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Wednesday, 01 July 2009

  • Update for July 1, 2009

    Logged in to post a comment on Xanga; so I may as well post an update:

    I am fighting with high blood sugars and mostly winning this summer.  The Healthy Chocolates seem to be helping, especially in the higher energy department.  My last blood labs just ten days ago were mostly in the normal  or, at least, the target ranges; however the uric acid was elevated.  Symptoms of edema (swelling of my feet) and neuropathy (painful tingling in my feet) persist but are less painful lately; and they don't feel like gout which is usually a symptom of high uric acid.  So, in addition to keeping my glucose levels lower and taking a diuretic (water pill), I have been eating fresh Bing cherries these past few days.

    I'm still kept busy with counseling and taxi-cab ministries for my band of "misfits."   And this, plus the high humidity during June, has kept me away from bass fishing on Rockville Lake.  But TODAY -- with an expected high temperature of about 70 degrees -- may be the day to change that!

    Had two picnic visits with family members these past two Saturdays, and have another one planned this coming Saturday the Fourth of July.

    May the Lord bless y'all richly,

    Jerry

Thursday, 11 June 2009

  • Mid- June 2009

    Update time:
    I weigh 325#!!!  Up 125# from November, 2002 at my return to Parke County from Westville CC.  Since then I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and chest pains have prohibited the kind of vigorous physical exercise which used to keep me fit.  I am taking Metformin and insulin injections for glucose control, Simvastatin for choleterol control, Losartan and Terazosin for blood pressure control, Omeprazole (Prilosec) for Acid Reflux control, aspirin for blood thinning, Aleve for joint pain control and Cialis for sex life maintenance.  Too damned many pills!!  And even eating a healthy, 1800 calorie/day, mostly-vegetable diet hasn't kept my weight from increasing.  Soooo...  I have just lately begun to experiment with "Healthy Chocolate" products from Xocai; and I admit I already feel better, more inclined toward activity and less inclined toward being a couch potato; which prompted me to post this update.
    Of course, I regard these chocolates as merely a point of contact for healing by Jesus, much like the woman with the issue of blood used the hem of His garment to be healed. (See Luke 8: 43....)  I still teach the full gospel (Good News!) concerning my Best Friend Jesus the Christ Who is very much alive in me and in my life!  I have been waiting upon the Lord to guide me into the kinds of activities and/or investments which will improve my health.  And I believe He has brought these products -- and the local sister and brother in Christ who are selling them -- to my attention.
    Stay tuned.

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

  • Reprinted from http://www.jerusalemhill.net

    There was a time when I knew nothing of victorious living!  There was a time when others'
    misinterpretations of Scripture, adopted as my own, defeated me!

    Late evening,  October 29, 1999,  alone in the observation cell of the Parke County Jail,
    watched by the officer at the desk and by other strangers on surveillance TV, I am seeking
    God for an explanation!  I have done no wrong!  Why am I in jail?  Why are people
    accusing me of despicable acts!  And why are they permitted to twist my truthful
    explanations to fit their sick accusations!  Why can't they, or why won't they hear the truth!

    I pray Psalm 51, over and over.  Surely I must have committed some terrible sin since God
    is allowing this to happen to me.  I am very willing to confess and repent of it, Lord, if you
    will just let me understand what it is!  I want to continue as your faithful servant.

    A verse of scripture comes into my mind: "Abstain from every appearance of evil."  
    Suddenly I am plunged into defeat and despair!  Have I     prided myself in worshipping the
    Lord, not with public displays of piety but rather with practical, everyday Christian service,
    "caring for the fatherless?"

    Lord, have I sinned against You by disregarding what other people chose to suspect,
    chose to imagine, chose to believe and then to say about my ministry with foster children
    and children with special needs?

    This question motivated my actions over the next several months.  I then believed -- and
    still do believe -- that God spoke to me, instructing me     then  to "submit to the governing
    authorities."  I entered a guilty plea agreement rather than to argue my innocence before a
    jury of my neighbors.  And I was sentenced to prison for a crime I did not commit.

    But God did not leave me in ignorance for very long.  As I used     all my "free" time in jail and
    prison praying, studying and sharing God's Word, He began to shed His light on scripture
    after scripture after scripture, and filled my soul with understanding!  As free access to
    Bible College courses, materials and textbooks became more and more my reality, even
    in the noisy madness of jail and prison, I realized God was answering my prayers for His
    very best education to make me His more useful servant!

