Health
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Do You Have the Faith of the Centurion?
Christians often use the functionality of a chair as one of their analogies about faith. Our faith is that the chair will hold us up when we sit in it. The thought is that without faith that a chair will do what it’s supposed to do, we would never sit down. That’s a fair analogy. After all, every day we sit down in various chairs throughout the day. But the analogy is also flawed if what we’re trying to show is an example of having faith in God. What happens when you have the faith for that chair to hold you, so you walk over and sit in it. And…
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Grieving Through Your Current Situation
Three weeks ago, my doctor diagnosed me with hypertension! I wasn’t even there in his office for that. I was there for my four-month blood work monitoring since having my thyroid removed six years ago. But as they always do, checking weight and taking blood pressure is an every visit thing, no matter the reason for being there. My blood pressure has always jumped around a bit. But up until 2012, following the issues with my thyroid, it had typically bounced between normal and low; only sometimes being a bit on the borderline scale. After the surgery, the bounce was more times borderline, some times normal, and at times high;…
