Salt and Light

  Touch is one of the first senses that develops in humans. Long before children can talk and understand language, their parents cradle them to make them feel better when they are stressed. The stress-relieving power of consensual touch persists throughout life but I find myself with an incredible ache in this area. The power of touch positively impacts physical and mental health by reducing stress, anxiety and depression while improving immune function and pain management.  This is due to physiological changes, such as increased oxytocin (the "love hormone") and serotonin, and decreased cortisol (the "stress hormone"). Touch interventions, from a hug to massage, also enhance social bonds and are crucial for infant development, with studies showing benefits for newborns in weight gain, respiratory control, and overall development.   When I taught school however, I was told on more than one occasion NEVER touch the kids you'll get sued or fired. In today...

Yesterday my therapist and I were talking about family trees and that took me too legacies. As you get older you begin to think about what you started with and what you leave behind. That got me thinking about genetics. Pedigrees are trees that show how certain traits have descended through your family. Before we get into inheritance lets talks about genes and the amazing chromosome. Did you know that God used five base pairs to create all the diversity found in EVERY single living organism. These base pairs are arranged in a structure called a codon which consists of three base pairs. This means that on the smallest level every living creature is made of three, I find it interesting that every spiritual creature is also composed of three: the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost. Okay so the DNA which is made up of codons lives in the nucleus at the heart of the cell. mRNA comes into the nucleus and makes a complimentary mirror copy of the original, Sounds alot like when God made man in ...

  If you read the most recent entry you know I have been pondering the Holy Spirit and the air we breathe, this led me to what happens when we don't breathe. Naturally I started with COVID, according to WebMD, "the illness is caused by the coronavirus, it starts with droplets from an infected person’s cough, sneeze, or breath. The droplets (called fomites) could be in the air or on a surface that you touch before touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. That gives the virus a passage to the mucous membranes in your throat. Within 2 to 14 days, your immune system may respond with symptoms that may include: Fever A cough Shortness of breath or trouble breathing Fatigue Chills, sometimes with shaking Body aches Headache A sore throat Congestion or a runny nose Loss of taste Loss of smell Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea The virus moves down your respiratory tract. That’s the airway that includes your mouth, nose, throat, and lungs. Your lower airways have more ACE2 receptors than ...

     Approximately 20% of our atmosphere is oxygen. This was not always the case. Without oxygen larger life forms like mammals would not be possible. animals with more cells require more oxygen to break carbohydrates down into ATP the fuel that our cells use.  Most of this oxygen came from photosynthetic organisms that give off the oxygen as waste. Nothing is wasted in the economy of God.        Just like the planet needs air, we too need air to breathe our lungs take in oxygen,  disperse it to the iron on the hemoglobin in our blood that is then used to chauffer the oxygen around to all the parts of the body. If our blood oxygen falls below 88% we are in hypoxia and our heart can die. Oxygen in the form of ozone reduces pain, encourages healing, reduces inflammation, supports immune system function. Just like the Holy Spirit.       Just like the earth, just like our bodies our spirits need air. The Gr...

  I am angry. A bunch of little piddling things are accumulating and I can feel the wind turning and the churning inside. It makes me think of storms. There are four main types of thunderstorms: single-cell, multi-cell, squall line (also called multi-cell line) and super. A thunderstorm , a is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers . Thunderstorms occur in cumulonimbus clouds. They are usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some thunderstorms can produce little or no precipitation at all. Thunderstorms may line up in a series or become a squall line. Strong or severe thunderstorms include some of the most dangerous weather phenomena, including large hail, strong winds, and tornadoes. Some of the most persistent severe thunderstorms, known as supercells, rotate as do cyclones. While most thunderstorms move with the mean wind fl...