    There I learned what I want to say now, very clearly:

           God's Word does not tell us to abstain from every appearance of evil!   That is,
    unfortunately, the very poor translation we find in the King James Version of the Bible.  But
    a better translation of the original, Greek language is: "Abstain from every known
    form, kind, or fashion     of evil!" (1st Thessalonians 5:22 ) (See almost any better English
    translation.)

    James 1:27 not only commands us to care for those who are not being cared for but also
    to "keep ourselves unspotted and uncontaminated by the self-centered  and selfish world
    of unbelievers!"  Hey, those folks -- whether they claim to be Christians or not -- will     always
    see evil where there is none.  We have only to look at the actions of Christ, which almost
    never lined up with the expectations and traditions of the "religious" crowd, but without fail
    demonstrated God's genuine love and concern for those who needed it.   2nd Timothy 3:12
    says that "anyone who desires to live a godly life will be persecuted."  Certainly Jesus was.
     And James 4: 17 says: "Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to
    him it is a sin."  Isn't it true that very often the crowd will pressure us to not do the good we
    know in our hearts we should do?  Shall we be crowd pleaser's, or God pleaser's?  Are we
    willing to pay the price  -- Oh, Yes!  There is always a price! -- for doing good which may
    appear evil to someone?

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

  • Who am I? I am the one who...

      I am the one who hasn't posted here since December!!!  Been bummed out in the blog department.  So many things goin' on; yet just didn't feel the urge to write about them.

      I am the one who has been commanded by the Holy Spirit of God to tell my story.   BUT sometimes He tells me to write, and other times He tells me to just pay attention to the things He is doing in and around my life, and then write about them later.  Today is later.

      I was feeling sickly last time I posted.  Aches and pains.  Stuffed and/or runny nose.  Not much get-up-and-go.  But now it's Spring!  And I've been repairing the bass boat, servicing the cargo van and the yard tractor, picking up winter's debris from the yard.  Kinda feel recharged about my commitment to lose weight and keep my glucose under control, too.  My VA Nurse Practitioner prescribed a few new meds and some increased dosages in others.  Morbid obesity, diabetes, heart disease, allergies, get thee behind me!  (I think I hear bass ajumpin'.  And Helpmate seems a bit more frisky lately.)

      I am the one Holy Spirit brings other misfits to for counsel and teaching the Word, which always benefits me at least as much as it does them.  That traffic seems to be increasing with the nicer weather, too.  And I love these people, always showin' up just as breakfast, lunch or dinner is ready.  (I am the one who can cook!)

      I'm the one Holy Spirt has been teaching lately using a book, "12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me), Finding Grace to Live Unmasked" by John Fischer.  Wow!  This book has helped me rediscover the WONDER of God's grace and remember how totally futile it is to live self-righteously, a legalist, a moralist, a Pharisee!  This book has humbled me as I reconsider and ponder what God expects of me, His servant.  Liberation!!!

      Ah, Yes.  You wouldn't know it by my post thus far, but I am a political junky!  Over the years I have given up on "Republicanism,"  I am now a democratic socialist and totally excited about the hope stirred up by President Barack Obama.  Oh, don't ya know I am praying for that man, that he may be led by the Holy Spirit and pay attention to Him!

      New to my blog?  Or surprised to find me active again?  I am "Jerusalem" Hill.  I am the one; but I am NOT the One.  I am the one who would desire for you to come to know the One!  I am the one no longer called the Ol' Geezer; for there is just too much life in me now.  Spring!  And from now on!

Wednesday, 24 December 2008

onjerusalemhill

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    • Name: "Jerusalem"
    • Country: United States
    • State: Indiana
    • Metro: Terre Haute
    • Gender: Male
    • Member Since: 5/30/2006

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About Me

  • For years I prayed God would get me into His best Bible college! Suddenly, in 1999 He answered by allowing me to be sent to prison for a crime I most certainly did NOT commit. There the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ began to speak more intimately with me, educating me personally, just as He did in the early days with Peter, John and Paul, when they were prisoners! Glory to God! Therefore now I feel very blessed, recognizing I have been better-equipped than many of His other servants: grounded in His Word, Spirit filled, anointed to counsel, teach and write. The Lord has led me through and delivered me from many trials. At present, my trials include morbid obesity, heart disease and diabetes; and I am confident He will see me through these as well. If you have reached the age of personal accountability, I would enjoy beginning a conversation. More about me at http://www.jerusalemhill.net and 2nd Corinthians 3: 4, 5 and 6.

Pulse

  • I was wrongly and falsely accused of child molesting.  But God meant it for my good, and also for the good of others!  Read how.
  • Experiencing relationship with God continuously is victorious lliving!  I teach relationship with the Holy Spirit of Jesus.