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7 Garlic
Garlic has been credited with warding off
everything from vampires to the plague. One whiff, and you
know it’s powerful. It’s antibacterial and antiviral and
fresh garlic may help to prevent some cases of
food poisoning by killing E coli and salmonella
bacteria. It’s been credited in studies with
lowering blood pressure and cholesterol,
protecting the heart, boosting the immune
system, and regulating blood sugar levels.
But what really pushed garlic onto our list is
that according to research garlic may help
protect against breast, colon and other
cancers. And according to research
done at the Mayo Clinic, garlic can kill
the rogue cells that cause prostate
cancer. Maybe that’s part of the
reason the Mayo Clinic suggests that
men with enlarged prostate—which
includes 50% of men over the age of
60—use garlic to season their food.
I
wanted to encourage those
who are too unique to be fully
accepted, but too significant to
be fully rejected… those often
appreciated, yet rarely understood…
those like the last few
unplaceable puzzle pieces that
rack your brain but you know they
fit somewhere… those who have the
keys but don’t particularly care for
driving… those who are often discussed,
yet rarely truly known… those
who somehow make one effortlessly
comfortable and also unintentionally
uncomfortable… those who have
remained unable to be programmed,
boxed, or duplicated… those who
don’t need to be right, but do love
being understood… those who sometimes
feel like an island in the midst
of a strong city…
…but most of all those who in every
way are committed to becoming
okay with both the simplicity and
complexity of who they are and
choose to embrace, love, learn, grow,
and BE ALL Christ desires, knowing
that you ARE for a reason!
STOP
Being a Copy,
When God made you an
Original!
You are admired by the King of Glory
just as King Solomon admired his
bride stating, “You are all fair, my love,
and there is no spot in you”. (Song of
Solomon 4:7)
Here is are some”peaces” of advice:
1. Stop trying to remove what God
put in you to uniquely shine, just
because of the discomfort that
comes with not fitting into everyone’s
puzzle! Being original is not easy, but
it is the only way in authentic living.
2. Stop trying to fix what’s not broken!
Embrace your uniqueness and operate
in your gifts, WHILE working on
your issues, and SHINE! Sometimes
our “issues” back us into a stagnate
corner. Remember the bible says we
are to ”work out” our soul’s salvation
and issues, not sit in a corner
defeated!
3. Remember in the big picture there
are places you fit perfectly and if
you change your shape or become
a copy of someone else, you will be
incapable of fitting into the places
predestined for your unique design!
There is a divine time and place of
convergence where the bible declares
ALL things will work together
for the good of them who love the
Lord and are the called according
to His purposes! Don’t be discouraged,
eventually the puzzle pieces of
your life will fit, as long as you don’t
change the shape of any!
I Peter 2:9,10 says you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, God’s own special people,
that you may proclaim the praises of
Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light; who once
were not a people but are now the
people of God, who had not obtained
mercy but now have obtained
mercy….
Purposed Woman arise in your
unique purpose remembering no
matter how marred the original looks,
it is the only one that is truly valid!
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