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Having actually built a national bestselling brand, we know from painful personal experience what it really takes to get your product on the shelf and, more importantly, keep it there. We didn't just study the subject, come up with a new word, or debate what works in academic terms. We actually did it. And it was tough!
The biggest surprise for us was the realization that even if we were fortunate enough to get into a big chain, that the distributor and the chain itself could care less if we succeeded. They would allow run outs, mistakes in coding, and actual blocking of our products to take place and then blame us for poor sales! And even worse, threaten to discontinue us if sales didn't improve!
Here, then, is our best advice on how to get your product on the retail shelf, and keep it there:
1. Dress for Success
Your entire package, carton, label, logo, name, and marketing materials must be designed with the harsh retail environment in mind. You must realize that the retail shelf does not allow you the luxury of all possible worlds and that the way your product appears is more of a solution than a creation.
Pay very special attention to being in compliance with legal and corporate demands for information on your package. Respect the height, width and lighting requirements of the retail shelf. Go to great lengths to make it clear what you are selling and who you are. And make sure your name, logo, and contents are visible from at least 4 feet away.
2. Understand the Cost of Sales
Most consumer product producers are clear on the cost of goods. But where they make a fatal error is in understanding the cost of sales. Do you know what it costs to make the sale happen in this state or that metro with these taxes and those shipping fees? And what it costs to make sales happen in that supermarket or box store with their unique packaging requirements and their demanded margins? All retailers and all markets are not equal! You want to get a good cost accountant to show you what you are up against before you commit to expanding sales in any new territory, especially in your early days.
Another huge cost of sales often overlooked by new product producers is the cost of customer service. How much does it cost to have a representative in the territory to ensure that your products are merchandised and reordered?
3. Be a "Hot Mover"
Long before you tackle the big chains, get the reputation of being a "Hot Mover." We advise our clients to start small with a few stores that will take your product, and then watch them like a hawk. You will learn huge lessons about the realities of the marketplace, what's wrong with your product or package, what materials work and what don't, and how often you have to visit to keep sales going. What's more is even though these sales are small, and limited to just a few stores, you can take your hot mover reputation with you when you expand.
When it comes to retailers and distributors, we like to say, "Everyone wants to milk the cow. Nobody wants to raise the calf!" This means that they don't want to take the risk by building your brand. They want to see that another retailer has already done that and succeeded, and then they will "jump on the bandwagon."
4. Sell Service and Turn
When you do finally get in front of that big buyer, spend less time talking about the features and benefits of your product and more time talking about how fast your product will sell and what you are going to do to make that happen. They will be more impressed by your marketing materials, temporary price reduction programs, and your assignment of a field representative than all the whistles and bells.
They want to move product. Their biggest fear is that they will get stuck with yours and have to move it out at a loss. What you are going to do to prevent that from happening wins the day and gets the shelf placement.
5. Celebrate Later!
So you've done everything right and you are on the shelf of the big chain store with hundreds of outlets! You've made it, right? Time to celebrate, right? Wrong! This is the biggest mistake new inexperienced consumer brand builders make.
Before you were in the big chain, you could not be discontinued from the big chain. Now you can! And if you do get discontinued, your competition, hungry for your space on the shelf, will feel compelled to tell all the other chain buyers that your product is a slow mover and a non-starter.
So instead of celebrating your chance at bat, you should be hitting a home run! Get into each and every one of those stores. The clock is ticking. You must perform within 90-120 days or you will be out, and out forever! There's very rarely a comeback from a discontinuance. Put every person you've got into that chain to remove all the sales stoppers and get customers from the neighborhoods surrounding those chain outlets to come in and buy your products.
So, do you still want to put your product on the retail shelf? Congratulations! At least you know what we found out without having to suffer the pain as we did! Good luck and remember, no one will sell your product but you!
And by the way, your product has to fill an existing need and be absolutely terrific! We never said it would be easy, but it is doable.
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Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey co-authored the New York Times bestselling business book, The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America's #1 Wine Brand. The book has been selected as recommended reading in the CEO Library for CEO Forum, the C-Suite Book Club, and numerous university classes on business and entrepreneurship. It chronicles their humble beginnings from the laundry room of a rented Sonoma County farmhouse to the board room of E&J Gallo, who ultimately acquired their brand and engaged them as brand consultants. Barefoot is now the world's largest wine brand.
Beginning with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, they employed innovative ideas to overcome obstacles, create new markets and forge strategic alliances. They pioneered Worthy Cause Marketing and performance-based compensation. They built an internationally bestselling brand and received their industry's "Hot Brand" award for several consecutive years.
They offer their Guiding Principles for Success (GPS) & Shelf Smarts courses to help consumer product brand builders achieve success. Their book, The Entrepreneurial Culture: 23 Ways To Engage and Empower Your People, helps corporations maximize the value of their human resources.
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Hatton1 is an internet famous OB/GYN best known for sharing her investing wisdom over many years on the WCI forum.
My finest day as an aspiring physician finance blogger was finding she'd commented on my site – the newbie's equivalent to becoming a made man in the mafia.
She blogs at Doctor Of Finance MD, where her experiences as a financially successful investor, a business-savvy physician running her own practice, and most recently her position as a hospital employee continue to burnish her legacy as a trusted voice in the physician finance community.
1. What is your specialty? OB/GYN
1a. How many years of residency/fellowship did you complete? 4
1b. How old were you when you began to cut back? 50
1c. How many years out after completing training was this? 20
2. What did your parents do for their livelihood?
My mother was a homemaker. My Dad spent 20 years active duty in the Army. He then worked another 20 years for the Army as a civilian (while getting retirement pay from the army).
2b. Would you characterize your upbringing as financially secure or insecure? Secure.
2c. How did your upbringing affect the money blueprint you inherited – both positive and negative?
My father was very frugal. He saved 50% of his paycheck. (My parents married late. My mother was widowed at 35. She married my Dad at 39. He was 40. I think he had not focused on saving prior to taking on a wife and what became 3 kids.) He stuffed money into boxes every week to pay for Christmas and vacations. He bought saving bonds and later CDs.
3. What motivated you to cut back? [Family / burnout / relationship / divorce / lawsuit/ other?]
Early in my practice my focus was simply financial security. I wanted to save enough to be able to take care of myself. I began to realize that I was accumulating enough money that I could totally retire or just cut back. I also went through a malpractice trial.
