The Copper T IUD is No Longer Recommended and is currently in litigation for breakage of the arm during removal with retention of fragments in the uterine cavity. Other issues include heavy bleeding, disruption of vaginal microbiome with recurrent vaginal infection, copper toxicity or sensitivity, etc. Instead of the Copper T IUD, use a barrier method such as the diaphragm or cervical cap (2-3).
From Copper T IUD No Longer Recommended by Jeffrey Dach MD
For more detailed information see “Everything Hormones” by David Brownstein and Lindsey Berkson
Another article with a lot of facts on what happens to the body when this small device is implanted.
For further information as well as some suggestions on effective safe alternatives:
Copper IUDs: The Problems With Paragard
Dr. Ryan Monahan, DAOM, LAc, IFMCP. completed his Masters and Doctoral degrees of Eastern Medicine summa cum laude at Emperor’s College in Santa Monica, California and completed his Functional Medicine training with both The Institute for Functional Medicine and The Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine.
The safest and most effective approach to natural, non-hormonal birth control is a combination of the Natural Cycles App in conjunction with intravaginal neem oil injected five minutes prior to sexual intercourse.
In clinical study, Natural Cycles App has been found to be 93% effective against pregnancy, while neem oil was found to be 96.2% effective against pregnancy in a 2018 study involving 238 women.
The integration of both approaches together would be a significantly effective method of birth control, as well as not only safe, but actually beneficial to vaginal health. Neem oil has been found to decrease instances of leucorrhea, UTIs, STDs, yeast infections, candida, gonorrhea, genital herpes and HIV.
Moving off of disruptive, toxic birth controls is one of the most important steps a woman can take in reclaiming control over her health and sovereignty over her own body.
I’ve been exploring the details of contraception for over forty years. I found these current resources helpful for young couples and wanted to make them available.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as eleven grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
My mother in law was an expert scone maker from Scotland. I tried to learn from her, but the process of cutting the butter into the flour became a roadblock, so I quit trying! Then I found this extremely easy version. It may not be 100% the same authentic result, but it’s so easy and it comes very close! This is my experience and modifications to the recipe found here:
Preheat the oven to 450°F, with a rack in the top third.
The recipe calls for self raising flour. Since I never buy self raising flour, this is the equivalent: For every cup self-rising flour use one cup all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp baking soda.
This recipe is ridiculously easy to scale up (or down). Simply use equal amounts of flour and heavy cream, by weight; each biscuit uses about 1 ounce of dough. So if you use, say, 4 ounces (113 g) of flour and 4 ounces of cream, you’ll make 8 biscuits. Or 12 ounces (340 g, or 3 cups) of flour, 12 ounces (1 1/2 cups) of cream — 24 biscuits.
Mix the flour and cream until smooth and cohesive. I have found that I generally need more moisture than is provided by the 1:1 ratio, so reserve some cream to add as needed. In my experience, 400 g flour needed almost 500 g cream – maybe more to get to a thoroughly mixed dough. Another option is to add dried fruit, like raisins or dates. I cut up one date and mixed into the flour before adding the cream.
For standard-sized biscuits, scoop 1-ounce balls of dough onto an ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet; a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here. Leave a couple of inches between them. Not into scooping? Pat the dough 3/4″ thick and cut biscuits with a cutter instead, if desired. OR gently roll dough into one or two large cylinders. Use dental floss to cut into round discs. For larger biscuits, simply scoop the dough into 1 1/2-ounce balls, to make 8 biscuits; or 2-ounce balls, to make 6.
Brush the tops of the biscuits with cream, butter, milk, or water; this will help them rise.
I haven’t tried this yet, but the alternate recipe below, says put them in the freezer for 30 minutes before baking.
Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes, until they’re light golden brown on top. Bake larger biscuits a minute or so longer, or until they’re baked all the way through; break one open to make sure. Internal temperature +/- 200 when done.
Remove the biscuits from the oven, and serve warm, or at room temperature. Store leftover Easy Drop Biscuits, well-wrapped, at room temperature for several days; freeze for longer storage.
I have baked them directly on a pizza stone. It may cook too quickly and prevent full rising, but the bottom was brown!
The FULL SCONE experience includes serving them with butter, your favorite jam (mine is jalapeño blackberry jam from a local supplier!), grated cheese, and whipped cream.
