Ok all my prayer warriors I need you. Shortly before my FIL passed about a year ago we took my MIL in to live with us. She could only get around with the aid of a walker and could no longer take care of herself let alone her husband. Well in the last month or so we’ve noticed her getting weaker and last week she lost the ability to walk so she has been bedridden since then. Three days ago she lost the ability to feed herself. Since yesterday she has become disoriented and incoherent. As of today she was put on comfort meds and all other meds were stopped. So we are on death watch now. So I ask you, my carnivore family, to lift up Shirley Castor in prayer as she goes to be with her savior. We are not sad about her upcoming death. We rejoice and are happy for her as she has looked forward to sitting at the Lord’s table for a long time now. This is a wonderful woman that has been a faithful servant of the Lord her entire life and I know she has stored up treasures in because she has few down here. I love Shirley dearly as if she was my own mother and I thank my Lord for the opportunity and blessing to have been able to take her into my home and care for her in her final days. She has always been an inspiration, a mentor and a Godly example for me to follow and learn from. She is one of the biggest influences I had in my life that brought me to the cross. I am truly thankful to have known her and I am honored to be ministering to her till the end. Help send her on her way. I ask that she go peacefully and pain free. We will miss her dearly. If there is someone in your life that you love or care about, cherish them and let them know they are loved. If I Knew If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, for your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug, and kiss, and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time l'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let this one slip away. For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an over site, and we always get a second chance to make everything just right. There will always be another day to say "I LOVE YOU" and certainly there's another chance to say "ANYTHING I CAN DO?" But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, ld like to say how much I LOVE YOU and hope we never forget. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, and today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight. So if you are waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For.... if tomorrow never comes you'll surely regret the day that you didn't take the extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss, and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their last wish. So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, tell them how much you LOVE them and that you'll always hold them dear. Take time to say, "I'M SORRY, "PLEASE FORGIVE ME," "THANK YOU," or "IT'S OKAY," and if tomorrow never comes, you will feel better knowing you have done all those things you had "INTENDED TO DO" today......... Know TODAY there is someone who loves you.....
“He spoke another parable to them, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened’” (Matthew 13:33).
Small things often have a great influence, which is the point of Jesus’ parable here.
If you have ever made bread, especially a sourdough bread you can use the starter over and over to make new bread and never run out. It is said that the best sourdough bread is still using the same stater from over a hundred years ago.
So what influence do you have as a carnivore? People tend to watch each other and are easily influenced by what they see, so be a good influence to those around you. Be that leavening that causes others to grow and spread the carnivore community so that they may experience what you have experienced.
During this time of year we often gather with many friends and family and you can have a positive influence on those around you as they witness what carnivore has done in your life.
That influence can also be negative as well as positive during the holidays. Will they see you succeed with commitment, determination and discipline or will they perceive that you have failed in your WOE as you indulge in sweets and carbs? We know that a few dalliances into the carb world is not that big a deal and can be fun and that some can easily transition back and forth with no issues but just be aware that if you proclaim the power of eating a proper human diet and then eat the opposite way during times of temptation it can have a negative influence on those around you.
Try to be the leavening that expands and grows our community, it will be worth it in the end.