4. What were the financial implications of cutting back?
I started making a lot less money when I quit OB. You have to mentally adjust from paying things out of practice cashflow or a paycheck to thinking it is ok to take some money from your taxable account.
4b. Did you downsize home or lifestyle? No.
4c. Slow your progress to retirement? Describe your thought process in making these tradeoffs.
When I decided to quit OB I could have totally retired. I had > 5 million in financial assets. I could live off the dividends/interest income. In retrospect I believe I could have quit OB earlier if I had really thought about it.
5. How did colleagues react to your decision?
Mixed. The OBs in my call group were annoyed. Some secretly asked me how I did it. What calculator did I use.
5b. How did you respond?
I told them I used a quicken spreadsheet to look at expenses that would drop off when I quit OB (mainly malpractice expense). I looked at my dividends and interest income and my personal expenses.
5c. Was your family supportive or critical? Partner? Parents? Children?
My husband thought it was great. My brothers were very supportive.
6. What have been the main benefits of your decision to cut back?
I quit working weekends and holidays. I quit running to the hospital at odd hours. Stress declined. No phone calls.
7. Main drawbacks?
Less income. If you start cutting back you need to realize this. Your investments will compound much more than your work income however.
8. Did you fear your procedural or clinical skills might decline? How did you address this concern?
Yes this is a concern that I have. Not so much cognitive skills (at least not yet) but some procedural skills. I am trying to limit my surgery to minor cases at this time.
9. If you are honest, what percent of your identity resides in being a physician? How did cutting back affect your self-image, and how did you cope?
Some. I am still trying to figure this one out.
10. If you had not gone into medicine, what alternate career might you have pursued?
Finance or CFP come to mind. Idealistically I would of loved to of been a writer for National Geographic.
11. What activities have begun to fill your time since you cut back?
I really do not know how I ever worked as much as I did. I still seem to have no time. Writing a blog takes up some time. I am exercising quite a bit also.
12. If approaching retirement, what activities have you begun to prioritize outside of medicine so that you retire to something?
I might be getting remarried. Maybe.
13. Did you front-load your working and savings, or did you adopt a reduced clinical load early in your career? What was the advantage of the route you chose? What would you do differently if you were graduating residency today?
I opened my own practice at 36. One advantage to that was I was able to take a full day off per week. This helped keep me stay sane in an insane time. I very much front loaded my savings. I did not save when a resident but I avoided credit card debt. I saved a huge amount in my late 30s and early 40s. I did not panic and I continue to amazed at the compounding gifts. Not sure what I would do differently if coming out of residency today. I would be forced to become an expert on student loan strategies.
Thanks for taking the time!
A few observations on Hatton1's replies:
- By eliminating OB from her practice, she reclaimed her nights and weekends and removed a major stressor from her medical career.
- A frugal family blueprint for money seems to be a recurring theme for Hatton1 and Vagabond MD. For those of us who spawn, our model of wealth accumulation has far-reaching consequences.
- Her supportive family and partner offset skeptical colleagues as she reduces her clinical commitment. Build a support network outside of medicine!
- Front-loading savings as a young workhorse creates far-reaching benefits by the time you head out to pasture.
- Finally, perhaps the optimal time to enjoy a relationships is after cutting back! Wishing you a wonderful relationship, Hatton1, married or otherwise!

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On Friday July 6, long-time friends and collaborators Brendan Gaspari and Michael Savage, each with full band in tow, will each launch their third full-length solo album (yes, that's six between them now) at a special show at The Aardvark in Fremantle. Support will be ably provided by Leah Emily Grant.
Michael Savage's 'Won't Die Wondering'
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Stream/buy now on Bandcamp: http://michaelsavage.bandcamp.com
Brendan Gaspari (Solo Artist)'s 'Good Morning Sir, How Are You?'
Written and inspired by over 10 years working on and off in retail customer service, Brendan Gaspari's third album captures the soul-destroying dread and mundanity of working in a dead end job. It's vital listening: urgent, edgy and heavier than anything you've heard from him before, though maintaining an impeccable sense of melody, harmony and wit. Produced and mixed by James Newhouse, its 13 sharply-observed songs fly by in under 36 minutes. Brendan will be playing the album live with a three-piece band. The album will be available for sale on the night.
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So, this is the deal about the italians….as i learned of them reading about leonardo, brunelleschi, gentileschi. the iridescent colors of life are revered. they are expressed not just mundanely as in color, but as arrangements, cascades significantly tumbling the mind of the viewer toward understanding…and that is artspeak dudes, that is artspeak.
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Prevention, Protection , Partnerships. . . Our emphasis is on child safety and health these next two years. We'll cover many projects both those already in place and new; building fresh interests and ideas. For instance, General Federation has already listed new safetly concerns for children using telephones which include the ever popular games. Over indulgence of these items has become a deprivation of normal sleep patterns thus possibly interferring with school performance. Our partnerships with March of Dimes and St. Jude's has brought awareness to babies and cancer. Another issue for health concerns is juvenile diabetes. It is on the increase. We will continue to research and suggest projects that will bring awareness. Don't hesitate to send me information on some of your projects that we can share.
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Introduction: Toll House Pan Cookies
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- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I used walnuts)
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Preheat your oven to 375° fahrenheit. Grease a 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan (I didn't have one so I used a 13 x 9-inch cake pan. It seemed to work just fine except they're a little gooey).
Step 3: Dry Ingredients
Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium-sized bowl.
Step 4: Wet Ingredients
Beat together butter (I don't have a microwave and I didn't want to wait for it to soften so I sliced it up and beat it in the Kitchen-Aid) granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
Step 5: Eggs
Add one of the eggs and beat mixture. Repeat.
Step 6: Flour
Gradually beat in flour mixture (I did about 1/2 cup at a time).
Step 7: Chocolate Chips and Nuts
Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Step 8: Spread Into Pan
Spread into greased pan.
Step 9: Bake
Bake for 20-25 minutes in preheated oven until golden brown.
Step 10: Cool and Cut
Cool in pan, cut, and enjoy!