Here is a different recipe with tips for YOUR BEST SCONES! Including pop in freezer for 30 minutes prior to baking for a rest for the gluten and increased flakiness: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/learn/guides/scone
Hope you ENJOY your experience with these easy scones! My biggest problem with the is the temptation to eat too many!
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as eleven grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
There is a process of discipline required for spiritual warfare and spiritual transformation as described in Ephesians 6:10-20, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, 2 Corinthians 3:18 and many other scriptures.
Our human nature is impatient with a slow process. We crave instant easy solutions. What if a touch of power from an anointed man will fix all my problems! A little prick will keep my child healthy. A prayer, a touch, and everything can be changed in a moment!
We don’t want to acknowledge our own weakness and contribution to our current circumstance. We don’t want to spend time developing spiritual muscles through prayer, reading and memorizing God’s word. We don’t want to take total responsibility for our health and our lifestyle choices.
We want an easy route. We want a relatively pain-free option. Instant healing.
Discipleship takes time. Maturity takes time. Resorting health is not instant. A daily connection with our holy God through His word – which is accessed and illuminated only through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ will lead us to truth, abundant life, and blessing on our family.
The original disciples spent three years in the daily presence of Jesus, yet they still lacked understanding. How can we expect a faster route? Jesus told the man he had instantly healed – stop sinning. Our problem is our sin. Our tendency to go our own way, respond to our natural urges, seek quick easy answers, and put ourselves first, rather than reflect on the character of God and seek His refinement of our heart.
Our human nature makes us vulnerable to those who offer easy answers. We succumb to a sales pitch for vaccines, statin drugs, knee replacements, psych drugs, etc. These seem to offer a simple solution and are easier than discipline, exercise, healthy food, and positive life-style choices. Natural birth, breastfeeding, and responsive parenting rather than day care or a nanny, seem too difficult. Cultivating listening to the Spirit of God seems like an unattainable goal.
We crave power. We want to see power and victory in our life. The power we need is the power over sin. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would give us power to be witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This power must first be exercised on our own hearts.
Leaders must be careful not to bend to the desires of the people. People want a touch and a quick solution. Leaders feel pressured to provide it.
Colossians 2:23 makes it clear that true maturity does not come through following a lot of rules. “Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.” The root of our dilemma is sensual indulgence. How do we overcome that? The very next two verses are key, Colossians 3:1-2 “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set you minds on things above, not on early things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”
Our challenge as leaders (and as parents) is to guide those we are responsible for into an understanding of how to overcome and restrain from sensual indulgence; fleshly indulgence, satisfying the flesh. We have to grow to maturity ourselves, and lead others to maturity by modeling the behavior.
“Therefore with minds that are alert and fully sober set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do. As it is written, ‘Be holy for I am holy.’” 2 Peter 1:13-16.
“We put no stumbling block (obstacle) in anyone’s way so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way…in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;” 2 Corinthians 6:3-7.
The entire chapter of 2 Corinthians 6 is extremely instructive. God grants righteousness. This is described in Ephesians 6. The breastplate of righteousness is one of the weapons we require for spiritual warfare. Righteousness is produced over time as we allow the Holy Spirit to guide and control our thoughts and actions.
We need to encourage those we lead that they are God’s temple. God wants to do His work in them. God is able to nourish and protect His temple. They need to honor and protect the temple God has provided for them, not to poison it and expect a good outcome.
Looking for an easy quick solution usually backfires.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
I remember following Larry Cook before the big censorship hit social media. I was thrilled to find his website this morning. He’s done an extremely valuable service for humanity by taking all his experience and information and putting it together in one place (unvaccinatedchildren.com) to help parents make wise informed decisions. He advocates for vaccine awareness and encourages parents raising vaccine free children who count on their natural ‘immune system’ to protect them from illness. I can’t endorse every word he says, but I highly recommend the resources he has painstakingly put together. Over decades of activism, he has learned the reality of vaccine risk through his interactions with thousands of parents of injured children and wants to help parents not only AVOID the trauma of vaccine injury – but experience the joy of raising vibrant healthy vaccine free children.
On his website you will find a FREE course for parents: How to Raise Healthy Vaccine Free Children. This course covers the WHY and the HOW. Most of us have been exposed to so much “mis-information” throughout our lives (aka propaganda) that we may experience terror in our heart at the thought of depriving our child of the magical injections so strongly promoted in our society. It can be really hard to swim upstream especially when these shots are pushed so hard by those we call experts. This course will give parents confidence to raise thriving healthy vaccine free children – living to their maximum potential.
