Why Christian Disciples often have crazy lives!

My dear friend as rooted up her 3 children, put household and social duties aside, listened to her children whine as she drove 2 hours out of town to care for the grandchild of her mother and father-in-law.  The grandson has no mother, she died in a coma about a year ago and the father pretty much does his own thing.  The grandparents took on the role of parent this child from a baby to now, he's about 6 years old.  The child knows no boundries and is in desperate need of guidance, parenting, and discipline.  The grandfather is very ill and in ICU and the grandmother is caring for him. 
My dear friend decided to step in and stay in the grandparents home to care for this poor little guy and the family dog! 
We were joking around about how unpredictable our lives our and wondering how other people seem to have regulated consistant life.  We came to the conclusion that those who follow Christ, truly follow Him, must be available ANYTIME to His call.  Even when it's inconvenient or less then ideal.  My friend is able to love Jesus by loving this out of control little boy and minister to the grandmother at the same time.  She's tired, stressed, and her kids are DONE!  But, she is also showing her own children how to give of themselves in a world that promotes the idea "It's all about me."  My friend is able to see the blessing in disguise through this trying and emotional situation.
Don't be afraid to drop everything to minister to those in need.

 ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ³⁵ for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? ³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? ³⁹ Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
⁴¹ “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴² for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
⁴⁴ “Then they also will answer Him,^[b] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ ⁴⁶ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Thinking about YOGA

Truth is, I'm transparent and I don't usually try to hide anything about myself.  I also like to know things for myself and not based on the opinions of others.  I had been hearing about the physical benefits of yoga and how it can be a part of the body's natural healing process.  This was intriguing to me so I thought about the few times I had tried it many years ago.  I began to wonder if it was OK for born again believers to partake in only the physical aspect and leave out the ohm's, chants, meditations, etc.  I looked through the internet for the origins of this yoga practice and it seemed like it would not hurt my relationship with my Savior but in fact could deepen my walk.  I tried some yoga on Netflix and found that it did stretch my body and felt REALLY good!  I decided, well talked myself into, doing yoga daily to heal my aches and pains and help me to find balance.  Going back to the Netflix video, it was "Crunch Candlelight Yoga."  The peaceful lady lead me into some deep breathing and encouraged me to focus on my breath.  It felt nice to NOT think of so much stuff going on around me.  We went on into the stretching.  I wasn't sure why it was SO important for me to sit with my right leg in front while in the crossed leg position but I ignored it and went on.  After the nice stretching I was then lead to lay flat, my entire body relaxed while focused on breathing.  We left off back into the seating position (right leg in front) and ended with a "Namaste" which she translated as "the divine light in me bows to the divine light in you."  Ok, I decided not to Namaste with her but did the breathing and finished out the program.  As I was breathing the Scripture came to my mind, "Greater is He that is within me than he who is in the world."  I thought, wow!  I'm meditating and God gives me Scripture, it MUST be okay! 

I didn't manage to get any more yoga practices in after that, life just kept getting in the way but the thought of the practice was on my mind.  Monday arrives and I am dedicated to practicing while my son rests and my daughter has her quiet time.  I had found another yoga video to heal depression and gastrointestinal problems.  Yay!!!  I was excited because I've had issues with both my whole life.  On a side note, my depression is all but gone due to diet, light exercising, and rededicating my life to serve.  Back to the subject :)  I FINALLY got my boy into bed and my girl into her quiet time and of course the phone rings and other stuff gets in the way.  I'm getting ready to start the video when I became extremely fatigued and knew I had to rest before I started the moves.  I was on my bed resting when I remembered my rededication to study and focus on the Word daily.  Since I was resting and not moving, at least I could get my reading in.  My studies are currently in Joshua and Psalms.  Joshua had just declared Jericho to be doomed by the Lord to destruction and all who are in it.  Then the next verse jumped out at me.  As much as I wanted to ignore it, I could not.  Joshua 6:18, "And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it."  Wow!  Could yoga be the accursed thing and then I and my household become accursed as well?  Like I said, I tried to ignore the Scripture but it penetrated my thoughts.  I also read chapter 136 in Psalms where it says after each statement, "His mercy endures forever" over and over again.  I felt there must be something significant for the statement to be repeated 26 times!  Read what spurgeon says about this Psalm and note how it relates to us today, specifically the part that many claimed Jehovah as the supreme godhead but they acknowledged many other gods: http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps136.htm.

Okay, I'm starting to accept what God might be saying to me.  I decided to go to http://www.wholyfit.org/ to see what they had to say about the matter since they are now Christian but once heavily steeped in yoga.  I was lead to a link that posted a video about a former yoga teacher and his experience before he accepted the Messiah.  You can watch the 20-30 minute video here:  http://blip.tv/truelightproject/truth-seekers-5254262 
I have since decided that practicing yoga is entangled with the New Age Religion.  This is the religion Christians should be aware of.  Muslim is quite possibly a diversion so that New Age can slip right in.  We should pay attention to Joshua 6:18 as it seems to be parallel with our world today.

This is what God has given me today.  I was never on a quest to prove yoga as a distraction from following Christ but on the contrary, I was looking to prove yoga was beneficial and positive. 

I have no further need to debate this further with anyone as the Holy Spirit has made it quite evident to me.  There are many wonderful alternatives to yoga practice.  Even the physical benefits of yoga can be achieved by Christian exercise groups such as Wholyfit, PraiseMoves, Doxasoma, and more.  They take out the ohm's, meditations, chakra's, etc. and quote scripture and encourage praising the true God while getting physically fit. 

Please do your own study.  God will never allow you to slip from His hands as long as we are in His Word and asking for His guidance.

Greater is He who is in me than he who is the world.  He is greater than anyone or anything else in the world!

With love

Unstable?

I start and stop various blogs like I change my clothes!  I like, no LOVE trying new things and usually, after I've tried something I get sick of it and quit.  People like me are often annoying to others but I enjoy the adventures and education that new things bring my way.  I was blogging out my life earlier but found that it really isn't anyone's business, I guess, so I think it's time to stop.  My next blog?  HomeScholars!  I figured it's the only way to keep families up to date without constantly editing my website.  So up comes another blog... how long will it last??