Step 11: Fun Pics :D
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A Dialogue on Atheism
From the book "From the Life and the Teaching of Father Epiphanios," by the Holy Monastery of the Theotokos (a men's monastery, located near the small town of Trizina, in Peloponnese, Greece).
One morning, the Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos was in a conversation with 2-3 visitors at his home. One of them was an ideological atheist and a communist. Suddenly, someone from outside came rushing in, and informed them that the city of Athens had been flooded with photographs of Mao Tse Tung, with the inscription "Glory to the great Mao." It was on the same day that the Chinese dictator had died.
Elder:That's the way things are, my child. Atheists do not exist. Only idolaters exist, who take down Christ from His throne and in His place they enthrone their own idols. We say: Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. They say: "Glory to the great Mao." You pick and choose which one you prefer.
Atheist:You also choose your drug, grandpa. The only difference is, that you call it Christ, others call it Allah, or Buddha, etc.
Elder:My child, Christ is not a drug. Christ is the Creator of the entire universe. He is the one Who governs everything wisely, from the multitudes of infinite galaxies, down to the minutest particles of the microcosm. He has given life to all of us. He is the One Who brought you into this world and has bestowed you with so much freedom, that you can actually doubt Him, and even deny Him.
Atheist:Grandpa, its your right to believe in all of those things. But that doesn't mean they are true. Do you have any proof?
Elder:You think all of this is just a fairy tale, don't you?
Elder:Do you have any proof that it is a fairy tale? Can you prove that what I believe is false?
Elder:You didn't reply because you don't have any proof either. This means, you believe they are fairy tales. I spoke to you of believing, when I referred to God; you, however, although rejecting my belief, essentially believe in your faithlessness, since you cannot back it up with proofs either. However, I must tell you that my belief is not something "out of the blue;" There are certain supernatural events, upon which it is founded.
Atheist:Just a minute! Since we are talking about believing, what would you say to Muslims or Buddhists for example? Because they also talk about believing. And they too have high moral standards. Why is your belief better than theirs?
Elder:So! The criterion of the truth is supposedly judged by this question of yours? Because the truth is most certainly one; truths cannot be many in number. The thing is, who is the possessor of the truth? That is the major question. Hence, it is not a matter of a better or worse belief. It is a matter of the only true belief!
I agree, that other beliefs also have moral teachings. Naturally, Christianity's moral teachings are incomparably superior. But, we do not believe in Christ because of His moral teachings. Or for His prompting to "Love one another," or for His sermons on peace and justice, freedom and equality. We believe in Christ, because His presence on earth was accompanied by supernatural events, which was a sign that He is God.
Atheist:Look, I also admit that Christ was an important philosopher and a great revolutionary, but let's not make Him a God now...
Elder:My dear child! All the great disbelievers in history were snagged by that detail. The fishbone that stuck in their throat, which they just couldn't swallow, was exactly that: That Christ is also God.
Many of them were willing to say to God: "Don't tell anyone that You are God incarnate; Just say that You're an ordinary human, and we shall be more than ready to deify you. Why do You want to be an incarnate God, and not a deified human? We are willing to glorify You, to proclaim You as the greatest among men, the holiest, the most ethical, the noblest, the unsurpassable, the one and only, the unprecedented… Isn't that enough for You ?
Ernest Renan—he was the head of the chorus of deniers—thunders out the following, with regard to Christ: "For tens of thousands of years, the world shall be uplifted through You," and "You are the cornerstone of mankind; if one were to wrench Your name away from this world, it would be like shattering its foundations" and "the aeons shall proclaim that amongst the sons of men, never was there born anyone that could surpass You." But this is where Renan and his likes stop. Their very next phrase is: "But a God, You are not!"
And those poor wretches cannot perceive that all of these things constitute an indescribable tragedy! Their dilemma is inevitably relentless: Either Christ is an incarnate God, in which case, He is indeed the most ethical, the holiest and noblest personage of mankind, or, He is not an incarnate God, in which case, He cannot possibly be any of these. In fact, if Christ is not God, then we are talking about the most horrible, the most atrocious and the most despicable existence in the history of mankind.
Atheist:What did you just say?
Elder:Exactly what you heard! It may be a weighty statement, but it is absolutely true. And I will tell you why. Let me ask: What did all the truly great men say about themselves, or what opinion did they have of themselves ?
The "wisest of all men," Socrates, proclaimed that "I came to know one thing: that I know nothing."
All the important men in the Old and New Testament, from Abraham and Moses, through to John the Baptist and the Apostle Paul, characterized themselves as "earth and ashes," "wretches," "monstrosities," etc.
But, strangely enough, Jesus' attitude is quite the opposite! And I say strangely enough, because it would have been natural and logical for Him to have a similar attitude. In fact, being far superior and surpassing all others, He should have had an even lower and humbler opinion of Himself. Ethically more perfect than any other, He should have surpassed everyone and anyone in self-reproach and humility, from the moment of the world's Creation to the end of Time.
But, the exact opposite is observed!
First of all, He proclaims that He is sinless: Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? (Jn 8:46). Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. (Jn 14:30)
He also pronounces very high ideas of Himself: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (Jn 8:12); I am the way, the truth, and the life (Jn 14:6).
But, apart from these, He also projects demands of absolute dedication to His Person. He even penetrates the holiest of man's relationships, and says: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Mt 10:37). For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. (Mt 10:35). He even demands a life and a death of martyrdom from His disciples: They shall deliver you to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you shall be dragged before leaders and kings for My sake... And brother shall deliver his brother to death and the father his son, and the children shall revolt against their parents and shall put them to death... And you shall be hated by everyone, for my namesake... And he that shall endure to the end, he shall be saved... Do not fear those who destroy the body... Whomsoever shall deny Me before mankind, I too shall deny him... Whomsoever has forfeited his soul for My sake, shall recover it. (Mt 10:17 onward)
And now I ask you: Has anyone ever dared to demand for himself the love of mankind, forsaking their very life? Has anyone ever dared to proclaim his absolute sinlessness? Has anyone ever dared to utter the wordsI am the truth? No-one, and nowhere! Only a God can do that. Can you imagine your Marx uttering things like that? They would take him for a lunatic and nobody would be willing to follow him!
