Ways to Protect Your Child from Bunk Bed Accidents and Injury At Home

Bunk beds are frequently used as a child's first regular bed after the child outgrows a crib. Some bunk beds also are used separately as twin beds for older children and even adults. Every year, thousands of children receive treatment for injuries associated with bunk beds. Most of these injuries are fairly minor and occur when children fall from the beds. But there are other less obvious yet potentially very serious hazards associated with bunk bed structures that have entrapped children and resulted in suffocation or deaths.

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1. Head Entrapment under Bunk Bed Guard Rails.

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This can cause death to young children. To reduce the risk of your child slipping feet first into the space between the lower edge of a guardrail and the top surface of the mattress never allow children under 6 years-old on the upper bunk. Also close the space between the lower edge of the guardrail and upper edge of the bed frame to 3-1/2 inches or less.

2. Falling Mattresses or Foundations Can Cause Injury or Even Kill A Small Child.

Mattresses or foundations resting only on ledges need cross wires, or other means of support to help prevent dislodgement, even when beds are not stacked. Securely fasten supports to ledges of both beds with screws or bolts. Supports can be provided by wood slats, metal straps or sturdy wires. Be sure crossties are under the mattress foundation of each bed and that they are secured in place even if bunks are used as twin beds. Fasten additional cross ties underneath the mattress foundation of both beds.

3. Using the Wrong Size Mattress Can Cause Injury or Even Death

Strangulation deaths can occur if a child falls through an opening created between the mattress and headboard or footboard when a regular length mattress is used in an extra long bed frame. Choose a mattress that correctly fits your bed.

4. Use of the Bed without Rails on Both Sides

Death or injury may occur if a very young child rolls off the bed and becomes entrapped between the wall and the side of the bed not having a guardrail. This hazard is not unique to bunk beds. Regular beds can present the same hazard. Always use two side guardrails on the upper bunk. Keep guardrails securely in place at all times no matter what the age of the child. Children move about during sleep and may roll out of bed.

5. Playing Around Bed Furniture Frequently Contributes To Accidents.

Teach children that rough play is unsafe around and on beds and other furniture. Emphasize to children to use the ladder and not chairs or other pieces of furniture to climb into or out of the top bunk.

6. Metal Bunk Beds

To help avoid bunk bed collapse, inspect all mattress support fin tabs and pockets for breaks or cracks in the metal and welds. The fin tabs are inserted into pockets located near each of the bed's eight corners. Stop using damaged beds as bunks and contact the manufacturer or importer for repair or replacement.

Ways to Protect Your Child from Bunk Bed Accidents and Injury At Home

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An Answer To The Problem Of Evil - If God Is Good, Why So Much Evil?

"Look, don't give me such rubbish - in one breath you tell me God is all powerful and merciful, holding the universe together, counting the hairs on our heads, and knowing when a sparrow falls to the ground, and then you admit millions of people are starving, families washed away by tsunamis, blasted by cyclones, children and pregnant women crushed under rubble in earthquakes and buried in mudslides. So, now I've heard it all, and I'm angry that nothing about a God of love makes sense!"

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Yes, there is little doubt that for many serious people, "the problem of evil", as it is often called, presents an insurmountable obstacle to accept the love of God. So, is there an answer at all? Do we heap up a pile of abstruse philosophical meanderings over the problem? No - no one really needs that sort of "help".
Instead, here are three propositions, each based on the truths of Scripture, without which there is no answer:

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ONE: GOD IS FAR BETTER THAN WE CAN COMPREHEND: God, the living, Personal God who has revealed himself in the Bible is perfectly, eternally good in all his perfections, his purposes and his way of dealing with evil, and he is infinite in power. He did not instigate the open rebellion of Satan; God has not been caught off guard; Satan is personally responsible, and will pay in judgement.

TWO: EVIL IS MORE SERIOUS THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT: but it is an abnormal state and one day it will all be sorted. Satan, the heavenly being who started the original rebellion against God will soon pay eternally for his anarchy. