Where in the world is Lisa? Like the Waldo, I'm out there, lost in a crowd. I won't have you try to guess my location by my surroundings like Waldo does. In a nutshell, I've been evaluating and re-evaluating my spiritual direction. I've made discoveries this year that have changed my life. And my husband has come back from the brink of death this year as well, causing him to evaluate some things in his life as well.
It is now December 18th, nearing the end of the year. We are on the 7th night of Hanukkah. And today I posted my collection of exercise clothes at an online store. I won't be using them. Even if I decided to put myself through that pain again, I wouldn't fit in THOSE clothes. One thing I did recently as part of this self-evaluating and cleaning out the "temple" is I did not renew my contract to keep my book in print. Healing Letters: A Companion Guide to Writing Unsent Letters in the Healing Process will no longer be available through Amazon. I have several copies still available if you want to order through me personally. Feel free to contact me and make arrangements for purchase at any time.
Thank you to the few folks who did use this book in their healing process. It doesn't matter how many people use it. It matters THAT they use it. I pray it has blessed those who have put their heart into the grueling work that the healing process requires.
Be free. Be dedicated. Be faithful in adversity.
~Lisa
Monday, December 18, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
I've Got a Cure for That!
There are a lot of sick people around me right now. Tis the season! Many have a common cold, but most have a variation of the flu. I knew it was only a matter of time before I would be exposed to it as well. I mean, people have to get groceries sometime, even when they are sick, right? And they will probably visit MY grocery store when they do. So I expect it and prepare as best as I can. I have learned a lot about essential oils, herbal supplements, and Native healing tea made of 4 simple plants legal in all 50 states. I was so tired of paying exorbitant copays and medical bills for hospitals and doctors who either did nothing at all for me or a family member or else only gave me medication that had a long list of side effects, any of which could kill me. And with a virus, you can't do anything but treat the symptoms and hope the impostor finds its way out. At least, that's what modern medicine will say.
So we suffer, sometimes greatly, in hopes for the best. I had a friend who passed away a couple years ago from the flu just 3 days after the onset of symptoms. This year, a friend's 10 year old son died from what started out as strep throat. Another friend is a single mother of 5 children who had to take her flu-infected children to the doctor to get medication for their respiratory symptoms. She doesn't have insurance so she paid dearly from what little she has. I see this all the time. I want to help. So I have educated myself, and God has blessed me with natural, inexpensive remedies that most people can afford and I'm willing to help those who cannot afford them. These are highly effective remedies that will not only take away most symptoms, but actually attack at the cellular level to drive the virus out into the open where the immune system can shoot it down.
The problem is, no one wants this kind of help. They'd rather have a doctor tell them what to do and won't listen to anyone without letters after the comma on their name (as if that's a guarantee). I whole heartedly believe there is a place for medical doctors. I also believe we surrender so much of our God-given abilities to doctors merely because they have the power of the pen. We pawn off our personal responsibility and don't even consider that there might be a better, much healthier solution to our problem. I don't have all the answers, and the things I've learned cannot cure everything for every body. But I do have personal testimonies (most recently just this week) of how I DIDN'T suffer when everyone else around me did, and how I saved money by not needing a doctor to tell me I have the flu or common cold or strep throat and prescribing harmful medications all of which would last weeks when my natural tools only last a couple days (at most) to make me fully well again. People say, "Well then you didn't really have the flu or strep." Right! I was exposed and at the first sign of those very noticeable and identifiable symptoms, I employed my strategies and got well quickly. You wouldn't believe me that it works if I got sick anyway, right?
"So why the rant, Lisa? Why are you attacking doctors and modern medicine like some Zealot naturalist with a bitter grudge?" If you think the point of this is an attack on doctors, you are about to miss my point. We all want a cure for our sicknesses. We have it stuck in our minds that it has to come to us one way only, when the real cure is standing right in front of us and is far less painful and far more effective. Someone has a virus so they go to a doctor to treat the symptoms. We have sin in our lives, so we do what we can to conceal it and empower ourselves to make sure we don't hurt others with that sin. OR we go "cough" all over everyone else and don't care who we infect, after all, we're all sinful and it's unavoidable; we're all going to get sick so we'll help the cause by spreading it. Either way, nothing gets to the heart of the problem. A virus is an impostor. If it can sneak past the immune system, it can get into the cells where it hides. Cells reproduce at break-neck speed and they make carbon copies of what's inside of the parent cell. If the virus is in there, it will infect the next cell too, until you are laid up in bed hacking out a lung over the porcelain throne. Wicked, isn't it? Sin is the same way. Jesus called it Leavening, "Don't you know that a little leaven leavens the whole loaf?"
