Posted on 03/07/2006 5:26:51 AM PST by JRochelle
The other thing that struck me was that every person who had their ducts cleaned as a result of our experience found lots of bad stuff and felt better after the job was done. One of my friends only found mouse droppings and dried urine. For the most part, her ducts weren't bad. But her son's (mild) allergies cleared right up.
After it was over, I wanted to do public service announcements! lol! I's just my opinion, but if I was asked to hazard a guess, I'd say that dirty ducts are probably a big problem for more than 50% of the population.
"My point is that she looked fine...SIX WEEKS AGO. I just don't understand how it could have taken the toll it did in that short of time. Are there any Doctors or nurses out there who can explain that to me?"
From the experience with my mom (small cell lung cancer), you can feel pretty good during/after treatment for small amounts of time.
My mom was feeling "fine" on Wednesday, died the next Monday.
Small cell lung cancer can kill quickly, if that is what Dana Reeve had.
It must be an expensive procedure? Does it take more than one day?
I have a friend who has three new masses in her lungs after an August lung cancer surgery. And a tumor that is growing in spite of radiology treatments a month ago. What should I prepare for? Will she just slowly ebb away in terrible pain? What was your experience with your brother?
I agree; there must have been other contributing factors. You can be assured that she had the best possible care and I think some details are being withheld.
Thank you. I guess my experience was much different.
Both jobs took an afternoon. Both involved sucking everything through the ducts, then inspecting every vent, then spraying an enzyme (cherry scented!) that would eat all the organic material that the vacuum couldn't suck. I went ahead and paid for the heat/AC maintenance as we were just moving in and I wanted to be sure everything was working well from day one.
The Pepsi can and the coffee can lid in one of our floor heat duct explained why my son's room never warmed up in the winter! Lots of pet hair had formed with those two items to make a nearly perfect clog. (I'll go on and on if I don't stop myself now! *Bad* memories!!)
Thanks again for the information. I can only imagine what lurkes in my ducts!
Begin with the fact that the Bible states the resurrection as an historical fact in the gospels and many other places in the New Testament. Of course, this begs the question, "Is the Bible a reliable document?" (It is.) But you'll have to do the math. Just start looking into this topic on Google and you'll see the manuscript evidence, along with the science of manuscript copying by the scribes of that time, etc.
A doctrine I ignore at my own peril.
Hmm.
So I should buy indulgences to guarantee myself an easier time in the hereafter? That is doctrinal heresy in my church.
One does good things from gratitude to God and from compassion for one's fellow humans, not for thought of reward.
To teach others to do things for reward or to avoid "peril" is a bad path to put Christians on.
Teaching Christians to do things to better their souls to make God happy and to help Him defeat Satan and to show gratitude to Christ for His sacrifice are the teachings that resonate with me.
I am not saying that there is not something in what you believe, but I am concerned you have grabbed the stick at the wrong end and the way you expound it is counterproductive.
Nothing in my post is suggesting the Roman Catholic practice of buying and selling indulgences. That is foreign to the biblical doctrine of heavenly rewards for the faithful Christian.
One does good things from gratitude to God and from compassion for one's fellow humans, not for thought of reward. To teach others to do things for reward or to avoid "peril" is a bad path to put Christians on.
Of course, the Christian's good works flow from his gratitude to God, and his compassion for his fellow human beings. Nonetheless, in His grace God has chosen to reward faithfulness and self-control in stewardship and service, those who overcome trials and temptations, those whose refusal to deny Him under pain of death results in martyrdom, and other circumstances that please Him.
The fact of rewards does not paint everything the color of money, so to speak, for the Christian. It is simply the idea that we want to be well-pleasing to our heavenly Father. The irony of this doctrine is that any Christian who would choose to operate on the crass level of doing good deeds so that he can put another notch on his "reward belt" is in fact going to forfeit any reward he might have otherwise received, because his motivation is wrong. Remember, God looks upon the heart, and the Lord weighs the motives behind our works.
Yet God will indeed reward Christians in some way at the Bema Seat. Certainly this is an exciting truth that must have a place in the Christian's motivation for service. The desire to please God by striving to serve Him in a divinely approved manner and motive, knowing that He will reward such faithfulness, is not wrong. As a child at home, or a student in school, most of us have experienced the same thing. I can recall a 5th grade teacher of mine who gave extra credit to students whose homework assignments were neatly done. If you were careful to use good penmanship and organization, you would earn what she called a "V.N." (Very Neat) and if you got 10 of those you were exempt from one homework assignment. I liked this teacher and wanted to do my best in her class. It's like that with God...we should want to do our best for Him, and He has graciously provided extra incentive for us to do so.
If such beliefs give you motivation to do more good than you might have otherwise, verily you have your reward.
...the joy of the good thing itself and the good it brings about is the real reward.
I Corrinthians 13: 11
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