#1760
"Open my eyes, that I may see. Glimpses of truth,
thou hast for me."
Scatty, cold breath of mentality on the neck. We often
project solutions before we understand the problem. Boundaries of all problems
have solutions built on eternal values, values already established in Gods
answer book, God's word, the holy Bible. One-third of early Americans landing
on American soil died from Malaria. They did not know how to handle this disease
caused by a small mosquito, Plasmodium Vivax. It is of historical note that
most European missionaries seeking to bring
Africa
to the cross, died from malaria. Many died before they got off the ship, in
which they were traveling from Europe to
Africa...
such a dreadful all consuming disease. Yet, twenty-first century, with a
bottomless ocean of technology and chemicals (treatment and cures,) thousands
of Africans still die every year from Malaria... when mosquito netting is so
cheap, when pesticides are so available. After all, we are not living in a
century when 50,000 in
London
died of the bubonic plague, simply because they didn't know how to handle the
fleas on rats. After all, we are not living in a century such as the American
Civil War, when 50% of all wounded soldiers died, simply because the doctors
did not have sense enough to wash their hands. The greatest cause of disease distribution
in the world, civilized or not, are the valuable instruments we find at the
ends of our arms... hands with fingers. Hands which hold the dirtiest, germ
infested, much loved, fiat paper money,
are holding next, food, which you are putting in your mouth and shaking hands
with someone whose hands have been god knows where. We as mortal-mental human
beings given by god the brain wiring to think and make decisions, do not have
sense enough to control our hands, to wash and keep them clean, as germ free as
possible. Microscopic hitch-hikers get into the bloodstream so easily. We have
two thousand miles of blood vessels, nourishing every tissue, including the
largest organ of the body... the skin. Those of us who study the human body, if
we have enough intelligence to do so, marvel that any of us survive. Our
institutions of biological sciences have become ivy towered cathedrals of gastrulating
manipulation, a wonderland of investigation. Just enough human integrity to
pick the pockets of endowment funds, foundations, government grants. Most
medical scientists can not get their heads out of the clouds, of complex
knowledge, to bring themselves and their patients to a level of common
knowledge. When was the last time your doctor asked you about what you eat? The
two things that determine health are nutrition and exercise. When was the last
time your doctor actually touched you? Most of today's young health professionals
can only use their fingers on a computer keyboard... without laboratory studies
of your body, they know nothing. This writer has learned, personally, that
going to a physicians assistant (PA) you get a better examination and concerned
treatment, than you do from "the robber" in the white coat. Most old cemeteries
are filled with graves of those who inherited European diseases. The true epidemics
of yellow fever, influenza (the early 20th century,) erased entire families and
communities from the earth. I'm old enough to remember my grandmothers
description of the flu epidemic of 1918. When a family member would start
coughing, others in the community still able
to work, would start building a
coffin. From
the old sawmills, used to saw the lumber, for the building of homes and barns
(put together with wood pegs.) Wide boards would be "seasoned" to use
as coffins. This is what our ancestors endured to build this great nation,
which atheists-liberal idea logs are so easily destroying. My progressive friends
promote the idea of destroying
America
because of bad treatment to native Americans. They build hospitals for turtles,
rehabilitation for birds, but do not even whimper at the destruction of
millions of human babies. Then, to further verify their deity antagonism, they
talk of the slaughter of the old testament. The seven civilizations in the
"promised land," when the Jews crossed over the
Jordan
River on dry land, were pagan, sacrificing their own babies in
fire to their pagan gods. Have things really changed? Would an aborted baby
rather have life sucked from him, or quick immolation. Life and love are
essential to healing. God is a great physician, "for I am the Lord who
healeth thee..." (Exodus 15:26)
The
Christian should be so ready at the Lords table, to take bread for healing,
wine for forgiving. Jews do not read Isaiah 53, it is a precious message for
the Christian, written 700 years before the birth of Christ. If god does not
choose to heal, "and by his stripes we were healed," (1 Peter 2:24) healed
now or later, "Jesus paid it all." In my youth, everything was prosthetic,
now I'm living in it. Many times I viewed the "awful" instruments
used in surgery and obstetrics, on display in the medical library in chapel
hill. It was hard for me to conceive the mental trauma involved, both from the
doctor and patient. Yet, with all the advances in knowledge, seeking solutions,
have we lost sight of the problem. There are still as many warriors killed from
disease as are killed in battle, more soldiers die from suicide then die in
battle. More young people die in car crashes and from "exciting"
designer drugs, than live to make a better world for everyone. Knowing the
value of life, knowing today's opportunities, why do young people seek
destruction? If only this writer, from poverty-very poor preparation for
anything, could have had a college grant, computer, good diet, maybe I could
have made something of myself. No, it is not what we can do with self, as the
great prince of preachers Spurgeon said, "anything that makes a man get
down on his knees to god, is gain to him." There are those who live in virtual
worlds, but we live in a very real world. Jesus, God-man, put on a tent of
human flesh and dwelled among us... send us. "If I told you earthly things
and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly
things?" (John 3:12-17)
In the
countless years of my life, as I look at the political and spiritual condition
of the world, man has been more interested in the politicians platform than the
pastoral pool pit. More interested in what God can do for him, than what he can
do for God. We, mortal men, want God in our image instead of our being in the
image of God. Now, does the solution to the problem become more evident. We
have tried to put the plow before the horse, solution before realizing the problem...
same problem, same solution for thousands of years.