I have a cure for that! Just like I have a physical treatment for many ailments including viruses, I also know the cure for the spiritual virus of sin or leavening. It's an oil called the Holy Spirit and the source thereof is Jesus the Messiah, Yeshua HaMeshiach, the unleavened loaf. Later this year will mark the 25th year since I said, "Yes!" to Him, the cure for my spiritual virus of sin. But in all my 25 years, my children are the only people I have had the privilege of leading to that saving cure. I have told hundreds of people about this Savior, but only 3 have responded. It is not about keeping score with other Christians. I am SO not into that tally game. I know there are different parts to the body of believers and everyone has a job to do. Some are tillers, some planters, some waterers. But seriously, why do I tell people about the cure for their spiritual demise and NO ONE, save three, have accepted the remedy?
Same reason they do not accept the remedy I have for a virus that could save their life. They want it in a pretty little package with an abbreviation after the name. They don't believe there is something out there that could be so widely rejected if it is truly effective. The federal government won't approve these remedies because they cannot control it. It's too unpredictable, not synthetic, not insurable. Well, neither is Jesus! We can't control Him or tell him how we like things to be and thus program Him to our liking. I tell folks about Jesus and they just don't believe that there could be such a simple cure for an eternal problem that SO MANY people would reject. How could that many people possibly be wrong? So they follow the majority and reject the minority on the only thing that truly matters in all eternity. That is why I have never led anyone to salvation outside my immediate family. It's not because I didn't tell them. It's because no one wants the cure. No one wants to get well. They have chosen the path that leads to destruction because, after all, how could so many people be so wrong?
Will you follow the deception or will you accept the cure for spiritual sickness? To find out how you can accept the Cure, click on the tab at the top of this page labeled "The Main Thing". Thank you!
So we suffer, sometimes greatly, in hopes for the best. I had a friend who passed away a couple years ago from the flu just 3 days after the onset of symptoms. This year, a friend's 10 year old son died from what started out as strep throat. Another friend is a single mother of 5 children who had to take her flu-infected children to the doctor to get medication for their respiratory symptoms. She doesn't have insurance so she paid dearly from what little she has. I see this all the time. I want to help. So I have educated myself, and God has blessed me with natural, inexpensive remedies that most people can afford and I'm willing to help those who cannot afford them. These are highly effective remedies that will not only take away most symptoms, but actually attack at the cellular level to drive the virus out into the open where the immune system can shoot it down.
The problem is, no one wants this kind of help. They'd rather have a doctor tell them what to do and won't listen to anyone without letters after the comma on their name (as if that's a guarantee). I whole heartedly believe there is a place for medical doctors. I also believe we surrender so much of our God-given abilities to doctors merely because they have the power of the pen. We pawn off our personal responsibility and don't even consider that there might be a better, much healthier solution to our problem. I don't have all the answers, and the things I've learned cannot cure everything for every body. But I do have personal testimonies (most recently just this week) of how I DIDN'T suffer when everyone else around me did, and how I saved money by not needing a doctor to tell me I have the flu or common cold or strep throat and prescribing harmful medications all of which would last weeks when my natural tools only last a couple days (at most) to make me fully well again. People say, "Well then you didn't really have the flu or strep." Right! I was exposed and at the first sign of those very noticeable and identifiable symptoms, I employed my strategies and got well quickly. You wouldn't believe me that it works if I got sick anyway, right?
"So why the rant, Lisa? Why are you attacking doctors and modern medicine like some Zealot naturalist with a bitter grudge?" If you think the point of this is an attack on doctors, you are about to miss my point. We all want a cure for our sicknesses. We have it stuck in our minds that it has to come to us one way only, when the real cure is standing right in front of us and is far less painful and far more effective. Someone has a virus so they go to a doctor to treat the symptoms. We have sin in our lives, so we do what we can to conceal it and empower ourselves to make sure we don't hurt others with that sin. OR we go "cough" all over everyone else and don't care who we infect, after all, we're all sinful and it's unavoidable; we're all going to get sick so we'll help the cause by spreading it. Either way, nothing gets to the heart of the problem. A virus is an impostor. If it can sneak past the immune system, it can get into the cells where it hides. Cells reproduce at break-neck speed and they make carbon copies of what's inside of the parent cell. If the virus is in there, it will infect the next cell too, until you are laid up in bed hacking out a lung over the porcelain throne. Wicked, isn't it? Sin is the same way. Jesus called it Leavening, "Don't you know that a little leaven leavens the whole loaf?"
