Beautiful Balance
Published on Jul 05, 2018
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Luke 10:38-42
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
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According to WebMD “Physical responses to stress involve your immune system, your heart & blood vessels, and how certain glands in your body secrete hormones. These hormones help to regulate various functions in your body, such as brain function and nerve impulses.”
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Just as David did when he was up against Goliath, we must be able to quickly find our smooth stones when dealing with adversity, stress, and challenges in our life.
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Pastor Krishnan spoke about how he likes things nice and tidy, but his wife and kids don’t appreciate this like he does. Therefore, when he would come home after a long day of work and walk into a messy house he would get very angry and start taking it out on his family members.
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Finally he decided to find a nice smooth stone to help prepare him for facing this situation more effectively. He found a helpful verse, wrote it on a note card and before entering the home would read it and soon memorized it.
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James 1 19-20 “…be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”
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During the day, when are you most likely to be stressed or angry?
What about other areas of your life, maybe things that don’t happen every day... entertaining, going out, or working on a major project?
List anything else that causes you to be stressed or angry, but doesn’t happen consistently.
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Let’s get back to nutrition... do any of these situations cause you to also reach for foods that are doing harm to your immune system?
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Your activity in this section of Module 6 is to find your smooth stones for each of these areas of your life where you need help from above. As the sermon title implies, when we try to go it alone we feel the full force of nothing! But, with God by our side nothing is impossible!
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Choose your smooth stone(s) for anxiety filled areas of your life. Take time with this process. Mull it over, google search it if you need to, but also let the verses flow in naturally and come back to it in a few days as well. Do not submit this immediately let it really sink in and be in prayerful meditation over it.
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2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
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How do you know when you’ve achieved balance?
What are some of the things that create joy in your life, things that you know represent the achievement of balance?
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The first book I was required to read while pursuing my nutritionist certification was by Dr. T. Colin Campbell titled "WHOLE".
Dr. Campbell spent 10 years as a professor at Virginia Tech's Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition before going to Cornell in 1975.
The first book I was required to read while pursuing my nutritionist certification was by Dr. T. Colin Campbell titled "WHOLE". Dr. Campbell spent 10 years as a professor at Virginia Tech's Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition before going to Cornell in 1975.
My eye-opening moments reading WHOLE had a lot to do with the fact that Campbell was raised on a dairy farm milking cows. When he became the coordinator of a US State Department project in the Philippines to develop a nationwide network of feeding centers for malnourished children, he envisioned providing cows to these villages for them to produce milk. Problem solved, right?
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Unfortunately, during his scientific experiments & research his hope that cow's milk would solve the Philippines malnutrition issues was tipped over, not just falling flat but with major red flags regarding the carcinogen effect of cow's milk.
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It is specifically the casein in cow's milk that is the Western World's #1 carcinogen!
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In scientific studies scientists could literally turn cancer on and off based on consumption of cow’s milk. Dr. Campbell not only had to re-evaluate his entire thought process coming from a family of dairy farmers, but he lost a TON of funding due to the fact that his findings were not profitable for a mainstream industry.
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Dr. Campbell was astonished by the scientists and researchers who, due to funding needs, turn a blind eye to the facts and continue thriving in their industry by catering to big business. You see if your research is not profitable for those who might choose to fund you then you are cut off. So, many researchers choose to collect the money and skew their research, or they would go broke with unpopular but scientifically sound experiments.
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What is a human's breast-milk to be used for?
Humans, right?
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So wouldn't a cow's milk be used for calves? Specifically for a calf to grow from a mere 64 lbs. to a mature cow at (yowza) 1,500 lbs.
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Do the two species seem to have similar needs?
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Harvard University Studies
www.nutritionfacts.org
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To the right is what the FDA shows as a balanced, healthy meal. You should notice immediately that this goes against the way that most people eat. The majority of people in America have 50%-75% of their meal consist of protein with very little fruits, veggies, and grains. Then we have the dairy illustrated in the upper right corner, but you know the truth here.
Below is the Healthy Eating Plate from Harvard Medical School. This gets a bit better, as they do leave off the dairy.
Then, we have the American Diabetes Association, which recommends a balanced plate of 50/25/25 when it comes to vegetables, protein, and grains respectively.
This is okay, except I would change the protein section to show more plant protein options so that you can avoid the cholesterol and bio magnification of the animal meats.
Check out the best diet for diabetics & depression.
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Balanced Living!
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