Over the years I, like Larry, have met many families who have conducted their own case study with some children receiving vaccines, and others receiving less, and some of their children completely vaccine free. Without exception, every parent conducting this ‘at home experiment’ says categorically that their vaccine free child/ren are far healthier than those who received all or some of the recommended vaccines. The proof is right in front of their eyes.
Larry Cook shares a profound insight into why giving babies so many vaccines has NOT provided protection, and could be one of the most significant causes of allergies and auto-immune ailments occurring on a massive scale today:
Vaccines Do Not Work Aggressively overstimulating the immune system with adjuvants in order to force a TH2 immune response (while ignoring the important TH1 immune response) to create antibodies to injected antigens does NOT create immunity – it simply creates an allergic reaction.
https://www.unvaccinatedchildren.com/
I had a lovely telephone conversation yesterday with one of my readers who lives in another country. I’m not sure how she found my blog – I’ve experienced a massive decrease in number of views since powerful forces decided all counter-narrative information was dangerous. She is a fellow activist who has investigated the topic of vaccines and is making informed choices for the health of her three children. She is seeking to educate others in her circles and struggles with the deep indoctrination so prevalent in most countries. People are raised to believe that these shots are necessary and helpful, that is “safe and effective”. I believe we are making progress. Events of the last few years have been an “unveiling” of truth. So many more people today are willing to ask questions and not blindly trust government authorities. Now is the time to figure out how to approach this critically important topic in your circles!
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
The USA recommends more vaccines for healthy babies than any country in the world. The infant mortality rate in the USA is amongst the highest of all developed countries. Healthy babies will die as a result of receiving vaccines. The only question is how many.
Each year, the CDC expects about 3,400 sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID formerly known as SIDS) in the United States. In many of these cases parents wonder if vaccines played a role. In 1985, Viera Scheibner, Ph.D. a retired principle research scientist for the government of Australia, with more than 90 published scientific papers in refereed journals to her credit, created a baby monitor called Cotwatch with her husband, electrochemical engineer Leif Karlsson. CotWatch is a breathing monitor for babies who are diagnosed “at risk” for SIDS, or “Cot Death” as it is known in Australia. Over the next three years, the couple monitored hundreds of babies and studied the event reports that their CotWatch devices produced. By studying the data from these baby monitors and all event reports, to their complete surprise, they discovered a critical period after every routine vaccination where babies were more vulnerable to death.
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) in the USA pays up to $250,000 per death proven to be caused by vaccine.[1] From 1988 to 2023 the VICP has paid over $5,000,000,000 (5 billion) towards vaccine death and injury. https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/vicp/vicp-stats-10-01-23.pdf
Every vaccine carries a risk. The CDC recommends vaccines to babies and children for 17 different illnesses. Altogether this will result in nearly 80 vaccines before a child is 18 years old. Opting out of the yearly flu shot (as the majority of parents do), the child will still receive 59 vaccines in total. The high number is because most shots require 3, 4, 5 or 6 booster doses for ‘effectiveness.’ Since vaccines are added to the recommended childhood schedule by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and they have at least three meetings per year, it is hard to keep track of all the shots recommended. One thing is certain, babies and children today are recommended to receive vastly more shots than their parents or grandparents. Are children healthier today than they were during the childhood of their parents or grandparents?
On some visits baby may receive up to 9 different vaccines. Has giving babies this number of vaccines at one time been studied and tracked and proven safe?
There is great risk of harm from the combined amounts of aluminum, other toxic substances, and contaminants, like human fetal cell fragments, in the vaccines. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660) created the VICP, a fund based on a contribution of 75 cents from every vaccine sold, that will compensate families in the USA if they can prove that their baby’s death or injury resulted from the vaccines.[1] Each participant in the vaccine program, pays a ‘vaccine tax’ towards the inevitable injuries that WILL happen.
Vaccine injury happens.How often?
No one really knows. What do we know?
Deaths related to vaccines are rarely admitted to be connected by the doctors who administer the shots.
Medical personnel are trained to ignore obvious adverse events and often ridicule patients who insist there is a connection between the shot/s given and reactions that occur soon after.
For most deaths of ‘unknown cause’ there is an autopsy, but coroners are encouraged not to find evidence of vaccine involvement in the sudden unexplained death of a previously healthy infant/child in close proximity to receiving the standard recommended vaccines.