I have a cure for that! Just like I have a physical treatment for many ailments including viruses, I also know the cure for the spiritual virus of sin or leavening. It's an oil called the Holy Spirit and the source thereof is Jesus the Messiah, Yeshua HaMeshiach, the unleavened loaf. Later this year will mark the 25th year since I said, "Yes!" to Him, the cure for my spiritual virus of sin. But in all my 25 years, my children are the only people I have had the privilege of leading to that saving cure. I have told hundreds of people about this Savior, but only 3 have responded. It is not about keeping score with other Christians. I am SO not into that tally game. I know there are different parts to the body of believers and everyone has a job to do. Some are tillers, some planters, some waterers. But seriously, why do I tell people about the cure for their spiritual demise and NO ONE, save three, have accepted the remedy?
Same reason they do not accept the remedy I have for a virus that could save their life. They want it in a pretty little package with an abbreviation after the name. They don't believe there is something out there that could be so widely rejected if it is truly effective. The federal government won't approve these remedies because they cannot control it. It's too unpredictable, not synthetic, not insurable. Well, neither is Jesus! We can't control Him or tell him how we like things to be and thus program Him to our liking. I tell folks about Jesus and they just don't believe that there could be such a simple cure for an eternal problem that SO MANY people would reject. How could that many people possibly be wrong? So they follow the majority and reject the minority on the only thing that truly matters in all eternity. That is why I have never led anyone to salvation outside my immediate family. It's not because I didn't tell them. It's because no one wants the cure. No one wants to get well. They have chosen the path that leads to destruction because, after all, how could so many people be so wrong?
Will you follow the deception or will you accept the cure for spiritual sickness? To find out how you can accept the Cure, click on the tab at the top of this page labeled "The Main Thing". Thank you!
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
How Badly do You Want to Eat From that Tree?
One night this week, I was closing down the computer so I could retire for the night. I felt drained, depressed, the way most Americans feel at the end of every day, or at least those who are plugged in to the internet. I am the internet user who justifies my consumption of headlines with the homeschool mom's infamous excuse, "I have to stay in touch with what's going on in the world." Is anyone else relating to this?
The next morning, I was having my morning talk with the Lord and pondering the psychological toll the Internet has taken on humankind. Then the Spirit spoke a very convicting statement that preached a sermon to me the rest of the day. The statement was this: "Consider the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." I feel compelled to share with you what I learned from this simple statement this week.
What environment was the first human body, or two bodies, designed for? Eden. What was absent from Eden? Human knowledge of good and bad. Every single rendition of the Fall of Mankind story I've ever heard has been focused on the devious plot of the upright serpent, the sin of Eve followed by Adam, the atonement of God through animal sacrifice for clothing, and the curse upon the earth, followed by the expulsion of humans into the cold, harsh world. It's all about how bad people are, and what a drag it must be to be God who has to save our sorry souls. (Excuse me while I roll my spiritual eyes.) But what ever happened to the story about the tree of forbidden fruit? I've never heard that story preached or taught. There's an engorged story there waiting to be milked! Come along and I'll tell it.
Modern research and biophysical science prove that our bodies absorb the impact of psychological trauma - a knowledge of bad/evil. Repressed memories or undue psychological trauma can literally damage the brain and render it incapable or severely impaired to handle normal stimuli. The pounding onslaught of survival chemicals in the brain actually harm the brain itself as it absorbs the impact of the ongoing, never ending survival mode. I guarantee this trauma experience is NOT what the human body was designed for. It was designed for Eden. WE were made for Eden where there was no knowledge of good and evil.
We also know from Scripture that over time, God determined that the lifespan had to be reduced lest evil people propagate their evil ways for too long and bring the story of human history to a premature end. God had to alter human DNA for this to be possible. However, I do not believe He necessarily altered our DNA so that our bodies are now made to absorb the impact of the trauma this world inflicts. Look at the extensive damage to our bodies: anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, sociopathic disorders, addiction, diseases of all kinds, neurological chaos, weakened immune systems, and the list is longer than the DSM-5 is thick!! That's not counting what our bodies suffer physically at the hands of our abusers. The physical body is the means by which the spiritual and psychological body receives information and experiences so that we can process them. And how we process is going to have a definite impact on how our physical bodies respond. It is safe to conclude that Adam and Eve did NOT have the health problems in Eden that we have in the only world we've ever known. And why? Because they had not yet eaten from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
So back to this untold story. Why didn't God want Adam and Eve to eat from that tree? Because outside of time, He saw Sodom and Gomorrah, Babylon, genocide, slavery, perversions of every unconscionable kind, abuse of every unconscionable kind, money, materialism, abortion, rampant crime and Internet, lust for unlimited shared knowledge at our fingertips. He didn't want them to have to know these things. He didn't make them for that. He knew what it would do to the human body to KNOW good and bad. To know good can make one greedy or envious or jealous, so even good turns sour. He knew that the mere knowledge of good and evil would destroy us, not just the sin of eating the forbidden fruit from that tree. Sin itself corrupted the world and made the evil possible. But the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was the key to unlock the unlimited bait of the enemy. If Adam and Eve could just take one bite, they would open the door to Satan's secret garden. Ponder for more than a moment, give it a whole day or two, and truly consider specific ways that the mere knowledge of good and evil is the theme of your life; and consider the psycho-physiological connections that weave your life together.
