HOW WAS YOUR MOTHER'S DAY?!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
There is no love like a mother's love,
no stronger bond on earth
Like the precious bond that comes from God,
to a mother
A mother's love is forever strong,
never changing for all time
And when her children need her most,
a mother's love will shine.
God bless these special mothers,
God bless them every one
For all the tears and heartache,
and for the special work they've done.
When her days on earth are over,
a mother's love lives on
Through many generations,
with God's blessings on each one.
Be thankful for our mothers,
for they love with a higher love
From the power God has given,
and the strength from up above.
DO YOU KNOW MOTHER'S ARE SUPER HEROES
Mother's held us in their stomach for 9 months, she watched her feet swell, she struggled to climb stairs, she got breathless quick, she suffered many sleepless nights. Mother's love us despite what we've done to them, they became our nurse, our chef, our teacher and our friend. They struggled for us. Love your moms there are people who have never seen theirs.
MOTHER'S ARE ANGELS
"Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."
The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."
God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy."
Again the child asked, "And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?"
God said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."
"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"
God said, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."
"Who will protect me?"
God said, "Your angel will defend you even if it means risking it's life."
"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."
God said, "Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you."
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, "God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."
"You will simply call her, 'Mom.'"
FINLAND BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BE A MOTHER
The annual report called 'State of World's Mothers 2013' was issued by an international NGO "Save the Children" before the Mother's Day in mid-May.
Among the reviewed countries, Finland was ranked the best country for being mothers followed by Sweden, Norway, Iceland while Democratic Republic of Congo was considered to be the toughest place.
The mothers' well-being was assessed under five indexes, including maternal health, child mortality, education, working income and political status.
According to the annual report, one in thirty pregnant women in DR Congo died from maternal causes, while in Finland the ratio was only one in 12,200.
THE POWER OF PRAYERS AND BELIEVING IN GOD
Belief in God may improve treatment for those suffering with depression, says a new study.
Faith in a higher being has been found to significantly improve treatment for people suffering with a psychiatric illness, according to research carried out by McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Researchers followed 159 patients over the course of a year at the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital program at McLean to investigate the relationship between a patient's level of belief in God, expectations for treatment and actual treatment outcomes.
Each participant was asked to gauge their belief in God as well as their expectations for treatment outcome on a five-point scale.
Levels of depression, wellbeing, and self-harm were assessed at the beginning and end of their treatment program.
Researchers found that patients with 'no' or only 'slight' belief in God were twice as likely not to respond to treatment than patients with higher levels of belief.
And more than 30 per cent of patients claiming no specific religious affiliation still saw the same benefits in treatment if their belief in God was rated as moderately or very high.
Researchers concluded that a belief in God is associated with improved treatment outcomes in psychiatric care.
The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, said : 'Our work suggests that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without, regardless of their religious affiliation.
Belief was associated with not only improved psychological wellbeing, but a decrease in depression and intention to self-harm, explained David Rosmarin, McLean Hospital clinician and instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical.
He added: 'I hope that this work will lead to larger studies and increased funding in order to help as many people as possible.'
Previous studies have highlighted the power of prayer on a person's health.
Research at San Francisco General Hospital monitored the effects of prayer on 393 cardiac patients.
Patients were asked if they wanted to take part in the trial but were not told whether they would be the subject of prayers.
Half were prayed for by a group of strangers who only had the patients' names.
Those who were prayed for had fewer complications, fewer cases of pneumonia and needed less drug treatment.
They also improved more quickly and were able to leave hospital earlier.
A separate study, at Columbia University in New York, asked people in Australia, the U.S. and Canada to pray for named people undergoing IVF treatment in Korea.
Of the group in Korea, half had prayers said about them by the foreign strangers.
Among this half, the success rate for implantation of the embryo in the womb went up from 8 per cent to 16 per cent.
Cases of successful conception - where the foetus started developing - went up from 25 to 50 per cent.
WITH LOVE
LIFE IS TOO SHORT LOVE DEEPLY,LIVE,LAUGH AND BE YOURSELF
LOVE AND XXX
MANY ARE THE PLANS IN A MAN'S HEART BUT ONLY LORD'S PURPOSE THAT PREVAILS!
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.” Proverbs 21:30
The LORD’s purposes will prevail! People can make plans, wise people can make plans, insightful people can make plans, but ultimately none will overcome the purposes and plans of the LORD! You must walk by faith and not by sight. Even when it appears that evil people are “winning” or that their plans are succeeding, it is not reality! In reality, in view of all eternity God’s plans cannot be stopped.
Though we may have big, bright, beautiful plans for ourselves, our dreams aren't as important as God's destiny for our lives. God has given you a free will, and a free mind because he wants you to be able to choose whether you are going to be faithful in him or not. It is very hard to put your trust into a higher power that you cant see with your own eyes at times, but in the end God will always make it worth it.
God leaves doors shut, and opens unexpected doors to take you to his destiny for you, so that you will have a great chance at becoming the greatest person you may possibly become!
“I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. From the East I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.” Isaiah 46:10-11
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.” Psalm 33:11
“Then Job replied to the LORD: ‘I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.’ ” Job 42:1-2
“Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen yet have believed.’ ” John 20:29
LORD, You alone are Lord and God! You own all things. You know all things. You are all-powerful! Nothing can stop your plans. As you have planned, so will it be. Praise your holy name! Thank you Father that I can trust all I am to all you are. I worship you as the one true God! Thank you for working your will out in my life. Help me to walk by faith and not by sight.
When we finally see the whole picture of eternity, we will see how God brought everything together to fulfill His purposes.
“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will…” Ephesians 1:11
SCIENTISTS FIND INSULIN BOOSTING HORMONE
Millions of diabetics could be freed from having to inject themselves several times a day by a once-a-year drug.
