Outside the Pigeon Holes

I used to believe that when I entered a situation that might need God's help that I, being a Christ-follower and trained in prayer and scripture, was the chosen one, called to be the illumination that ushered in God's presence (because obviously God was not working there before my arrival). It's funny the things I have believed in my time Thank Jesus that my high horse is getting shorter the older I get. The other day I got a cool download. The place I work has a few classrooms in it for a program that deals with what we call 'behavior kids'...Basically these are the 'bad kids' that can't be in a regular classroom. Sometimes you hear outbursts coming from down that hallway. I happened to hear one such outburst and just as a passing thought wondered how much of the stuff that happened down there was spiritual as opposed to emotional and mental (though I think those things tend to overlap a lot since it's all connected). I had a quick flash of the ...

I love bread. I love cake. I love cereal. Until recently I had a bready product with almost every meal of the day. A typical day might looks something like this: Breakfast: a combo of cereal such as grape nuts, wheaties and corn flakes and a banana. Lunch: sandwich or soup with crackers, Multi-grain chips Dinner: Jim makes a wonderful variety of crock pot or stir fry delicacies which we usually accompany with bread and butter, Spaghetti and sauce.  Desserts and snacks: cookies, cakes, muffins, etc. Basically I was fueling myself with wheat and gluten. These days you hear a lot about people eating wheat-gluten free diets. And aside from those with honest to goodness celiac disease or wheat allergy, it's the newest 'this will cure everything' dietary bandwagon which I was not interested in jumping on. However, when a friend at work mentioned that wheat/gluten can cause inflammation I started to wonder, reluctantly, if perhaps I might need to look further in...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Christianity What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire law; Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Buddhism What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary. Judaism No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself Islam Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself. Baha'i Faith Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. Taoism  borrowed from brianmclaren.net