Now, just consider, how many people sacrificed everything for Christ's sake, even their very life, having believed in the veracity of His words regarding Himself! If His proclamations about Himself were false, Jesus would have been the most despicable character in history, for having led so many people to such a huge sacrifice! What ordinary man—no matter how great, how important, how wise he may be—would deserve such a tremendous offer and sacrifice? Well? No-one! Not unless he were God!
In other words: Any ordinary man that would demand such a sacrifice from his followers would have been the most loathsome person in history. Christ, however, both demanded it, and achieved it. Yet, despite this 'achievement', He was proclaimed by the very deniers of His divinity as the noblest and holiest figure in history.
So, either the deniers are being illogical when they proclaim this most loathsome figure as "holiest," or, in order to avoid any illogicality, and to rationalize the co-existence of Christ's demands and His holiness, they must concede to accepting that Christ continues to remain the noblest and holiest figure in mankind, but, only under the condition that He is also God! Otherwise, as we said, He would be, not the holiest, but the most loathsome figure in history, being the cause of the greatest sacrifice of all ages, and in the name of a lie! Thus, Christ's divinity is proved by His very deniers, on the basis of those very characterizations of His person!
Atheist:What you just said is really very impressive, but it is nothing but speculation. Do you have any historical facts that would confirm His Divinity?
Elder:I told you at the beginning, that the proofs of His Divinity are the supernatural events that took place while He was here on earth. Christ did not rest on the proclamation of the above truths alone; He certified His statements with miracles as well. He made blind people see and cripples walk; He satisfied the hunger of five thousand men and manifold numbers of women and children with only two fish and five loaves of bread; He commanded the elements of nature and they obeyed; He resurrected the dead, amongst which was Lazarus, four days after his death. But the most astounding of all his miracles was His own Resurrection.
The entire edifice of Christianity is supported on the event of the Resurrection. This is not my speculation. The Apostle Paul said it: And if Christ be not raised (from the dead), our faith would be vain. (1 Cor 15:17). If Christ is not resurrected, then everything collapses. But Christ was resurrected, which means He is the Lord of life and death, therefore God.
Atheist:Did you see all of this? How can you believe it?
Elder:No, I didn't see any of it, but others did: the Apostles. They in turn made this known to others, and they actually "signed" their testimony with their own blood. And, as everyone acknowledges, a testimony of one's life is the supreme form of testimony.
Why don't you likewise bring me someone, who will tell me that Marx died and was resurrected, and that he is willing to sacrifice his life in order to testify it? I, as an honest man, will believe him.
Atheist:I will tell you. Thousands of communists were tortured and died for their ideology. Why don't you embrace communism in the same way?
Elder:You said it yourself. Communists died for their ideology. They didn't die for real events. In an ideology, it is very easy for deception to seep through; and because it is a characteristic of the human soul to sacrifice itself for something it believes in, this explains why so many communists died for their ideology. But that doesn't compel us to accept this ideology as something true.
It is one thing to die for ideas, and another to die for events. The Apostles didn't die for any ideas. Not even for the love one another, or any of the other moral teachings of Christianity. The Apostles died for their testimony of supernatural events. And when we say 'event', we mean that which is captured by our physical senses, and is comprehended through them.
The Apostles suffered martyrdom for that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life. (1 Jn 1:1).
Just like the clever speculation by Pascal, we say that one of the three following things happened to the Apostles: either they were deceived, or, they deceived us, or, they told us the truth.
Let's take the first case. It is not possible for the Apostles to have been deceived, because everything that they reported was not reported to them by others. They themselves were eye and ear witnesses of all those things. Besides, none of them were imaginative characters, nor did they have any psychological inclination that made them accept the event of the Resurrection. Quite the contrary—they were terribly distrustful. The Gospels are extremely revealing, in their narrations of their spiritual dispositions: they even disbelieved the reassurances that some people had actually seen Him, resurrected.
And one other thing. What were the Apostles before Christ called them? Were they perhaps ambitious politicians or visionaries of philosophical and social systems, who were longing to conquer mankind and thus satisfy their fantasies? Not at all. They were illiterate fishermen. The only thing that interested them was to catch a few fish to feed their families. That is why, even after the Lord's Crucifixion, and despite everything that they had heard and seen, they returned to their fishing boats and their nets. In other words, there was not a single trace of disposition in these men for the things that were to follow. It was only after the day of the Pentecost, when they received strength from on high, that they became the teachers of the universe.
Now the second case: Did they deceive us? Did they lie to us? But then, why would they deceive us? What would they gain by lying? Was it money? Was it status? Was it glory? For someone to tell a lie, he must be expecting some sort of gain. The Apostles though, by preaching Christ—and in fact Christ crucified and resurrected—the only things that they secured for themselves were hardships, labours, lashings, stonings, shipwrecks, hunger, thirst, nakedness, attacks from robbers, beatings, incarcerations and finally, death. And all this, for a lie? It would be undoubtedly foolish for anyone to even consider it.
Consequently, the Apostles were neither deceived, nor did they deceive us. This leaves us with the third choice: that they told us the truth.
I should also stress something else here: The Evangelists are the only ones who recorded true historical events. They describe the events, and only the events. They do not resort to any personal judgments. They praise no-one, and they criticize no-one. They make no attempt to exaggerate an event, nor eliminate or underestimate another. They let the events speak for themselves.
Atheist:Are you excluding the possibility that in Christ's case, it was just an incident of apparent death? The other day, the newspapers had written about someone in India whom they buried and three days later they exhumed him and he was still alive.
Elder:My poor child! I will recall the words of the blessed Augustine again: "O faithless ones, you are not actually mistrustful; indeed, you are the most gullible of all. You accept the most improbable things, and the most irrational, the most contradictory, in order to deny a miracle!"
No, my child. It was not a case of apparent death with Christ. First of all, we have the testimony of the Roman centurion, who reassured Pilate that Christ's death was a certainty. Then, our Gospel informs us that on the same day of His Resurrection, the Lord was seen talking with two of His disciples, walking towards Emmaus, which was more than ten kilometers away from Jerusalem.
Can you imagine someone, who could go through all the tortures that Christ underwent, and three days after His "apparent death," spring back again? If anything, he would have to be fed chicken soup for forty days, in order to be able to open his eyes, let alone walk and talk as though nothing had happened!
