synapse in your brain, every breath we take—He allows it!

Overeating, and sitting around—doesn’t help any of us stay healthy and sound.

If you don’t feel comfortable going to a gym—walk around the block or lift your legs back and forth while sitting on the couch—we have chair aerobics my friend. Cut in half what you eat and find real pleasure again.

We can pray all day, but the fat won’t ‘miraculously’ go away.

"You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone." (James 2:24 NOV)

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Good Father, Good Grief

Rev. James L. Snyder

No matter how hard I try avoiding celebrity news it somehow seems to find me. Some things I ignore purposefully and some things I just cannot ignore, they will not go away.

In my opinion, there should be one TV channel with nothing but celebrity news with the provision that no other channel carries celebrity news. Anybody who wants to catch up on celebrity news can turn to that channel. Those of us who do not want to know anything about celebrities can avoid that channel completely.

Celebrity news can be divided into three categories. Celebrity "so-and-so" marries; Celebrity "so-and-so" divorces; Celebrity "so-and-so" enters rehab. I do not know which category I am least interested in. It is a three-way tie.

Those who report on celebrity news have the easiest job in the world. They can write three stories and then simply change names as the occasion calls for it.

With all the pain and suffering in our world, why is the divorce of Celebrity "so-and-so" news? Actually, we would be surprised if Celebrity "so-and-so" did not get divorced. For the life of me, I do not know why any of that crowd even bothers getting married. For many of them a marriage license is simply a license to have affairs with other people. Once married they do not seem to recognize their own bed.

I have a growing list of all of the things I do not want to know about and leading the Calvary charge are celebrities and their goings on. If Shakespeare was right and all the world is a stage, a celebrity marriage is a soap opera.

I do not get angry easily, but when I do, I must vent the flame. This is an area that truly fries my gizzard; and it is certainly not a happy meal.

It was all over the news. In a recent celebrity divorce, it came out that the man in the middle of this divorce has a whole basket of dirty laundry. With all the hanging out of dirty laundry among this crowd, you would think they would be the cleanest people in the world. But one basket of dirty laundry only is replaced by a bigger basket of dirty laundry.

It was discovered that this man (and I use that word in the loosest sense of the meaning) had committed adultery with several women including an 18-year-old babysitter. As bad as this was it was only the prelude to the worst part. The same person, which I have a hard time referring to as a man, was spending over $3000 per month on pornography.

$3000 per month on pornography!

I am reminded of what Benjamin Franklin said, "All cats are grey in the dark." If you have seen one cat, they are pretty much the same everywhere. Anatomy is an anatomy and does not change from one person to another. Obviously, this person’s father did not have that "little talk" with him explaining the facts of life.

Just as I was getting over this bit of news, someone with crack marbles for brains had the audacity to say, "But in spite of all this, he is a good father."

Good father? Good grief!

It is obvious they do not understand the definition of either "good," or "father." Thinking that a person who does that sort of thing can be numbered with good fathers is the most outrageous thing ever perpetrated on the American public.

This person is no more a good father than an ax murderer is a good representative of the ax manufacturing industry.

One thing this person’s father failed to explain to him was this obvious truth that seems to be overlooked in today’s society. The ability to procreate does not a father make.

Dogs do it; cats do it; even long eared donkeys do it.

Speaking of donkeys, pseudo-fathers like this give a bad name to all the fathers striving to be good fathers. And, there are plenty of good fathers out there, but they are doing such a good job they do not make the news.

Ever since sex became a national recreational pastime, fatherhood went out the broken window. A father cannot be good unless he is a good husband, and a husband cannot be good unless he is a good man, and a man cannot be good unless he is a good son. Every good son is the product of a good father.

If a father does not love and respect the mother of his children how can he even think he is a good father? Fatherhood begins with being a good husband. The Bible says, "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband." (Ephesians 5:33 KJV).

The old maxim is still in good stead; "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby carriage." There is a very good reason that this is the priority and standard for a good home.

Then the responsibility of a good father is addressed in the Bible. "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:4 KJV).

Every family deserves two things. First, a good husband that loves his wife. Second, a good father that raises his children right. This is the order that has stood the test of time and cannot be changed.

[The Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. The church web site is www.whatafellowship.com.]

 
 
 

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