Scientists have discovered a hormone which can boost the number of insulin-making cells by up to 30-fold.
This would ‘dramatically’ improve treatment for type 2 diabetes. This form of the condition, often triggered by weight gain, is becoming more common in the obesity crisis.
Researchers from Harvard University believe the betatrophin hormone may even have the power to halt type 2 diabetes in its tracks.
‘It could eventually mean that, instead of taking insulin injections three times a day, you might be able to take this hormone once a week or once a month, or in the best case, maybe once a year,’ they said.
In patients with type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, cells in the pancreas do not make enough insulin, a hormone vital to the conversion of sugar into energy. Insulin they do make does not work properly.
Initially, the condition is often controlled with a stringent diet and exercise regime. But many patients will suffer worsening health over time, eventually needing tablets or insulin injections.
This led them to a hormone which they christened betatrophin.
Seeking an alternative to simply giving insulin, the US researchers looked for a way of boosting its production in the body.
Given to mice, it raised the number of insulin-producing beta cells by up to 30-fold, reported the journal Cell.
In addition, the ‘enormous’ number of new cells only made insulin when needed, which should lead to more natural blood sugar levels and better health.
Researcher Professor Doug Melton said the discovery had left him so excited that he could hardly sleep. He added: ‘Our idea is relatively simple.
‘We would provide this hormone, the type 2 diabetic will make more of their insulin-producing cells and this will slow down, if not stop, the progression of their diabetes.’ Drug firms have already seized on the breakthrough and the hormone could be tested on people in just three years.
However, the need to show it would be safe and effective in large numbers of people means it is a decade away from the market.
CAN A TIGER CHANGE HIS STRIPES?
Why do men cheat?
- He's a male chauvinist: Men who are old school and
chauvinistic often don't believe in being true to one woman. Even after
marriage, they keep both a wife and mistress. Your boyfriend or spouse
may have this same mentality. You'll know because he'll treat you as a
second-class citizen in every other area of your relationship.- Your man is a sex addict: Although being a sex addict seems like a lame excuse for cheating, some people really do have this disease. They sleep with people on impulse. A sure sign that your significant other has this problem is his past. A sex addict is unable to control his behavior and if his number of affairs are high he's got a serious problem.
- You're not really together: Does your guy talk about your relationship as though it didn't exist? Then, he won't stop cheating on you. He doesn't really believe there's anything between you two. For this reason, he has no obligation to stay faithful and can date at will.
- No physical attraction: Guys like the thought of their girl being hot or sexy. He wants someone he can fantasize about and someone he can flaunt but when she’s not keeping her appearance up he’ll look for someone young and hot.
- He doesn’t love her anymore. Sad to say but sometime people fall out of love and cheating is a result of not breaking the relationship off so he doesn’t hurt her feelings.
- Cheating men report boredom led to the affair: Some men may find the routine of a married or comitment life to be tedious and dull. These men find it easier to shift dominance or primacy to another relationship and feel the spark outside the relationship.
- Cheating men think it to be separation or divorce: some men are willfully adulterous and use it as a means for acquiring separation or divorce. The law also considers adultery as a fair ground for the wife to seek a divorce. The man is cheating openly and is in a non-receptive mood, taking the wife's feelings of frustration to an all-time high. Although this percentage is less but it is there.
- He's not happy in the relationship.
- Disturbance in the relationship: as the primary reason
When there are regular fights at home with his partner, which are left unresolved, a pattern sets in wherein he continues to be unhappy and 'disturbed'. In this kind of a scenario, either he can fight or he can flee. When he looks for an affair, he is looking to flee.
She doesn't turn him on anymore: Long-term relationships have the annoying habit of making people lazy. No longer concerned with staying fit and attractive, a committed woman might lose the allure she once had. Her man may simply not find her beautiful anymore, and making love to her is not as stirring as it once was.
He dosn't love her anymore: Also after a long time together, you have lost the feelings you once had for her. But the relationship has remained too much a part of you. Separating seems so painful, so radical that it's almost inconceivable. So instead of separating, you go elsewhere to get your physical gratification. Most times this does not help matters, but only prolongs the inevitable breakup.If a man loves you he will never cheat on you because love doesn't turn off and on with a switch.If some one truly loved their partner there is no way that they could possibley contemplate the idea of cheating.
THE BEST PREDICTOR OF FUTURE BEHAVIOR IS PAST BEHAVIOR
And this is where every women who has been the victim of an affair has to make a choice. Many women find that being cheated on puts them in a position in the relationship to have control for a while. When something goes wrong, they can always draw the, “You cheated on me,” card to ‘get their way.’ Yet this is simply a way that women empower themselves to play the victim.you have to ask yourself what YOU are gaining from ‘playing the victim’ in the relationship and whether it is truly an abundant way for you to live your life – or a good example for your children. Additionally, it is important for a woman to understand WHY the man cheated in the first place.
The choice is yours. But be forewarned. When wondering whether a cheating spouse can change his cheating ways or not, the answers are almost always readily available inside your heart and intuition. Truth is, YOU deserve to be able to trust your partner if you are not willing to do so, you will likely end up with a serial cheater.
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in
nature. Avoiding
danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost,to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences because A LIFE LIVED IN WORRY, TENSION AND FEAR IS HALF LIVED AND IF YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR DIRECTION YOU MAY END UP WHERE YOU CAME FROM DON'T GO WHERE THE PATH MAY LEAD BUT INSTEAD GO WHERE THERE IS NO PATH AND LEAVE A TRAIL!MOST IMPORTANT BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF AND ALL THAT YOU ARE.KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GREATER IN YOU THAN ANY OBSTACLES.
LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED
LOVE AND XXX
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