There are panels of tests that can be run to implicate vaccines as cause of death, but these are not done. In the tragic circumstance of you or anyone you know facing the death of a child after vaccine, a lot of helpful information has been compiled in A Parent’s Guide: What to do if Your Child Dies After Vaccination, Guidelines to Autopsy Medical Tests, by Norma Ericsson, President SANE Vax & Catherine J Frompovich, Consumer Health Researcher & Author.
The medical establishment in general is taught that vaccine reactions are ‘very very rare.’
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was set up so that all adverse events or possible events after vaccines could be reported. A million dollar study commissioned by the CDC estimates that between 1 and 10% of all adverse events ever get reported to VAERS.
Most parents do not file a claim with the VICP after the death of their baby.
Doctors, nurses, and parents usually are unaware of the possibility of filing such a claim.
However, there have been 1,268 claims filed for death from vaccines from 1988-2023. A total of 26,609 claims for injury and death have been filed, with 10,172 receiving compensation. [US Dept of HHS, HRSA, Data and Statistics, updated 10/01/2023 http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/fileclaim.html]
The process of receiving the $250,000 payout for a death from the fund is complex and challenging. Parents who are struggling to come to terms with the sudden unexplained death of their otherwise healthy baby/child, which strangely correlates to the time of recent vaccines, often do not possess the physical and emotional strength necessary to complete the cumbersome application process. Submission of a claim requires a $400 payment up front and there is a limited time for the application to be submitted.
So the numbers of deaths and injuries commonly reported is not a true reflection of the extent of harm caused by these “child wellness shots.”
The truth is, every vaccine given is somewhat like a game of Russian roulette. Vaccines, however, are different in an important way. In Russian roulette, some of the barrels hold blanks, but in the vaccine game, every shot holds poison. The only question is what will this dose of poison do to this baby? [2]
Conclusion: some babies will die after getting shots. There are thousands of parents who speak boldly describing their loss of a baby or child after vaccines. ‘Experts’ acknowledge some healthy babies may die. In their opinion, the ‘benefit’ for the survivors is worth the risk for a few. These facts make me think about child sacrifice.
Child sacrifice was an integral part of ancient pagan worship. Most people living today find the entire concept abhorrent.
“You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshipping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.” Deuteronomy 12:31
Why would ancient people sacrifice their children? Perhaps they were seeking the favor of the deity. Perhaps they were asking for protection, health, and abundance. Perhaps they feared the deity or the leaders. Perhaps they received pressure in the culture to offer their children; peer pressure to go along with established social practices.
We can’t imagine the horror.
But child sacrifice continues every single day. Children are sacrificed on the vaccine altar. This fact is well known and documented — a percentage of healthy babies injected with these ‘protective‘ chemical cocktails will die. How many is the acceptable percentage?
Why do parents give their children these shots when some percentage will die and some percentage will experience horrific disability? Perhaps the reasons are not so different from what motivated parents to offer their children in ancient times. Manipulation of facts and emotions can cause whole societies to follow a harmful agenda.
Doctors who have opened their practices to all children regardless of vaccine status have noticed something amazing. The children never given vaccines are the healthiest BY FAR. Those given some vaccines are next. The children who receive the entire schedule of vaccines as recommended are BY FAR the most sick. Most frequent doctor visits, most ear infections, allergies, ADHD, etc.
If you are new to this topic, please explore other blogs written specifically for parents here. I am convinced parents have been so conditioned to fear infectious illness, and accept vaccines, that they end up oblivious of the true threat. They willingly offer their children on the vaccine altar, unaware and uninformed of the risks.
Jesus warns us, “Watch out that no one deceives you.” Matthew 24:4
Paul, 1st Century, wrote some insightful instructions:
“See to it that no-one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Jesus Christ.” Colossians 2:8
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” Ephesians 5:11
“For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.” I Corinthians 10:33
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
[1] “Compensation varies, depending on the injury, and can include as much as $250,000 for pain and suffering, lost earnings, legal fees, and/or a reasonable amount for past and future care. For a death, you may receive as much as $250,000 for the estate and legal fees.” USDHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, How To File a Claim, https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation
[2] There are known increased risks of harm from vaccines, but the government has avoided most attempts to identify the risk factors for specific individuals. Known risks include, but are not limited to: a previous reaction (including rashes) to any vaccine, a genetic predisposition based on mutation of the MTHFR gene, family history of autoimmune disorders, premature birth with other risk factors, family history of adverse events following vaccines.