As for the Hindu, bring him here to be flogged with a scourge—do you know what a scourge is? It is a whip, whose lashes each have a lead chunk or a piece of broken bone or sharp nails attached to their end—bring him here, so we can flog him, then force a crown of thorns on his head, crucify him, give him bile and vinegar to drink, then pierce his side with a spear, put him in a tomb, and then, if he comes back from the dead, then we can talk.
Atheist:Even so, but all the testimonies that you have invoked belong to Christ's Disciples. Is there any testimony on this matter, that doesn't come from the circle of His Disciples? Are there any historians for example, who can certify Christ's Resurrection? If so, then I will also believe what you say.
Elder:You poor child. You don't know what you're saying now. If there had been such historians who had witnessed Christ resurrected, they would have been compelled to believe in His Resurrection and would have recorded it as believers, in which case, you would again have rejected their testimony, just like you rejected Peter's testimony, John's testimony, etc. How can it be possible, for someone to actually witness the Resurrection and yet, NOT become a Christian? You are asking for a roasted fowl, on a waxen skewer, that also sings! It just can't be done.
I will remind you though—because you are asking for historians—of what I said earlier: that the only true historians are the Apostles.
Nevertheless, we do have testimony of the kind that you want; and it is by someone who didn't belong to the circle of His Disciples: it was Paul. Paul not only wasn't a Disciple of Christ, he actually persecuted Christ's Church relentlessly.
Atheist:They say that Paul suffered from sunstroke and that it was the cause of his hallucination.
Elder:My child, if Paul was hallucinating, the thing that would have come to the surface, would have been his subconscious. And in Paul's subconscious, the Patriarchs and the Prophets would have been top ranking. He would have hallucinated about Abraham, and Jacob and Moses, and not Jesus, whom he considered a rabble-rouser and a fraud!
Can you imagine a faithful old granny seeing Buddha or Jupiter in her dream or delirium? She would most probably see St. Nicholas or St. Barbara, because she believes in them.
One more thing. With Paul, we have—as Papini notes—the following miraculous phenomena: First of all, the abruptness of his conversion. Straight from faithlessness to faith, with no intermediate preparatory stage. Secondly, the steadfastness of his faith; no wavering, no doubts. And thirdly, his faith lasted for a whole lifetime. Do you believe that all these things can occur after a case of sunstroke? They can in no way be attributed to such a cause. If you can explain how, then explain it. If you can't, then you must admit the miracle. And you must know that for a man of his time, Paul was exceptionally well-educated. He was not your average little person, who was totally clueless.
I will also add something else. We today, my child, are living in an exceptional era. We are living the miracle of Christ's Church. When Christ said of His Church that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Her (Mt 16:18), His followers were very few in number. Almost two thousand years have passed, since that day. Empires vanished, philosophical systems were forgotten, world theories collapsed. But Christ's Church remains indestructible, despite the continuous and dramatic persecutions it has undergone. Isn't that a miracle?
And one final thing. In Luke's Gospel it says that when the Holy Mother visited Elizabeth (the Baptist's mother) after the Annunciation, she was greeted with the words: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. (Lk 1:42). And the Holy Mother replied as follows: And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. (Lk 1:47-48).
What was the Holy Mother at that time? She was just an obscure daughter of Nazareth. How many knew her? And yet, since that day, empresses have been forgotten, distinguished women's names have been extinguished, the mothers and wives of great generals went into oblivion. Who remembers, or even knows, Napoleon's mother or Alexander the Great's mother? Almost no-one. But, millions of lips across every length and breadth of the world, throughout the ages, venerate that humble daughter of Nazareth, the more precious than the Cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim. Are we, or aren't we—the people of the twentieth century—living in this day and age the verification of those words of the Holy Mother?
The exact same things are observed in a "secondary" prophecy of Christ: While He was staying at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him and poured her expensive fragrant oil over His head. Christ commented: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (Mt 26:13). Now, how large was His circle of followers at the time, so that one could say that they outdid themselves in order that their Master's prophecy be fulfilled? Especially a prophecy such as this one, which, by today's world standards, is of no importance to most people.
Are they or aren't they miracles? If you can, explain them. But if you can't, then admit them as such.
Atheist:I have to admit that your arguments are pretty solid. But I would like to ask you one more thing: Don't you think that Christ left His work unfinished? That is, unless He deserted us. I can't imagine a God that would remain indifferent to mankind's suffering. We are down here toiling, while He, up there, remains apathetic.
Elder:No, my child. You aren't right. Christ did not leave His work unfinished. On the contrary, He is the one unique case in history where a person has the certainty that His mission was accomplished, and had nothing further to do or to say.
Even the greatest of philosophers, Socrates, who discussed and taught during his whole lifetime, and towards the end composed an intricate "Apology," would have even more to say, if he had lived.
Only Christ—in the time bracket of three years—taught what He had to teach, did what He had to do, and finally said (on the Cross): It is finished. Another sample of His divine perfection and authority.
As for the abandonment that you mentioned, I can understand your concern. Without Christ, the world would be a theatre of insanity. Without Christ, you cannot explain anything: why are there sorrows, why injustices, why failures, why sicknesses, why, why, why... Thousands of monumental "why's."
Try to understand. Man cannot approach all of these "why's" with his finite logic. It is only through Christ that everything can be explained. All these trials merely precondition us for eternity. Perhaps then, we might be honored by the Lord with a reply to some of those "why's."
It might be worthwhile, if I read you a beautiful poem by Constantine Kallinikos' collection "Laurels and Myrtles," with the title "Questions:"
I asked a desert father of seventy years,
whose silver strands were blown by the wind:
Tell me o father, why, on this earth,
do the light and the dark inseparably move ?
And why must they—like twins —together sprout:
the thorn and the rose, the tear and the smile?
Why, in the loveliest part of the woodland green
have scorpions and vipers concealed their nests?
Why must it be, that the tender bud,
before unfolding its fragrant bloom,
be struck by a worm in the heart of its stem,
and left to die, like a shrivelled rag ?
Why are the plow, the seed and the hands
a must for the wheat, to become our bread?
Why must everything useful, noble, divine
always be purchased with tears and our blood,
while selfishness ever rampantly reigns,
and lewdness is swallowing up the world?
