Daily Archives: October 3, 2014

How’s Your Heart?

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Sand Heart smallWhat was it like to spend time with Jesus on earth?

Matthew, one of the closest followers of Jesus wrote an account of many things he personally witnessed. In chapter 12 of Matthew’s account, Jesus and many followers were traveling by foot around the countryside and He healed “all the sick among them.”

Wow. What a great place it would have been to be front and center witnessing the healing power of Jesus. I know many today would love to feel the healing touch of Jesus on their body, or on the body of a loved one.

Matthew also records for us Isaiah’s prophecy about Jesus, in the same chapter:

Look at My Servant whom I have chosen.

He is My beloved who pleases Me.

I will put My Spirit upon Him,

And He will proclaim justice to the nations.

He will not fight or shout

Or raise His voice in public.

He will not crush the weakest reed

Or put out the flickering candle.

Finally, He will cause justice to be victorious

And His name will be the

HOPE OF ALL THE WORLD.

Jesus was an example of how to be strong against the opposition of the religious leaders of His time for whom He gave sharpest criticism because they were leading vulnerable people astray.

But He was gentle with all who came to Him seeking healing, help or comfort. He was sensitive and did not crush the weakest among them.

God said He put His own Spirit upon Jesus. But followers of Jesus, even today, have been promised the same Spirit to guide, direct, and strengthen us. It is part of the spiritual mystery explained in many of Paul’s letters to the early Jesus followers.

God desires for us to join Him in His work in the world. It isn’t always apparent what God is doing until we tune in to the spiritual realities of our world. He is always at work and His primary work is in transforming hearts. Jesus said,

“Whatever is in your heart determines what you will say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for ever idle word you speak. The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.” Matthew 12

I want hope to be in my heart, but sometimes I can get overwhelmed with fear or worry that can influence my heart. I want acceptance towards others to be in my heart, but sometimes I feel overcome with criticism or judgment.

The indicator of what is in my heart is the words that come out of my mouth. Jesus has conquered death and won a spiritual victory that He wants to share with me. Accepting His invitation allows me to journey with Him, with the Spirit of God always available to give me wisdom, self-control and comfort.

I just need to keep checking on my heart. What am I holding in my heart? How is my heart influencing my words? Am I allowing the Spirit of God to lead and direct my heart?

His intention is never to crush me, but to gently draw me and strengthen me. He wants to fill my heart with faith and confidence so that I can become more like Him. He wants me to be able to “proclaim justice” to the oppressed, to answer others without raising my voice or becoming unkind. He wants to use my life, my heart and my interactions to impact the world of today.

What an amazing privilege to have an opportunity to “tune in” my heart to the Spirit of God and have Him use me in the work He is doing in the world today.

Heart birdsHow is your heart?

Day 15 of Encouraging people to Seek Jesus: 30 ways in 30 days

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Sincere, but Sincerely WRONG

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One of the biggest tragedies must be in knowing that you were the cause of your own child’s injury. Dr Elizabeth Peabody was trained as a Pediatrician at Johns Hopkins Medical School and she must have been a very bright lady because she won a fellowship to Harvard where she pioneered the ‘well-baby visit’. She became an avid and outspoken promoter of all the vaccines available, one of which was the newly developed diphtheria toxoid, the first to contain the ethyl mercury preservative, thimerosal. She is quoted as stating that a child could never receive too many small pox vaccines and that the first should be given between 3 and 12 months. She also strongly urged parents to give their children booster shots since the immunization does wear off.

Her son was born in November 1937 and we can assume he had all the vaccines available, and the boosters. He was among the earliest documented cases of autism.

Before the 1930s autism, as we currently know it, was virtually unknown. This is well confirmed in the Johns Hopkins psychiatrist, Leo Kanner’s landmark 1943 report which described the first cases of autism in the USA, and noted that these cases were unique from anything previous reported. (Age of Autism)

If you do nothing else today, watch this 9 minute video with a historical perspective on the very first cases of autism. Edited 4 May 2021. So the original video about autism history has been removed from Youtube – like a lot of valuable information. I’ve added a video from a mercury expert in its place.

The message is not that vaccines are the only cause of autism.

The message is that there is a very real threat from mercury – especially in the form of ethyl mercury which was banned from its previous use in the seed and lumber industries in the 1970s. Thimerosal (the ethyl mercury preservative used in vaccines) has MOSTLY been removed from vaccines manufactured today (2014), but some of the flu shots still have SIGNIFICANT amounts and other vaccines in the US still have trace amounts, while the vaccines in other countries could have larger amounts.

DO WE KNOW WHAT IS IN OUR VACCINES?

The message is that exposure to toxins plays an ENORMOUS role in autism. We need to look at every single source of exposure to toxic ingredients in children today if we want to stop this epidemic.

We need to stop protecting our ‘sacred cows’ and put all the facts together and come up with some REAL conclusions FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FUTURE!

Very few parents intentionally inflict harm on their children. Dr. Peabody thought she was campaigning for the health and welfare of children. Did she know the tragedy she brought upon her own son? Did she have any idea that her enthusiasm in promoting vaccines could have caused more harm than good?

I’m sure Dr Peabody cared for children and was sincere. You can be sincere and still be sincerely wrong.

Not knowing facts doesn’t make it right. We have plenty of information today that Dr Peabody did not. There is no excuse today for the continued harm of children. Please help warn the innocent and vulnerable about the danger of mercury exposure through vaccines.

The vaccine industry is large and cumbersome and has trouble responding quickly to make things safer. We can help parents by warning them directly and sharing information with any doctors we know.

No doctor wants to be sincere, yet sincerely wrong.

30 ways in 30 Days, Exploring Vaccines: Day 15