Monday, May 23, 2011

Often, we hear in bible studies and in messages that  woman are “the helpers”. My first response to this phrase was one of feeling unimportance and anger. No one wants to just be known as “the helper” we want to have more importance, then just the man behind the scenes. Today I heard a great message saying that woman in the bible or when talking about woman we are referred to as the Hebrew word “ ezer”.
God is a helper (ezer) in various places in Scripture, this word having to do with also women, being subject to their husbands because tho God is not subject to Israel even though He is her helper. It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him. Woman's reason for being is to help man. This is always her purpose. God's purpose is to glorify Himself. He glorifies Himself by helping, but also by creating, judging, destroying, etc.
God shows him his need and then fills it. Man needs a helper for his work and God supplies her. He is called "ish" and she is called "ishah."
The general meaning of the word “ezer” is help, support, succor, assistance. At times, it can have a military overtone, although that aspect.  Thus, in Psalms it is used as one calls on divine help for illness; there is no sense of a military intervention here. 
Woman add support, help, 
ACHASHVEROSH (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹש): Hebrew form of Babylonian Achshiyarshu, meaning "great warrior" or "lion-king." In the bible, this is the name of a king of Persia. 
ACHSHIYARSHU: Babylonian form of Persian Khashayarshah, meaning "great warrior" or "lion-king." In the bible, this is the name of a king of Persia. His Hebrew name is Achashverosh. 

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

~Double Dipping~

Just the other day I had picked up a Hansen’s Smoothie Nectar Guava Strawberry Drink. It had contained 25% Fruit Juice which is a little more then the average fruit drink here in America. I noticed that this drink had contained a (Glucose-Fructose Syrup). I found it interesting and did some research on this combination.
Our body's primary source of energy takes the form of glucose. This type of sugar comes from digesting carbohydrates into a chemical that we can easily convert to energy. When glucose levels in the bloodstream aren't properly regulated, one can develop a serious condition such as diabetes.
We will get most of our glucose from digesting the sugar and starch in carbohydrates, foods like rice, pasta, grain, potatoes, fruits, a few vegetables, and “processed sweets qualify as carbohydrates”. Our digestive system, using bile and enzymes to break down the  starch and sugar in these foods into glucose Which is the functional form of energy then gets absorbed through our small intestine into the bloodstream. There, a chemical known as insulin, excreted by the pancreas, meets the glucose. Together, they can enter cells in “muscles and the brain”, allowing glucose to power activities like lifting a book or remembering a phone number.