And why, amongst such harmony around,
must tumult and disorder find their way?
The hermit replied, with his somber voice
and right arm pointing to the sky,
that there, beyond those clouds of gold,
the Almighty weaves a tapestry divine.
But since we are wanderers of the lower plane
we see nothing but the knots and strings below,
It is no wonder, why the mind sees wrong,
when it should always be thankful and give praise:
For the day will come, when Christians all,
with souls that ride the skies with wings,
will gaze atop God's tapestry and see
how careful and orderly everything was!
My child, Christ never abandoned us. He is forever with us, as a helper and a supporter, until the end of time. But you will realize this, only when you become a conscientious member of His Church and be joined by Her Sacraments.


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There's a stratocaster with SSS pickups or HSS pickups on Fender web. But some other manufactures made some guitar that they called a Superstrat. What really it is? Is it have a relation with a strat? Or is it a strat that super?
A superstrat is any guitar that is basically like a strat but has upgrades and extra features. Typical upgrades that make a guitar a superstrat include:
- Upgraded tremolo (technically vibrato) unit - Floyd Rose is common
- Upgraded electronics/pickups - HSH with coil tap is popular
- Upgraded tonewoods - the body might be more of a Les Paul body made from mahogany with or without a maple cap and pickups mounted LP style
- Upgraded neck - usually with more frets (24 is common) and/or a more sophisticated truss rod, compound radius, and higher-end tone woods
When I hear "superstrat", my mind pictures something almost exactly like this.
In the 80s, guitarists started experimenting with electronics, pickups (e.g. active pickups) and bridges (think the Floyd Rose) or scalloped fretboards to allow for easier access to extended techniques.
The Stratocaster being often the starting base, the result was called a "Super Strat".
In a way, the evolution of Superstrats is symbiotic with the rise of "shredders", starting with Eddie Van Halen, whose signature instrument is called the "Frankenstrat" and could very well be considered the prototypical Superstrat.
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Family trip A Field Guide to Traveling with Any Type of Teen
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If you are the proud parent of a teenager, you'll know that teens are notoriously difficult to please. No longer children but not yet adults, keeping your finger on the pulse of teen coolness and coming up with activities to enjoy with them can be tricky, particularly on vacation. The good news is that today's teenagers are complex creatures with a variety of interests who like to have fun and avidly consume culture, which means the range of activities you can share with them is greater than ever before. If you'd like to plan a vacation you can all enjoy, look no further: we've got you covered, with plans for every type of teen.
Home to some of the best museums in the world, Madrid's status as a major cultural player is undeniable. What you may not know is that it is also teeming with cultural options for children and teenagers and is a lively and welcoming place for young ones.
While mainly known for its artistic offerings, Madrid's theatrical scene is not to be sniffed at. A stone's through away from the beautiful Royal Palace, the Teatro Real offers large discounts for people under thirty and even has a series of productions and events geared towards young people, such as Dido & Aeneas: A Hipster Tale; a teenage adaptation of Henry Purcell's operatic masterpiece.
A hundred-year-old hotel. The Iberostar Las Letras Gran Vía was built over a hundred years ago. As you wander through this age-old building, keep an eye out for details such as its grand antique staircase and the Sevillian tiles that decorate several of its walls. Imagine the stories they could tell!
Madrid's old slaughterhouse turned cultural hub, Matadero, offers every cultural event under the sun. From film to visual art to music, theater, performing arts, design, books, food and everything in between, there is truly something for everyone. For the past four years they have also been organizing FESTeen, a youth culture festival curated by a group of 16- to 21-year-olds that runs the gamut from live music to skateboarding, dance battles, electronic music workshops, exhibitions of teen self-portraits and more.
La Casa Encendida is a social and cultural center with a constant stream of exhibitions, concerts, talks, performances, courses and screenings, with special events for kids, such as gif-making workshops. Hot on the heels of FESteen, this September they debuted Puwerty, a festival entirely devoted to teenagers with workshops on identity, "selfie poetry" and DJ sets during the day and concerts and panel discussions about "Fans vs. Haters" at night.
According to a recent study by Common Sense Media, teens spend an average of nine hours a day in front of their electronic devices. Gone are the days when kids were made fun of for having obscure interests and interacting with others through a screen. Video games, comic books and science fiction are massively popular with teenagers, with fandoms providing many opportunities for connecting with likeminded teens. In other words: nerds are cool now. For kids with geeky tendencies, the city that never sleeps can provide hours of entertainment.
If you have a comic-book enthusiast on your hands, head to Midtown Comics in Times Square to see New York's largest and most iconic comic store firsthand. For those who favor graphic novels and zines over superheroes, you can't go wrong with Quimby's, a recent Brooklyn outpost of Chicago's notorious indie comic store.
Is your teen a videogame expert? The Geekery HQ in Queens— "home of all games and geekeries"—not only offers a wide selection in its shop but also hosts a variety of events and activities for the gaming community. For a blast from the past, go to Pinball Wizard in Kips Bay, select one of their vintage games and show your kid how it's done.
Known as "the largest pop culture event on the East Coast", New York's Comic Con is not to be missed if you happen to visit New York in October, with all kinds of events, panels and stands relating to comics, video games and beyond. Drop off your teen while you stroll through nearby Chelsea Park, taking in the beautiful colors of New York's majestic fall season. Moreover, the area of Midtown Manhattan, where the 4-star hotel Iberostar 70 Park Avenue is located, allows visitors to reach Greenwich Village, one of the most charming neighbourhoods in New York and a classic meeting point for artists and intellectuals.
The environment is one of the main concerns for teenagers these days, according to the nonprofit DoSomething.org. For the teen who prefers to leave books and games aside in search of nature and outdoor adventures, Montego Bay, Jamaica, offers stunning beaches and natural beauty but also a range of activities that are sure to provide an adrenaline rush.
Jamaica is renowned for its beaches, with consistently warm weather and calm rolling waves that provide the perfect conditions for watersports year-round. Doctor's Cave Bathing Club is the most famous beach in Mo'Bay due to its mineral springs, white sands and clear waters. Another great option awaits a mere twenty-minute drive away, at the Rose Hall Beach Club, where you can enjoy a family lunch at its seaside picnic area. Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has three 5-star resorts in Montego Bay. In these luxurious accommodations guests find an exquisite gastronomy, a full range of entertainment and rooms equipped to the smallest, luxurious detail to make the most of their stay in Jamaica.
