May 8, 2013 - Helping One Another!

Matthew 8:16-17, "That evening many people with demons in them were brought to Jesus. And with only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick. So God’s promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said “He healed our diseases and made us well.” This is a promise and brings truth to our lives today. I want to share one of my devotionals today - it encouraged me: Jesus took upon Himself every sickness and every disease that mankind has ever experienced so that we could be healed. I cannot imagine the unfathomable price that Jesus paid for today's promise to become a reality for us in our generation. In the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus was sweating great drops of blood, He cried out to His Abba (Father) for the strength to drink from the cup that would pave the way to our redemption. It was at this crucial time in history that Jesus took upon Himself ALL our sin and exchanged ALL our brokeness for ALL of His life. I believe that only the Holy Spirit can bring revelation to us so that we can grasp in part the incredible sacrifice that Jesus paid so that we could become heirs of His glorious inheritance. May God give all of us the grace today to comprehend the fact that Jesus took upon Himself all of our sickness so that we could be healed. May faith rise in our hearts today so that each one of us could appropriate the finished work of the cross in every area of our body and our soul that still needs to be healed. Thank you Jesus for saying 'yes' to your Father and drinking the terrible cup of the brokeness of humanity so that we might be made whole...spirit, soul & body. Amen! Also, I wanted to share some happy news from one of our family (Brenda) concerning bread options for those of us who don't do white or wheat flours: I bought a loaf of the almond bread made by Julian Bakery. I must say very tasty! I had a sandwich on Friday (1st day of phase 2) It has only 1 net carb and 60 calories a slice! Less than the melba toast. I was experimenting to see if eating a sandwich with the almond bread would affect the weight loss. NOT AT ALL! I lost 4.6 lbs the first day! I'm very excited that I will be able to eat a sandwich for lunch. I will continue to eat this bread from here on out. It is a little pricy but if you truly want to "eat healthy" it's not costly at all. At Good Nutrition on Johnson Ferry rd it's 9.99 a loaf. On the web sitewww.julianbakery.com it's only 7.99 a loaf. If you order 6 or more loaves it's only 5.95 shipping and it can be frozen for up to 4 months. I purchased 3 loaves of almond and 3 loaves of coconut and a loaf of cinnamon bread. Maybe this could help someone "in the family" that CANNOT go without bread. Okay everyone, we are mid-week, and counting. Watermelons are soon to be abundant, pool is opening soon, the flowers are in full bloom and the tanks of both grills are fleshly filled. Bring on the summer!