Dear sisters and brothers in
Messiah,
Greetings
in the wonderful name of Jesus - the name above all names! I hope that
you and the loved ones are in good health and are getting along! Good health is
such a wonderful blessing from the good Lord, our Creator Lord! How is
your spirit on this glorious day that the Lord has made? I am writing to
you to ask for your help. I am living in Sussex County and am looking for a
place to worship the Lord at. I have come to be known by the Lord for about 25 years now, and am 63 years old (divorced multiple times, more than five
children and more than three wives gone until eternity? - only the good Lord
knows at this point! and now living alone without any of the little loved
ones). I am of Jewish heritage and consider myself to be a Jewish Christian, or
a Jew. I don't know of any Messianic congregations around here, and I don't
think it would be wise to travel great distances for worship. I have in the
recent past have had problems with one foot (the left one), and have recently
had problems with the right shoulder, but have been feeling well praise the
Lord. Also, I was on a very tight budget (and thanks to our Creator Lord for
all HIS blessings!!!). I don't have much in way of assets compared to rich
people (or middle class people also), but compared to those living on less than
$2 a day I probably have a lot! I have been greatly blessed by the good Lord,
our Creator Lord, over my entire life (one time I was labeled autistic and
couldn't speak [the good Lord, the Great Physician, healed me], one time I was
living out on the streets, and one time I was deeply in debt [not that I
believe in the "prosperity Gospel"] - to mention only three times
that I was blessed by the Lord.
Please let
me know if I could join you in the worship of our loving, gracious, merciful
Father, and our Lord and Savior - for I worship the Holy One of Israel daily! I
appreciate your prayers, and any and all Godly advice. Thank you and may the
Holy One of Israel bless you and the loved ones with love, joy, peace, and
patience!
In hope, peace, and love,
Ken Miller
Main St. Rm. 103
kmillerbloggerablogbyken@gmail.com
Jesus is the Holy One of Israel! Jesus
is Lord!
Love one another.
Love is the fulfilling of the Law.
We love, because He first loved us.
1John4:19
Jesus is the Bread of Life!!!!
Please find out
more about Terri Schiavo - see www.lifeandhope.com
The
following is an article that appeared in lifeandhope, the publication of the
Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, Volume 6 / 2nd Edition / www.lifeandhope.com,
pgs. 4 - 5. It is posted free of charge here to help further the kingdom
of GOD!!!
forgetting how
to
LOVE
Are the profoundly disabled and
frail elderly living too long?
" ... bioethicist Daniel
Callahan - who saw the feeding tube as a serious hurdle - boldly stated that
changing its classification from 'basic care' to 'medical treatment' would be
'the only effective way to make certain that a large number of biologically
tenacious patients actually die."
BY BOBBY SCHINDLER /
LIFENEWS.COM
Originally appeared as Yes, We
have a Culture of Death
According to research reviewed by board certified medical
geneticist and Co-Director of the Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts
General Hospital, Dr. Skotko, it is estimated that 92 percent of all women who
receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome abort their baby.
World
famous atheist proselytizer and Oxford professor, Richard Dawkins, made
headlines when he called it "immoral" not to abort Down babies
"and try again."
Belgium has
legalized euthanasia (with no age limits) for children who have been diagnosed
as terminal and with death expected to occur "within a brief
period." If this criteria is met, then the parents - and child! -
may ask in writing for a lethal injection.
The head of
Canada's largest doctors' group has called child euthanasia an
"appropriate" choice under certain circumstances.
Northern Ireland
Minister of Justice, David Ford, is considering a change in the law so that it
is legal to kill pre-born babies suspected of being disabled.
Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, Peter Singer, believes we
should be permitted to lethally inject Alzheimer's "non-persons,"
even if they never asked to be killed.
Currently,
there is a strong push advocating the removal of spoon feeding from Alzheimer's
patients if they so requested in an advance directive.
In 2012, a
prominent doctor in the UK made the chilling claim that the (NHS) - the
publicly funded healthcare systems in the UK (and what most likely Obamacare
will look like for us here in the US) - "kills off 130,000 elderly
patients every year."
