Knowledge is Power!

These are only a few of the books I want to be reading right now. If only I had a day where I could just read ALL day! :) I've made it part way through The 7-Day Allergy Makeover and have found it to be very well written and informative. Even though I am not finished with it, I would strongly recommend it to anyone battling allergies... it's that good! I also try my best to read the Bible every day. I used to think it seemed like such a daunting book. So big, tiny text, lots of names... but when it hit on how much it related to my life right now, and what all is actually possible, I was hooked. It isn't a book that contains information about God, it reveals Him! God and His capabilities cannot be contained. It has changed my view, the Bible is about ordinary people and it shares their experience and what they learned. Sometimes the people didn't learn their lesson but we find out what the outcome was, which shows us what we should/shouldn't do. Looking back through our health journey I can see how the stories relate to the here and now. We are supposed to share our difficulties with others so we can all grow and learn from them. If the Bible didn't exist, we wouldn't have heard the stories about there being One greater who by turning to Him can give us strength, hope, encouragement to overcome our difficulties. The Bible plainly states that the people who walked in His ways had victory in the battles they faced. Why were there battles? So the people had to rely on God and put their trust in Him, He's the only one who can disarm the power of the evil one. Now an important point is that these people shared their experiences in the Bible. Today, people can share their experiences to help someone else. I have personally found that through our own health battle, we learned the most from people who have gone through a similar situation. From learning what worked in their healing, along with God's guidance on what felt right to apply in our life, helped us immensely. (in our case healthy organic foods, herbs, and natural detox methods) I remember asking my doctor if anyone as sick as me was able to overcome it. The response was a long pause and then "No one has been determined enough." This response almost shot me through the roof! This told me the advice given by the doctor was not working. People were not healing. I had to find a different way to heal. I know God can make a miracle happen at any moment. Anyone of us can be healed immediately by simply praying for it. But I also know He has placed others on earth who went through a difficult situation to teach others what they learned and he wants them to share, to be the light in someone else's dark situation. We are meant to be the hands and feet of Jesus. What did Jesus do? He shared the word of God, He healed and helped others. He was always kind and loving. This is our purpose. The Bible shares experiences to help us, we are meant to share our experiences to help others. This is what benefits us all. God of course needs to be the focus of every situation and the ultimate guide. I continue to learn about other people's experiences to gain knowledge or simply to be inspired. I hope you will learn as much as you can about what ever you are going through or are passionate about. Knowledge is very powerful... it can change you or even impact someone around you, forever.

Do you have a favorite book that has taught you valuable information or greatly inspired you? I would love to hear about it. Have a blessed weekend!