34 hours after receiving his 2 month old shots, baby Sawyer passed away in his sleep.
Watch the video with Sawyer’s mom and dad here on the CHD BUS.
His mom, a nurse, wants new parents to be fully aware of his story.
You can always give vaccines once your child is older; Once you’ve fully investigated the necessity and safety. You can’t go back and undo them once injected.
Melissa struggled with infertility due to endometriosis for many years. She was loosing hope that she would ever have a child. She never thought she would carry a baby to full term. “When we finally had Sawyer, he was my miracle.” Sawyer was born perfect. Both of his parents were absolutely delighted with him. Now they carry him around in an urn.
Prior to her pregnancy, Melissa lost her job because she refused to accept the experiment injection. Yet, as a nurse, she never really investigated the childhood vaccine schedule. She had been trained and taught that vaccines were essential, safe, and effective. Tragically, she learned one of the hardest lessons of life. She trained as a nurse in order to help people. Now she wants her pain to help others make wiser decisions. She has now investigated and understands that her nursing training did not fully inform her on the impact of vaccines.
Read about how Sawyer’s parents pressed for further tests. When the medical examiner refused to do more testing and stated “If there was aluminum in his system it wouldn’t be enough to cause his death,” Melissa pushed for 10 months for more testing which later revealed he had 95 mcg/l of aluminum in his blood at the time of death. Melissa states that anything over 50 mcg/l in an adult is toxic. Sawyer was 8 weeks old.
Even though her intuition, as both a nurse and a mom, was that they should wait until the baby was feeling better, Melissa trusted her doctor.
That turned out to be the biggest mistake of her life.
Do babies actually need so many shots? Has there been adequate study of what giving so many shots at one time might do?
A former police detective confirms that her analysis of 250 cases of SIDs 50% of them were within 48 hour of receiving vaccines. 75-80% were within the week following vaccines.
Read more and watch the interview with the police detective here.
Please share with your pregnant friends. We need to protect babies.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40+ years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
The link below should take you to a video produced by The Highwire where Del Bigtree creatively and passionately explains how the push for families to accept a TDaP vaccine in order to keep a new baby safe might NOT be giving the protection desired. From 14-25 minutes of this Hightwire episode, Del analysis a 2013 study of non human primates which compares the immunity of the old DTP vaccine, the DTaP vaccine and natural immunity. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314688110
Del’s passion and enthusiasm can be a bit over the top for some people. This is why I also collected several studies showing the impact of the DTaP/TDaP shot which explains why they do not give the hoped for protection of a new baby in a recent blog.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
My first trip to Uganda was in 2014 when I accompanied my husband on a visit to Dominion Church in Kampala. My husband has returned many times to Uganda to minister to pastors and leaders.
In May 2023 I had the privilege of returning with him to Uganda and I was invited to speak to the women at Dominion Church’s annual Bible Faith Conference and at the annual Woman Believer Conference hosted by the Pearl Haven Christian Center in Mbale a town about 225 km or 5 hours drive away. Fully describing our experience in Uganda is impossible, but I wanted a place to store the four talks I gave to the women. I was thrilled to be able to minister God’s word to an eager audience and was blessed to witness life in Uganda and the faithful followers of Jesus persevering despite difficulties beyond our comprehension.
The ladies were a very encouraging and accepting audience and I praise God for the opportunity I had to share the Word of God. All the talks were translated into the local Luganda language so they take a bit longer to listen. You may want to change the replay speed to 1.25 or 1.5! I also must mention that the weather in Uganda was very hot and humid for us! The temperatures throughout the year are pretty stable and every day had a low of 19 and a high of 29 C (that’s 66-84 F). Because of the humidity, by the end of the talks most speakers are dripping with sweat!
Dominion Church Bible Faith Conference, Kampala, Uganda
Theme: ”For out of His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.” John 1:16
Day One Workshop for Women: Overcoming Challenges
Day Two Workshop for Women: Raising Godly Children
Pearl Haven Christian Center, Mbale, Uganda, The Woman Believer Conference
Theme: The Strength of Faith Hebrews 11:11
Day One: Seeking the Blessing of God
In this talk I include a short testimony of my journey to salvation through Jesus Christ. At the close of this talk I give an imperfect recitation of 2 Corinthians 4, a passage that has brought great encouragement to me. It was a thrill to be able to share God’s word and I pray it powerfully impacts people to have a hunger for God’s word and an understanding that it is possible to memorize it and hold it in our hearts.
