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Aging = Oxidation & Oxidation = Aging Exactly What We Deserve Wow! This has been a tough column to write. My thoughts have been kind of strewn all over the place with regards to this most Holy Week of the Jewish and Christian calendar. It’s been a kind of stream of consciousness thing so I warn you that topics may suddenly become something else. I’ve noticed advertise ments using the “get what you deserve,” “you deserve” whatever it is. The entire point of this holiest time for those of Christian faith is that we are undeserv ing of anything. Else there would have been no reason for Christ Jesus to point of the year. Nope I hope I never get what I deserve. I know unequivocally that I am deserving of absolutely nothing. Every single mo ment of my life is by the grace of God, His love and His righteousness. We just don’t seem to get the hang of it. Being sinless, I mean. One of our Sunday Lenten readings deals with the woman about to be stoned for adultery. I sure would like to know what Jesus wrote in the sand. He said, “Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.” No one could launch a stone. I imagine each of the people walking away did so thinking about their sins, not that woman’s. That thought led to a favorite song by the Staple Singers on the same topic—Just Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw. There’s not enough room here for the lyrics. They’re worth looking up, though; really, I guarantee it. Anyway, I’ll summarize the song for you. A woman goes to another’s woman’s house, hangs off the fence and begins to gossip about a disreputable woman coming down the street. She assures her neighbor that the woman knows better than to talk to her or her daughter. As she’s making that statement a car nearly kills her daughter who had been pushed out of the way. You know what comes next. It was the disreputable woman who saved the gossip’s daughter. When the gossip asks who saved her child she learns her child had been spared because “that woman” gave her life to do so. The refrain of the song is this: The tongue can accuse and carry bad news. Gossip is cheap and it’s low. So un less you make no mistakes in your life, just be careful of the stones that you throw. There is another instance of this human failing of ours to judge others so harshly is illustrated the instruction of Matthew 7:5. Take the plank out of your own eye before looking at the splinter in another’s eye. Now there’s a visual for you. It’s this type of bird’s eye view of our human race that makes remembering God’s salvation of us, His crea tures, exciting. You might be wondering why I’m excited over all of the various ways we miss the mark. It’s the Of This & That Trenesia Y. Stubbs Columnist email:trenesia@pstel.net hope. It’s the thankfulness. It’s the surety. It’s recogniz ing His righteousness, our unworthiness and His salva tion of us. Our elder brothers in faith, the Jewish people, are cel ebrating Passover, which be gan on Tuesday, March 26. During Passover, the Seder meal recalls and memorial izes the particulars of God’s deliverance of His Chosen People them from Egyptian slavery. Death passed over their houses because of the blood of the lamb placed on their doorways. Christian salvation like wise requires the blood of a Lamb—Christ Jesus. His Father (and ours) sacrifices His only begotten Son on the Cross; for us. For us. That is truly a love that truly surpasses understanding. So, yeah, I find it funny that so much of our culture assures us that we deserve this and that. I’m pretty cer tain I deserve nothing and am thankful for everything. May your Passover and Easter be blessed. If you can figure out how to slow down the oxidation process in your body, “you can slow down the aging process”. Though we need food to sustain life, metabo lism of these calories into energy, creates oxidation, along with exposure to other things such as environmen tal toxins, food toxins, etc. Our body works like an energy factory and if we don’t help it to release its smoke, “the toxins will build up and cause problems”. Water, sweat, antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, and our waste elimination system are like our smoke stack that helps us release and cleanse out these toxins that cause aging and dis ease. If our car gets a deep scratch, what happens if not taken care of is “oxida tion” or as we see “rusting”. In our body, however, this rusting can be translated to “inflammation which is the source that almost all chronic disease gets its energy from.” It’s sort of like a clump of rust that continues to draw energy to itself and the rust ing area gets bigger until a medical specialist is able to diagnose it as whatever it has prevailed itself as, (whether heart disease, cancer, diabe tes, loss of vision premature aging of the skin, etc). When these toxins build up in our body, they form free radicals that cause oxidative damage to our eyes, skin, muscle, fat, vital organs, etc. “Drinking adequate water every day along with a good diet that includes a variety of fruits and vegetables (they are the best source for anti oxidants), along with sweat One of liberals’ favorite Al- inskyite defense mechanisms is to ridicule the opposition if confronted with some irrefut able argument against some hallowed left-wing delusion. Such is the tactic employed whenever a thinking person walks into the room and points