March 19, 2013 - Twas The Night Before Christmas

Good morning, I pray your car and house survived the hail storm last night with minimal to NO damage! Hail and spring storms make a statement don't they? I know you probably see this as a slanderous term this morning, but the experience last night with hail was "cool" to some degree. My family was having dinner and as soon as we heard the fierce hail striking the house, I felt we became characters in the story "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as we quickly arose from the table to see what was the matter. Actually we were scrambling and running around like a cat that had it's tail caught in something. I laughed out loud and screamed as we leapt with our phones to take photos, make video clips and even open the door to gather pieces of the ice in our hands. If you had watched the scene, we could have been your evening entertainment. Maybe you did the same? Hail is created with water, cold temps and wind. Don't need to bore you with a science lesson here, but let it suffice to say there is a procedure. Sometimes, in my small brain, I wonder if God purposely created the procedure before the earth began or if He was entertained when it occurred the first time as a response to elements in the atmosphere reacting to one another. Not sure, but regardless, hail makes a statement. When the momentum and ingredients are properly in place and hail forms, there really is no way to prevent its attack of our houses and cars. There is a lot to be said for momentum. Let's go there. Sometimes our health wanders back and forth and we basically reconcile ourselves to accept a poor life style. After all, we are getting older and aging brings it's on set of conditions. Let's challenge that acceptance. Moses was eighty and his eyes were still healthy. Scientists are now reporting that people are alive, currently, who will live to be 150 years old and healthy. I want to challenge each of us to NOT ACCEPT poor health because "that comes with getting older." We have to fight for truth and life. Even a small amount of acceptance toward poor health can cause long-term problems. Back to the hail, PK. Ok - so hail basically exists because it endures a very turbulent procedure but eventually (after being kicked around over and over and turned upside down repeatedly) gains enough stamina and structure to fall through the turbulence and arrive in a perfect, round shape at its destination. Let's not concentrate on the destruction for a moment but on the victory of being formed under intense conditions and out lasting the opposition. Hail arrives because it endured. I want us to arrive at the final stage of our life and smile because we know against all odds we endured. The storms, the ice, the turbulence, the wind are all meant to destroy us, but we never quit! I feel that some of you would love to quit - give up on being healthy - it's too difficult - too much energy in fighting for a great life. I want to encourage you to get back in to the storm of life. It's not easy to always choose to be healthy or cook nutritious foods. It's not. But YOU are worth fighting for. When hail arrives, it makes a statement. When you "arrive" as a healthy person, finally committed to the process regardless of the end that you cannot see now - you make a statement. Healthy people challenge the status quo. They confront the lie that says aging and sickness are co-laborers. That's you - that's me. Let's make a statement and a declaration. No wind, no rain, nothing to stop me, baby, no mountain high enough, no valley low enough, no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you, babe. I hear a song.........smile if you hear it too. We got this! 150 + health = PK. How about you?