In a March 2008,
New York Times article titled, "Terminal Options for the
Irreversibly Ill", Judith Schwartz, a registered nurse and clinical
coordinator for Compassion and Choices of New York (formerly known as the
Hemlock Society) openly stated that over one million people die each year in
American hospitals as a "a consequence of someone's decision to withhold
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment."
In the same
article, Dr. Sidney Wanzer and Dr. Joseph Glenmullen of Harvard University
Health Services noted that in situations where a person is going to stop
receiving food and water, "refusal of hydration is faster and less
distressing than starvation in hastening death."
Sadly,
these are just a few more recent examples of the life-threatening prejudices
plaguing the disability community and countless others who are medically
vulnerable. Indeed, this terrible toll does not arise in a cultural
vacuum, but reflects attitudes that assume dead is better than disabled.
And, there is no doubt, that included in the number of patients dying in this sobering
New York Times article, regardless of its title are those with cognitive
disabilities who, every single day, are being starved and hydrated to death -
persons who are not dying, but who are simply living with their disability, and
only need basic care (food and water, via a feeding tube) to live.
It was not
long ago that feeding tubes were considered basic and ordinary care and
therefore it was illegal, an act of euthanasia, to stop feeding and hydrating a
person in need of a feeding tube. Today, however, feeding tubes have been
redefined as "artificial nutrition and hydration" - and therefore a
form of "medical treatment." Consequently, the removal of food
and water from the cognitively disabled patients, and countless other medically
vulnerable people, is now legal and routine in fifty states.
In his
book, Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America, author
and bioethicist Wesley J. Smith writes that, "defining 'artificial
nutrition' as treatment instead of human care was a crucial step in the
development of the culture of death." According to Smith, as far
back as the early 80s, bioethicists began to debate out loud whether or not
"the profoundly disabled and frail were living too long." In
particular, bioethicist Daniel Callahan - who saw the feeding tube as a serious
hurdle - boldly stated that changing its classification from "basic
care" to "medical treatment" would be "the only effective
way to make certain that a large number of biologically tenacious patients
actually die."
Eventually, more
bioethicists agreed with Callahan's view, as well as health care professionals,
politicians, judges, and others, ultimately accomplishing their goal of
redefining the administration of food and hydration via a feeding tube.
Today,
either the general public is unaware of this change, or they just don't
care. But if you think dehydrating to death our medically vulnerable
isn't happening, then you are not paying attention.
Whatever
the reason, the mainstream media does very little to properly clear up any
confusion that may exist, as they continue to report that persons who receive
food and water via feeding tubes are receiving "artificial life
support," giving the perception that these people are aided by machines.
Tragically,
too many of us today have become disconnected and desensitized to our own
dignity and intrinsic worth. It seems we no longer know how to love, and
we place more significance and value on what a person can or cannot do,
instead of understanding the value and dignity of the human person simply
because they are human.
As a
consequence, every single day decisions are being made for our medically
defenseless to be barbarically starved and dehydrated to death. Not to
mention the offensive claim that to slowly dehydrate persons to death over a
period of weeks is "an act of compassion;" that they are somehow
experiencing death in a dignified way. This is not compassion. This
is not love. This is intentionally killing, and in the most undignified
way.
Recently,
Germany made the decision to inaugurate a memorial for the people with physical
and mental disabilities who, because of their disabilities, were killed by the
Nazis after their lives were deemed "worthless." Estimates are
that over 200,000 were killed.
Perhaps we
should consider erecting one here in the United States.
Bobby Schindler is Executive
Director of The Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network. The preceding is an
article that appeared in lifeandhope, the publication of the Terri Schiavo Life
and Hope Network, Volume 6 / 2nd Edition / www.lifeandhope.com, pgs. 4 -
5. Please visit www.lifeandhope.com.
'Sadly, these are just a few
more recent examples of the life-threatening prejudices plaguing the disability
community and countless others who are medically vulnerable. Indeed, this
terrible toll does not arise in a cultural vacuum, but reflects attitudes that
assume dead is better than disabled.'
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no financial consideration whatsoever! Please spread the word!
Jesus is the Word of GOD!
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