For a one-of-a-kind experience, head over to the nearby port town of Ocho Ríos (fun fact: the town appeared in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962). The best views of the town are found on Mystic Mountain, an attraction on a mountain 700-feet high that is accessed via SkyExplorer chairlift and provides breathtaking view of the Jamaican rainforest. Once you've arrived, you can choose between the Infinity Edge Pool and Mystic Waterslide, Canopy Zip Line or Bobsled Ride, all guaranteed to get your blood pumping. Animal lovers will delight in the Butterfly Attraction Garden, Hummingbird Garden and bird-watching tours.
Located in the town of Falmouth, a forty-minute drive from Montego Bay, Luminous Lagoon is a rare natural wonder whose waters, filled with phosphorous, allow it to literally glow when moved. It is best seen via boat and when it comes to visiting, the night time is the right time, so make sure your teens are well-rested. Watch the fish light up as they move around and, if you get the chance to swim in the lagoon, you'll see that your body glows blue in the water as well—a truly magical experience you won't soon forget.
The selfie craze has taken the world by storm, and teens are at the forefront of the trend, sharing photos of themselves on Snapchat and Instagram to connect with their friends and show a slice of their life. While you wouldn't choose a vacation destination simply because it is photogenic, it can certainly be a bonus, providing opportunities for beautiful photographs that will bring back memories of your family vacation for years to come. Check out our holiday offers in Lisbon and give yourself a truly unique Portuguese break.
In this regard, Lisbon is sure to deliver. There is something special about the light there, giving the intricately-painted tiles of its façades an allure that harks back to another time. Ride the famous Elevador da Bica to the top of Lisbon's famous bohemian neighborhood of Barrio Alto for some local color and a charming view of the narrow winding alleys and seemingly precarious constructions. You won't be able to resist taking a snap of the sunset from above the terracotta rooftops of this unique location.
Lisbon is also home to a rich street art scene, its spray-painted murals providing a striking contrast to the quaintly decadent architecture that abounds there. There are more than 160 pieces of urban artwork displayed across the city, by the likes of Pixel Pancho, local artist collective Os Gemeos or Vhils, who is equally comfortable displaying his art on the streets of Lisbon as in international galleries. It all began in one of the of the city's main arteries, Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, where large-scale murals by international artists cover the buildings, including a green-and-yellow alligator that stretches diagonally from ground level to the very top of the building: a fun and quirky photo opportunity. Then, carve out some time to explore the open-air gallery of Calçada da Gloria. Make sure to use hashtags to credit the talented artists and make your photos easy to find.


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Exodus 12:13 - The blood will be a sign for you on your houses; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Joshua 3:11 - See, the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. Joshua 4:8 – They took 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan…and they carried them over with them to the camp, where they put them down. Joshua 4:9 – Joshua set up twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the Ark had stood. Joshua 5:3 – So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites… 1 Corinthians 10:11 – These things happened to them for examples and were written down as warnings for us… Ephesians 1:3 – Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ. Ephesians 6:10-11 – Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God in order to stand against the devil's schemes.
Because of political conditions in the Middle East today, crossing the Jordan River from the country of Jordan to Israel is not a "walk in the park." Careful passport checks and baggage searches can take a big chunk out of the day for a modern Holy Land tour! And, for very different reasons, it was no easy stroll when the Israelites crossed the Jordan River under the leadership of Joshua at the end of the 15th century BC (about 1400 BC). The river was at flood stage (Joshua 3:15) and there were no boats and no bridges. Furthermore, they were entering enemy territory opposite Jericho, a major fortress city of the Canaanites. But in spite of the problems, Israel crossed the Jordan River because God had promised them the Land. With a mighty miracle, the waters of the Jordan River were cut off and the people of Israel crossed the Jordan without even getting their sandals wet. Besides the obvious practical application that our all-powerful God can do amazing miracles and accomplish His purpose on our behalf against all odds, there is more for us to learn from the inspired record of Israel crossing the Jordan. In fact, 1 Corinthians 10:11 says that "all these things happened to them [the Israelites] as an example for us." "All these things" refers to all the events in the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Land that God had promised them.


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Driving is a very important and dangerous at the same time, it's a bitter reality that getting a license in some countries is close to impossible for example: Dubai. Another fact related to this is, it should be difficult enough so that not every one (without skilled or semi-skilled) can get the reliable b-double licence. Keeping in view this need; in west they have bifurcated the licenses according to the vehicle type. There are light rigid (LR) license, Medium rigid (MR) License and Heavy rigid (HR) License and according to the categorizations the fee structures, skills and duration of validity varies. Although the base of getting any of the mentioned before is car license (one needs to have a basic car license in order to get qualified to achieve the other milestones). For LR license one need to have 1 year of a car license, for MR 1 year of car and LR license are required and for the HR 2 years of car license plus 1 year of LR/MR license are required.
We will limit our discussion to MR and HR only. The most common question among driver is, "what is included in MR category of a vehicle?" so any vehicle with two axels which means one steer and one drive could be included under MR category for instance, buses, specific kind of trucks, light weight freight trucks and any vehicle included under the category of LR. Some technical vehicles such as: movers, mini cranes (not over 7t GVM with maximum of 2 axles are also included under the drivers capacity who holds an MR license. Usually for the immigrants in west countries (like: Australia, Canada and USA) there are very slim chances of white collar jobs (especially during initial period of stay), so driving is a decent option to earn for cost of living. Most of the immigrants try to grab the international car licenses first and then hop on to the LR and MR licenses, because this gives them a suitable opportunity to get the job of a local freight delivery driver, movers, car carriers and buses & coaches drivers.
There is a tricky suitable option to qualify directly for the HR category from LR category i.e. if one is eligible for the MR license and still holding the car license for few long than, an individual can apply directly for the HR category to open a wide range of job opportunity. Practically, to get any type of license requires combination of knowledge, skills and techniques. One has to pass several practical and written tests conducted by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), even for the upgrade of a license type. However, for the upgrade if one already has an LR license there is no need of a written test anyways (only the practical driving test would be conducted for qualification).despite of the facts described above an MR license may not be able to allow the truck driving lessons of certain types of buses (for some specific types of buses permission of TMR is required).


