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A DOOR OPENS 

​Why open the door here in a mental sense and commit your time to read further?  What is in it for you Dear Reader?  Well, it is because not only is it an intriguing story of overcoming adversity but I am going to provide you with the knowledge that I gained to heal and avoid both surgery and life long medicine.  On other pages I will provide recipes and remedies; natural herbs and plants that I have used; as well as the links to various reputable businesses that can provide products. It will at least give you a starting point on your quest.  You may also obtain my books where I provide further details of my journey as well as a day by day schedule of what I did for healing (what I took and when, my diet plan, and my spiritual plan).  

UNDERTAKING THE CHALLENGE
Why did I take on such a challenge when most people would choose the quick fix? 1st of all the Holy Spirit provided me guidance. Who am I to listen to? A man or the Holy Spirit. Duh. An obvious choice. God’s promise to us is an Abundant Life. Abundant life does not mean simply living a long life. It is about a quality life which means full of joy, peace of mind, and harmony. That is why the home page banner of this site says CHOOSE LIFE!!!! And in order to choose this life you simply must choose God Dear Reader.

Keep in mind I received this message for my course of action prior to talking with the doctors about my treatment options. After numerous tests and procedures, the doctors told me the only option was surgery as medicine could not fix my condition. I turned GREY as a ghost and sweat was dripping down my forehead upon hearing this news. How can this be the abundant life I was promised? Another opinion from another doctor was that a medicine in the biological classification may help me. These are on the lines of Humira and Remicade. I was told I would need to be on them for life. This medicine is required monthly and the ordeal to administer it (shots or IV drips) not to mention the possible side effects (weak immune system, cancer!) and cost (up to $15000 per treatment depending on the brand and insurance) made me think again even on this option: How can this be an abundant life?

Here are the pictures of me and my insides on the 2nd day in the hospital. WARNING - AVERT YOUR EYES if a medical photo disturbs you (and these are the censored ones). When your insides look as this it is extremely painful. Imagine a dagger being poked inside you over and over. Yes this was a challenge.

For comparison, a picture of what healthy insides should look like is shown below:

​​Usually a great change comes about as a result of a great challenge.  Change is the law of the universe.  Sometimes change is undertaken on its own and sometimes a person needs some prodding and change must come about the hard way.  Regardless, without change there would be no progress and I would have remained in a stagnant state.  It should be quite obvious that to do anything new and in a better way there must be a change.  Too many people look upon changes in their lives with dread but for those who can choose the spiritual path (see my home page photo with the Deuteronomy quote)  - For those who believe in God and the power of prayer - change can be an invitation to a great adventure.  It means a new door has opened.

When a problem or condition arises in your life that indicates a change, rely upon God and realize that it is not so much that a door has closed on a chapter of your life but rather a door has opened to new and more interesting things.  The catch is that sometimes the most fulfilling and rewarding changes require a person to put in the effort.  Remember this:  Faith without works is dead.  You must do you part!

PSALM 91:
Needless to say I had many worries come upon me after speaking with those doctors and worries/fear are the enemies of Faith.  However the Holy Spirit provided me the strength I needed through others in prayer to overcome these worries.  There were simply too many worries and negativity for me to deal with on my own in my weakened condition and I was in desperate need of my Intercessors which included select friends/sisters/parents.  Our mainstay was Psalm 91.  

Psalm 91:  “He who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.”  

The first stanza in Psalm 91, is really about God’s promises to us and one of those promises is deliverance from pestilence.  The difficulty is that this is not a prayer just to be said and POOF you are delivered.  No dear reader, you must do your part.  And that part is to dwell in the secret place of the most high.  Basically this is getting to know God.

It is similar to a common Bible text “With God all Things are Possible”.  The text really means that all things are possible to you when God is working with you.  In other words, when you are working with God all things are possible.  God always works with you when you ask him to and when you have faith that he is doing so.  Then your prayer cannot fail.  It is God who is changing things and not you.

A topic on Faith is a completely new lesson that requires its own due respect and course syllabus.  For me, I was fortunate to have a good friend provide me life's lesson on this.   

For some Faith comes quickly but for others it requires effort and time.  I was the latter.  My previous two challenges in 2015 provided me with the training grounds for my health issue.  Gaining Faith is similar to training for the Olympics.  It is an everyday task.  The more you do this the more you will begin to enjoy it.  It will soon become a Joy but it requires commitment and activation from you.  As Ann Marie would say: "It is similar to receiving a credit card in the mail.  Everyone can receive one but it is worthless unless one activates the card."  Activate your card today!  Putting in this effort to know and love the Lord can sometimes be referenced as an ounce of prevention.  When trouble comes and come it will, it may be too late for you to focus on this importance and you will be facing the emergency alone.

The other positive aspect to note about those kind folks doing the Psalm 91 prayer with me was that there was a sense of love.  Love is by far the most important thing of all.  “God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him”  John 4:16  This is the mental portion that is key to healing. Fear, condemnation, and resentment amongst others must be replaced by love as these other feelings ultimately manifest themselves somewhere in the body. 

DIPPING IN YOUR TOE:
The reason why this site promotes in the Blog more than solely health related concerns with overcoming my particular challenge is that many things can affect your health.  It really is a total body connection.  If you are stressed then as sure as the day becomes the night, this stress will manifest itself in the body.  That is why I also focus on Financial and World Events.  These are topics that stress many people out to their own detriment.  Look how quickly Joe Paterno succumbed to cancer soon after the scandal with Penn State broke out.  Or think of the fear of the end of the Mayan Calendar that people had or Y2K fears with computers.  Some people were terrified of the end of the world but it did not come to pass.  It was in their conscious but real to them nonetheless as a fear.  It was also stress and affected many negatively.  All for fear of an event that never occurred.  Most of the things people worry about never come to pass.  Is all this fear necessary?  It would be hard not to but God is a God of Abundance and if you keep on the Path the worldly wants will not effect you.  Is your reputation, status, wealth more important than God?; then eventually you will stumble.  But if God is first you will prosper.  The greatest thing a man can have is peace of mind, joy, and harmony.  None of which worldly ways can give.  They are all fleeting moments in times at best.  

Some people at least have some concept of this knowledge.  Why is it then so little progress is made at times in a person’s life when a difficulty comes about?  I would say that having your demonstration or prayer answered is like all other things in life.  It has its price.  As it is noted in the PSALM 91 section above - one must dwell in the secret place of the most high.  Sometimes if a person is honest with themselves in their hearts they will realize that too often that is a price they are not prepared to pay.  They are in love with their present selves.  We are not prepared to slay the present self that the new changed self may come about.  We tend to come into Truth merely dipping our toes in the water.

If you are not prepared to pay this price that is all nice and good but you must not expect to receive more than you pay for so to speak.  A little toe in Truth is better than nothing but it can only produce a little toe of a result.  To have the demonstration of results you desire you have to jump all the way in.  Of course this is no mere spring cleaning.  It is nothing less than a wholesale tearing down and rebuilding of the entire house.  Is it any wonder that all but the very strongest spirits shirk it?  And yet, is it any wonder that without it, one never really does get anywhere.  In fact once you realize what you are gaining, you will realize that it wasn’t really a price you were paying.  

Please continue to the other sections of this site for the Blog where I will discuss various topics from health to peace of mind with life and financial peace of mind.  In addition, I will be providing Recipes (Bone Broth with associated step by step video instructions); different Remedies that were used to heal me; and Spiritual Growth aids that I used.  They were provided to me through others who love helping me or provided to me through guidance and my research.