Quotable Quote

I am at work and came across a quote that I had written down on one of my many notebook that I must have heard on my ipod or someone stated to me and thought it worthy to post.

We are not called to be popular but to be faithful.

Love Lesson #8

I hung out with two of my assistant today at the park. We had great weather today. We talked about our different relationships and I made a statement that has me thinking now.

How do you love someone enough?

Here is a picture of them at the park.

American Public Media

I am trully enjoying my new ipod. Not for music as most but for all the podcast I get to download.

I have American Public Media as one of my podcast. I was listening to it yesterday it present excerpts of a conference titled Vietnam and the Presidecy held at the John F Kennedy Library last. One of the most profound things that was said and applys to the current situation we ar ein in Iraq.

Said by Jack Valenti second assistant to President LB Johnson.

He stated three reason why we did not win the war in Vietnam (in hindsight)

1. Cannot win when public support declines. People grow tired of confusion and whose(war) end is nowhere in sight
2. Cannot win a war against an insurgency that springs form the population
3. To fight an enemy you have got to know the ancestral rythms, customs and traditionS
4. and when 40% of what the pentagon estimate is not trUE

I also must add that you cannot TRULLY win a war no matter how many troops you send if the people you are fighting for has a cause related to a deep religious belief. Peoples belief in their God/god will give them the endurance to do anything and even to die. The cause is greater than the situation.

Sabbath Health Lesson for Me

Today was health ministry day at West End and the speaker was Curtis Eakins. He made the following highlights that I will try to implement in my diet. If you want to hear the sermon in total feel free to click on the following link.

http://churchpond.com/cp05/ptv_westend_rebroadcast.htm


Journal of the American Dietic Association


certain fats clog arteries more than any other

3 top saturated fats that clog arteries ounce for ounce pound for pound
saturated fats once eaten coverts into cholesterol

1. cheese (usage gone up 145% since 1970) also have 200 300 mg of sodium
2. ground beeg (it goes up and down, ecoli goes down, akins diet goes up)
3. whole milk (has gone down people are buying 2%, skim etc.)

Each food is assigned a potential renal(kidney) acid load (PRAL) the lower the number the better the food is for your kidneys the higher the number the worse it is for your kidneys

1. fruits and vegetables have a negative number - great for kidney
2. whole grain have a plus one or plus two
3. pork, fish, lamb, beeg have a plus 7 -8 begin to stress kidney
4. cheese 18
5. egg yoke 23
6. mozarella 28
6. parmesam cheese 34

Friday Night Dinner

This week we had dinner at my house and I cooked Butternut Squash with Cumin Couscous. It turned out pretty good. I have a thing about the presentation of food. So here you gooooooooooooooo.

The Sabbath For Me

Well today I went to sabbath school and it was great. I recently changed sabbath school classes and then I went to a close friends grandmothers funeral. I realized that I had never gone to a funeral in my adult life. It was a interesting experience for me. I got thru it and I was happy to be available to a dear friend. Who is my best friend in Atlanta.

Sabbath Photo Session 2