A Healthy Lifestyle is Health Care

I think insurance of all types has served to remove or cushion the sense of personal responsibility off of the individual and placed our potential liability into a pool of collateral damage.  I'm kind of wondering with all the big storms and insurance claims in the past several years, if ACA isn't going to put our health in jeopardy to bail out the insurance companies for replacing our "stuff!"

This Obamacare or Affordable Health Care is not going to be changed any time soon in Washington.  Congress has no motivation to change it, since none of them are stuck with it.  The only way to "combat" this Affordable Care Act is to get healthy and remain healthy outside of dependence upon the system.  We've got to stop giving our individual control to people who do not have our best interest at heart.  Our Creator does have our best interest at heart, and He's given us instruction for our health.

Here are some good basic ideas for a healthy diet.  Increase your intake of vegetables, lean meat and eggs.  Avoid processed foods.  Consider fast food, cigarettes, and energy drinks to be in the same category: Unhealthy!

When you do have a health issue arise, consider an "alternative" course of action. Many of the modalities we consider to be "alternative" have actually been around since Bible times and have served people well throughout the centuries.  Keep in mind, modern medicine is called "modern" for a reason.  Modern medicine may be keeping many living longer, but few are living healthier!

http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/6-natural-alternatives-to-ibuprofen.html
  

Doctrinal Debates

Primarily this particular section has been used to downplay medicine, medical insurance, and ACA a.k.a. Obamacare.  I'm going to take this opportunity to invite our readers to consider a different approach entirely.  As Bible believers weigh in on everything from Duck Dynasty to NDAA, to the origins of Christmas; perhaps it's time to really see what the Bible has to say about our health care.

Exodus 15:26 states this:
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of YHWH thy G-d, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am YHWH that healeth thee.

Even most folks who choose to believe the Torah is obsolete do quote the Prophet Isaiah and believe it is a reference to Messiah.
53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 

Scripture speaks of a good king that was very pleasing to YHWH, except in one area of his life.
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to YHWH, but to the physicians.  And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.  II Chronicles 16:12,13

Many have stated that Messiah referenced physicians and he did.  He said those who are whole need not a physician . . .then asked, "Wilt thou be made whole?"  The word sick in the KJV is translated from a Greek word meaning "miserable."

The word pharmaceuticals is also from the Greek.  Every reference to sorcery in the book of the Revelation has the root word pharma

Since Romans 8:28 tells us all things work together for good to them who love YHWH and are the called according to His purpose.
Perhaps this Obamacare mess is a wakeup call to believers to stop masking our misery with pharmaceuticals and repent from the same mistake made by King Asa.

Testing 1, 2, 3 Thousands . . .

It's been years since I saw the very quick vision of the hospital lobby and a casino.  The realization is obvious.  Neither stay in business with winners!  The lighted signs alone ought to give great indication that Casinos do not keep the lights on, entertaining winners!

The hospital lobby in which I saw this flash was newly remodeled with the bistro styling.  A sort of coffee bar against the wall with a few tables and chairs to replace the usual waiting room furniture.  A huge semi-circle where folks sat to offer directions and answer questions was on the wall facing the doors.  What really caught my attention beyond the bistro glitz was the tinted windows.  I had walked in to this place on a sunny spring day, but once inside, the windows all gave the appearance of an overcast day . . .

Big businesses do not stay in business without selling their product.  A casino "sells" the chance to win big!  Hospitals don't sell health, they sell tests and pharmaceuticals.  Those high tech computerized instruments aren't cheap!  I started to write, "don't grow on trees," but the knowledge of good and evil did grow on a tree, after all.

Our Creator doesn't need high tech equipment to tell us what's wrong or to heal us.

Birth is Not a Medical Issue

This article touches me and I simply want to share.  I have been literally appalled at the medical industry in the handling of pregnancy and childbirth.  Deliveries have been "scheduled" through regular office hours, rather than those "inconvenient" night time and weekend arrivals . . .  

As more of us move away from "modern medicine" and return to the plan of our Creator, it only makes sense that birth would be a great place to start.  Life and death were never intended to be in the hands of humanity.  Pregnancy is not a medical condition and birth is not a medical procedure, it is life!

http://www.viralnova.com/home-birth/

Chicken Pox and Shingles

I remember getting the chicken pox after my Dad had contracted shingles.  It's been a known fact for nearly 50 years, at least; that the two were of the same or related virus.  Has one vaccine, now triggered yet another problem?

http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2013/02/08/study-suggests-chicken-pox-vaccine-responsible-for-triggering-nationwide-shingles-epidemic/