Day Two: The Protection of Faith
At the close of this talk I give a recitation of 1 Peter 1 and explain how this passage brought me comfort and encouragement during 2020 and beyond as we witnessed an unprecedented world wide reaction which filled many with fear.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
Calvin Robinson, an outspoken Anglican deacon from UK, presents some extremely articulate TRUTH in answer to the woke culture. I took some notes while listening to a speech he gave.
Many members of society – perhaps the large majority, share the views of Calvin but may straggle to express these ideas as clearly and don’t always convey the compassion we feel.
A man is a man.
A woman is a woman.
You cannot change your sex, it’s in the entirety of your DNA, in all of your chromosomes; It’s in your emotional state; your mental state; it’s who you are.
The idea that someone can be in the wrong body is a misnomer. You are your body.
God made man and woman in His image.
Are there people who feel gender dysphoria? Yes. Should entire cultures bend to their feelings? No.
We can have tolerance without affirmation. They can live in whatever reality they choose, but they cannot expect others to join their reality nor allow them to push their reality on others.
When we wholeheartedly accept a false reality, we participate in grooming children towards sexual perversions.
An entire industry has mushroomed offering hormones, multiple surgeries, and medical care that will be required for life. People are profiting from the mutilation of children’s bodies.
This assault on children is a monstrous, demonic, wickedness. We do not condone chid grooming towards perversion, debauchery and degeneracy.
Compassion for people does not mean affirming their mental challenges, especially in schools.
No boundaries – If you accept that people ‘identify’ as anything other than what God made them, the boundaries are endless. They can identify as other genders, as a child, when an adult. Allowing such people in schools to influence children is extremely dangerous for children.
Adults are the ones who must draw the line. Children are immature, have great imagination, and are naturally explorative. They need adults who can point them to reality. The loving thing to do for children is to protect them from assault – whether of body or mind, and point them to the truth. Children are especially loved by God. Jesus clearly stated a dire warning to anyone who would participate in the harm of children: “It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied round their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.” Luke 17:2
These are hard truths to express. Anyone seeking to follow Jesus has great compassion for those who have been tricked into harming themselves. We cannot truly love if we passively stand by and don’t share insight into this carnage.
What can we do? As followers of Jesus we can be ardently PRO FAMILY. Pro Biblical marriage. Support families raising children. Encourage the younger generations to have children and raise them to fear and honor God. Support and help families that are homeschooling. In everything seek to live for the glory of God and not in fear. “The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 We don’t hate the blind. We stand against the enemy, his servants, their works and the effects.
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved, blessed with a husband of over 40 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as ten grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world.
Most parents in the west have been led to believe that a fever is bad and when a baby or child gets a fever, there are appropriate ‘baby’ fever reducers that should be given. New parents are advised by doctors and nurses on how and when to give over the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals to babies for a variety of reasons. Many parents feel that if they do NOT give their baby these ‘baby’ pharmaceutical products widely available at grocery stores and pharmacies, they are not ‘good’ parents. Because the medical profession has not understood the value of a fever, many parents have been led down a path that they didn’t expect – sometimes including longterm chronic illness.
What is fever? What is the appropriate loving response for a parent when their baby or child develops a fever?
“Giving Tylenol to a babe for fever is equivalent to shooting your own attack dog when he’s going after a home intruder! Fevers are important.”
Dr Larry Palevsky is a NYS licensed pediatrician, who utilizes a holistic approach to children’s wellness and illness. He has been promoting health naturally for decades and has discovered valuable information that he passes on to parents. The following points about fever are from his website, where you will find even more detailed explanation of the beneficial role of fever in childhood.
GENERAL GUIDANCE IF YOUR CHILD IS SICK: “Do less. Stimulate less. Speak less. Eat less.” “Drink more. Sleep more. Rest more. Breathe more.”
Stop your daily routine and encourage your child, and your family members, to rest.
Provide a safe and comfortable environment for your child to process the illness.
Encourage plenty of fluids (water, tea, broth, soup, breast milk). If your child is on formula, you may need to either stop the formula completely, or feed fewer ounces through the illness.