out this big ‘ol gay elephant: Once the government pretends that some vague combination of “love” and “consent” are all that a “marriage” requires, then other “arbitrary” and “discriminatory” parameters beyond a binary male-female prerequisite must also go poof. That is to say, if the Court magically divines some con stitutional right to “same-sex marriage,” then full “marriage equality” necessarily demands that polygamous, incestuous and any other equally aberrant nuptial cocktail be likewise permitted. It’s a “no-brainer,” right? To that end, I’m very con cerned with the Supreme Court’s recent history of radically redefining that which cannot be redefined. Though examples abound, I’m thinking specifically, as concerns the topic at hand, of the Court’s 2003 holding in Lawrence v. Texas. In Lawrence, the liberal majority, for the first time in history, radically redefined male-on-male sodomy - hith erto classified “a crime against nature” - as a “constitutional right.” In his characteristically bril liant dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia voiced my concerns better than I can: “State laws against bigamy, same-sex mar riage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, forni cation, bestiality and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers’ validation of laws based on moral choices,” he wrote. “Every single one of these laws is called into ques tion by today’s decision.” So, if the high court removes one natural marriage param eter for one special-interest group, then “equal protection under the law” requires that it remove all natural marriage parameters for all special- interest groups. Liberty Counsel made these very points in a friend-of- the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court: “Ultimately, there is no principled basis for recognizing a legality of same-sex marriage without simultaneously providing a basis for the legality of con sensual polygamy or certain adult incestuous relationships,” noted the brief. “In fact, every argument for same-sex mar riage is an argument for them as well.” Another brief filed by 18 state attorneys general voiced simi lar concerns: “Once the natural limits that inhere in the rela tionship between a man and a woman can no longer sustain the definition of marriage, the conclusion that follows is that any grouping of adults would have an equal claim to mar riage,” they wrote. The brief further observed the self-evident “no-brainer” that legitimate marriage is “opti mal for children and society at large.” It’s all very simple. If anything is marriage, then everything is marriage. And if everything is marriage, then nothing is marriage at all. ‘“Marriage equality’ becomes ‘marriage elasticity,’ with the ultimate goal of ‘marriage extinction.’” I sincerely hope that the honorable and learned men and women who sit upon the highest bench in the land can recognize that all of these San Francisco-style social-engi neering games are a deceptive means to a destructive end. And it’s not the emotional ist end they’ve dolled-up and dished out. The left’s fierce push for “gay marriage” has nothing to do with “marriage equality” and everything to do with “marriage extinction.” Or, as Ms. Gessen candidly put it: “[Ijt’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist.” I just pray that at least five justices still think it should. Matt Barber (@jmattbarber on Twitter) is an attorney concentrat ing in constitutional law. SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY Crawford County will be accepting sealed bids for the purchase of: (1) Hyster Lo Boy Trailer 25 ton New Pump, Hydraulic Ramps Bids must be received on April 8th, 2012 no later than 4:00 p.m. All bids shall be received at the Crawford County Administration office located at 1011 Hwy 34In. Roberta, Georgia 31078. Crawford County has set reserves in the amount of $5,000.00. Item can be viewed Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the County Shop located at 10 Hortman Mill Road, Roberta, Ga 31078 Properties offered “as is” with no warranty. For any additional information please call 478.836.3782. and proper waste elimina tion”, will help you fight the oxidation/aging process. Try this natural cleanse: Eat only fruits, veg etables, nuts, and beans for 5-7 days along with 1/2 your bodyweight in oz of water. Example: 200 lbs would be 75 oz of water. Try to eat fruits in the morning since they are great for assisting the body with the natural detox time period of the day. 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Call 4T8-836-3825 i embsEESrtuHIity The Development Authority of Crawford County will be taking bids on the Grass cutting for: 1011 Hwy 341 N for the 2013 season. All bids must be submitted by hand or postmarked by April 2nd. The con tract will be awarded on April 4th. The winning bid must present proof of Li ability and Worker’s Comp before the cutting begins. A description of the cut can be picked up @ the Commissioner’s office. The Development Authority of Crawford County will be taking bids on the Grass cutting for: The property owned by the Development Authority in the Industrial Park for the 2013 season All bids must be submitted by hand or postmarked by April 2nd. The con tract will be awarded on April 4th. The winning bid must present proof of Li ability and Worker’s Comp before the cutting begins. A description of the cut can be picked up @ the Commissioner’s office.