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— This is the script of CNBC's news report for China's CCTV on June 10, Tuesday.
Welcome to the CNBC Business Daily.
We're just two days away from the start of World Cup 2014.
Hardcore fans are going all out it seems, to support their favored teams.
But they're not the only ones.
Some ECONOMISTS have also tossed in their data-backed bets into the ring.
Economists at Goldman Sachs are expecting Brazil to have the greatest probability of winning.
But the ING Group predicts that Spain has the greatest chance of securing the championship... followed by Germany and Brazil.
[IAN BRIGHT - Senior Economist at ING] "They've got the most expensive team. And as we know, money plays a very big game as far as economists are concerned. So you've got Spain at the top, then you've got Germany and Brazil and so on. And then at the bottom end of what we call the 'Value League', you've got teams such as Australia, Iran and Honduras for example."
One might wonder - just how did he, a statistician, get to this conclusion?
And... just how accurate is this prediction?
[IAN BRIGHT - Senior Economist at ING] "Now, if money was everything, then yes, Spain takes the cup. But we know that money isn't everything, even for an economist like me. So we've got 'Super Teams', we've got also got to have 'Super Fans'. So what we did was we went into a whole survey of a whole bunch of countries and said, look, how much are you willing to spend, what are you willing to give up. Now, the 'Super Fans' come out to be places like Argentina, Brazil. But the other end to this sort of thing, the 'Non-Super Fans', comes back to the USA. Hardly surprising. They're just not into soccer. So you've got this game play. The super team, and the super fans. Why do we do these sort of things? Let's face it. I don't know who's going to win the World Cup. But you see, you've got this thing where luck is playing in. You've got the money side of things. If you talk about the fans, well... Argentina, Chile, Russia. And then, if you're a pure European, Italy comes in at the top."
So does being good on the pitch translate into economic prowess outside the pitch?
[IAN BRIGHT - Senior Economist at ING] "Let's face it, Germany is the economic power house in Europe at the moment. And it's very good to see that Spain is even doing that well in the leagues compared with Germany, even given the economic situations they have. The football doesn't necessarily affect the economy, but hey, in football... anything can happen. So luck plays a big part in football as it can do in live chances in economics as well."
Of luck and meticulous calculations.
We'll be watching the development on the pitch when the whistle blows in 2 days.
That wraps up this edition of the Business Daily.
I'm Sri Jegarajah, reporting from CNBC's Asian headquarters
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An object can be viewed from a large number of view angles – for example, from front, top back or side etc. A single figure or drawing can show an object only from one view angle and thus all important figures can not be shown in one figure. Many parts of the object can hidden in single view. Therefore, when we aim to clearly explain the inventive steps using drawing while preparing patent applications we should draw all possible drawing views so that we cover all aspects of the invention.
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Well, that's a wrap folks! The semester is over, final grades are in, and school has come to an end! … that is for 3 weeks (hello grad school)…
Whether you are on summer break or work a full time job in the real world that's coming my way far too soon, we all have moments where we are able to rest.
This is a rhythm that I've worked extremely hard at implementing in my life over the last year. I plan on writing a blog post soon about how I began to discover how important Sabbath (big religious word, but don't get scared. It's way more life-giving than it sounds) is and how I felt the pull to really start participating in that practice that Jesus did. However, today is not that day.
BUT it is important to rest. I think we all agree with this, whether or not you take a Sabbath once a week or not.
My life has been super full lately, so it's been that much more important to find times of rest. Normally I rest on either Friday or Saturday depending on the events for the week, but between moving my grandparents into their new house on Friday and graduation on Saturday, I realized I would have to shift my day of rest this week.
With school being out on a break, I decided that Monday would be a great day of rest for me…
Until Monday came and I realized I literally couldn't rest.
Oh I tried!
But I felt so anxious and restless the entire day that I couldn't even begin to rest. I felt the need to get on my phone every couple of seconds, get up and do the dishes, go out shopping, etc. anything that distracted me from what my soul truly did need, rest.
At first I blamed it on residual stress from the semester. You know what I'm talking about. When you finally get done with something huge that you've been working on for weeks only to finish it and still feel stressed about it.
That would make sense… I've had some sort of project to work on or test to study for for the past 5 months, but it felt deeper than that.
When I finally did what I should've done all along and sat down and journaled with Jesus about what I was feeling, I finally understood.
*Disclaimer: I'm a really big journaler and believe it's such a beautiful practice. This is the way that God and I communicate the best!
Let me just share with you what He told me. It set me free and I believe it could do the same for you if you let it:
"Restlessness comes when you fight a battle that not yours, but mine. As you let me take it on, restlessness melts away. When I fight, you can truly rest. Until you make that decision, you will feel uneasy because you're fighting a battle that isn't yours to fight. You aren't equipped to fight it, so please pass it off to me. I've been waiting your whole life to fight this battle. I've been building an army for years, training them for this moment. Please let me fight for you."
Wow. His words speak more than a million blog posts ever could.
If you are anything like me and ever struggle to just rest (a command we are given), then take this to heart. Realize the reason behind your uneasiness and pass Him the fight.
I know, I know, easier said than done. But girl I am right here beside you working on passing it off to Him as we speak.
But He has grace.
Every time we pick the battle back up, He looks at us with compassion in His eyes and asks us to give it back. He isn't mad at you. He isn't disappointed in you. But He wants to fight FOR you.
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It's Relevant Truth has been speaking the real, raw and reliable truth over the airways for over a year! As we continue to discuss current topics from a Biblical viewpoint, we are excited to introduce new voices to our line-up, as well as bring in some "It's Relevant Truth Experts".
Pastor Monica Hawkins will be joined by her co-hosts, Pastor Yvonne McCoy, Business Mogul Davon Hawkins and Pastor Willie Cooper. It's Relevant Truth invites marriage and relationship expert Deacon Aki Durham in for his monthly discussion on how to make your marriage thrive. Beatrice Bruno: The Drill Sergeant of Life will be joining in as well, giving Biblical teaching on becoming the best you can be.
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