Turn the volume down. Reduce activity levels, noise, excitement, schedules, chores, and tasks to a minimum.
Turn the lights down. Maintain a calm, quiet, peaceful environment for your child’s nervous system to heal.
Stay indoors; play quiet games. Going outside can be too much of an energetic overload for your child’s body when sick, and may prolong and intensify the stress on his body.
Give your child a warm bath, several times per day if necessary, and stay with your child as much as possible. Lay low, and watch your child closely. Be mindful of cool or cold drafts when getting out of the bath.
Regarding supplements, it is best to stop most, if not all of the supplements that your child is taking. You will need to use your judgment in making this decision.
Do not force your child to eat. When children are sick or not feeling well, their digestive systems slow down. Food is one of the last things children are interested in when they have a fever or don’t feel well. Just ensure fluid intake, and don’t push foods. Their bodies will tell you when they are ready to start eating again. And, most importantly, avoid sugar, including juices, flour and dairy products, and fried foods, when your child is sick, as these foods tend to increase stress, dehydration, and mucus production in the body, which will prolong, or worsen, the course of illness.
Observe your child for mental status changes.
Please remember that the resolution of illness can take some time. The more patience you have, the more closely you observe your child, and the more you efficiently remove the stressors in your child’s environments, the greater you will impact the length of recovery for your child’s illness.
You may need to cancel plans, stay home, and not participate in previously planned activities so your child can rest and heal at home in her own comfortable, safe environment. The most important thing you can do as a parent is to provide your child with a safe environment in which healing can occur.
Make the first day your child feels better a slow day. Stay home and rest for the first 24 hours that the symptoms of illness have finally abated. Try not to rush back into the daily routine of life.
Re: Acute Illness: Dr. Palevsky often remarks that “children need to be allowed to experience symptoms of acute illness in order for their bodies to appropriately cleanse the waste and toxins from their systems, and so they can go forward in their lives toward greater optimal health and wellness.” Rarely does Dr. Palevsky ever need to prescribe antibiotics for children in his practice. On average, he writes one antibiotic prescription per year. This is because he has come to understand that most illnesses in children are not caused by infections, and therefore, don’t require antibiotic treatment. Dr. Palevsky recommends that parents read this section of his website in great detail so that they can better understand and address any perceived challenges to their children’s health.
Dr Palevsky has a lot of experience and includes much more helpful information on the details of the body’s detox process on his website, including information on ear pain, coughs, diarrhea and vomiting. Many parents find it difficult to act against their strong programming of “avoiding a fever at all costs”. They may feel that their child is suffering and all they want to do is give them some relief. However, the short term difficulty of a fever will build long term health. Taking a short cut – by giving fever reducers – is actually going to adversely impact long term health. The action of Tylenol reduces glutathione in the body – an important anti-oxidant containing three amino acids that helps in the detox process. Giving Tylenol (aka acetaminophen, Paracetamol, Panadol) can result in your child being sick for longer, as well as other harmful impacts that parents are seldom warned about:
Estimates suggest 90% of infants are given Tylenol (aka acetaminophen). Pregnant women are encouraged that Tylenol is safe to take during pregnancy. Yet, there has been virtually no thorough investigation of the neurological consequences. There are 16 human studies which suggest brain developmental harm from use in pregnancy.Read more of the potential harm from this commonly used OTC treatment.
I believe 99% of all parents ONLY want what is best for their children. Navigating the information and discerning what is truly best is not always easy. There are many forces competing for our attention, allegiance, and money. Every parent will benefit from tuning into their gut instincts, seeking God’s wisdom, and asking a lot of questions. Most of us were not trained in critical thinking skills in our ‘education’ and have been subjected to a lot of marketing and propaganda pushed on us as “health information.”
A wise person said, critical thinking is all about believing more true things and believing less untrue things. We will spend the rest of our lives honing these skills!
I’d love to hear your personal experience of nursing a child through fever. I’ve watched both my five children, and our nine grandchildren receive a lot of TLC when sick and bounce back quickly from most illnesses. Fever reducing meds were never a part of my home first aid kit!
Becky Hastings collects information on health and tries her best to discover and share truth. By God’s grace, through Jesus Christ, I was saved from the life of a rebel. I’ve been blessed with a husband of 41 years, and five precious babies all grown up. I now get to delight as nine grandchildren grow! Together we can help each other discover a healthy path in this crazy upside down world. Be sure to subscribe to stay in touch!