So what the heck are we doing about it? To be honest, we are gorging ourselves in the fatness of our minds to increase knowledge, and plunging face first with mouths wide open into the indulgences of the internet and the social media frenzy proclaiming "Knowledge is Power!" Let's ask a super tough question: "Can I put down the fruit without taking that bite?"
Is the Internet completely evil? I don't think so. It's a "necessary evil," if you will. What Satan intends for evil, God can use for good. But does that mean anything goes? Well, if you want to find where the boundaries are, take a piece of green construction paper and cut it out in the shape of a tree top. Cut out the middle to about the size of your computer monitor. Then cut out a trunk from brown paper. Attach these shapes to your monitor and write on the treetop, "How badly do I need the fruit from this tree?" What end will it accomplish? Remember, an inch of permission will breed a mile, so choose wisely.
I'm picking on the Internet tonight, but the Knowledge of Good and Evil has manifested itself in the very air we breathe since Adam and Eve took their first breath in the wilderness with the flaming angelic sword in the backdrop. I use the Internet to reach tens of thousands of people with the gospel. I'm a stay-at-home homeschooling mom (among many other titles). The Lord has not blessed me with the finances to travel the world on missions trips, but He has blessed me with a computer. I will use my resources for HIS glory. As of the day I had my conversation with God about this, I have quit surfing the headlines. Last year I quit Facebook. I do not even have a smart phone, though I know I will be forced to get one sooner or later when my slider phone and home phone become obsolete. You get the idea.
Well-intentioned Christians fill their heads and hearts with every iota of knowledge they can grab hold of. But is it really, truly GOOD for you? Have you asked God what He wants to show you on the Internet, with every click? You can't unknow something, but you can slow down the bandwagon and put restraints on your curiosity. There are important things out there and I am glad I can access that information. Most of it is excess. Where should we be spending our time? Put off, put on. Put off the information station. Put on time with God.
Is the Internet completely evil? I don't think so. It's a "necessary evil," if you will. What Satan intends for evil, God can use for good. But does that mean anything goes? Well, if you want to find where the boundaries are, take a piece of green construction paper and cut it out in the shape of a tree top. Cut out the middle to about the size of your computer monitor. Then cut out a trunk from brown paper. Attach these shapes to your monitor and write on the treetop, "How badly do I need the fruit from this tree?" What end will it accomplish? Remember, an inch of permission will breed a mile, so choose wisely.
I'm picking on the Internet tonight, but the Knowledge of Good and Evil has manifested itself in the very air we breathe since Adam and Eve took their first breath in the wilderness with the flaming angelic sword in the backdrop. I use the Internet to reach tens of thousands of people with the gospel. I'm a stay-at-home homeschooling mom (among many other titles). The Lord has not blessed me with the finances to travel the world on missions trips, but He has blessed me with a computer. I will use my resources for HIS glory. As of the day I had my conversation with God about this, I have quit surfing the headlines. Last year I quit Facebook. I do not even have a smart phone, though I know I will be forced to get one sooner or later when my slider phone and home phone become obsolete. You get the idea.
Well-intentioned Christians fill their heads and hearts with every iota of knowledge they can grab hold of. But is it really, truly GOOD for you? Have you asked God what He wants to show you on the Internet, with every click? You can't unknow something, but you can slow down the bandwagon and put restraints on your curiosity. There are important things out there and I am glad I can access that information. Most of it is excess. Where should we be spending our time? Put off, put on. Put off the information station. Put on time with God.
I pray Christians will have the veil lifted from their hearts and begin to DESIRE God and suppress their insatiable appetites for the trappings of the other world views out there.
May you be blessed in the journey!
May you be blessed in the journey!
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