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Tidbits of Recovery - 7

3/17/2015

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 The Biblical book of Psalms is very well known throughout the Christian and even the non-Christian world. Written mostly by David, the Psalms seem to be David’s Journal, and yet they were designed to be sung by the people in Jewish worship services, along with the 4,000 member orchestra of Lyres, flutes, horns and cymbals. (I Chronicles 23: 5)

 Because the psalms are poems they use imagery, metaphors, similies, personification and hyperbole, and can sometimes seem confusing to readers. They are categorized into hymns, laments, praise, thanksgiving, celebration of God’s law and expressions of confidence in God. Some are historic and others are prophetic.

 We are going to look at Psalm 37, which counsels readers to not fret because of evil doers. It would be wise to look up the Psalm and read it in your own Bible.

 The opening words, “Fret not,” instruct us in Hebrew to not “Blaze up with anger or jealousy, to not be incensed. Actually, the root word means “to melt – to be hot!”  Webster uses the words corroded, tormented, irritated, annoyed and vexed.  “Evil doers” comes from the Hebrew term, “Rawah,” meaning those who are morally reprehensible, sinful, wicked and have impulses arising from a bad character that cause ruin, injury, pain or harm. 

 Following the introduction in this Psalm, are the instructions for dealing with evil doers.  They are:


  1. TRUST – to hide for refuge, secure, careless and worrying about nothing. In addition, trust is reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, and surety of a person or thing.  In this case, reliance on God.

  2. DELIGHT – The Hebrew word means soft, delicate, luxurious, producing a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.

  3. COMMIT – Give completely your way to the Lord.  Hand over to him the negative feelings that arise.  Webster says it’s to entrust, perform, promise and carry through. So continuously carry through your cares to the Lord.

  4. BE STILL – in the ancient Hebrew it literally means to be quiet, to not speak, to be silent, resting and relaxing in God’s arms, whose strength is beyond adequate to handle all your cares.

  5. CEASE FROM ANGER – Take that giant deep breath and while doing so, lift your hands to God, giving Him your negative emotion and receiving His peace.

Now here is the great part, when you follow God’s instructions, numerous (at least 18) promises follow the counsel. And there were even promises in the midst of the instructions. How wonderful is this news!  If you are in the middle of The Journey, keep on, keeping on, because acknowledging your history and the negative past experiences that have dogged your steps and impacted your every-day life, are part of the process of getting beyond the junk, so that it doesn’t keep coming up every day. 

Read the promises, write out the steps and post them in a place you’ll see them every day, and remember, when evil doers show their negative stuff, cool down and commit your way to the Lord.
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Tidbits of Recovery – 6

3/9/2015

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Let’s take a look at some of the detrimental effects of fear to the physical body.

Because fear gets hormones careening through your body, these hormones present on a regular or frequent basis, can cause destructive effect.  Adrenaline causes the heart to pound harder and faster, making the pulse race and the lung’s respirations increase in frequency in an attempt to increase oxygen supply so you can fight or run.  On a steady basis, not in exercise mode, this acceleration of pulse rate is detrimental to your heart.  The heart is expending far more effort than is necessary.

There is a difference between your heart pounding faster than normal because you are on a treadmill in a gymnasium and your heart pounding faster due to stress. Treadmill walking or running does not ask for cortisol, the harsh hormone, but fear does.

According to Elizabeth Scott, M.S., a Stress Management Expert:

“Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (like those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:

  • Impaired cognitive performance

  • Suppressed thyroid function

  • Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia
  • Decreased bone density
  • Decrease in muscle tissue
  • Higher blood pressure
  • Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences
  • Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with a greater amount of health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, the development of metabolic syndrome, higher levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL), which can lead to other health problems!”
I guess that the next blog out to be about decreasing stress in the life, and that no doubt has to do with having a Higher Power on which one can rely.  What do you think?

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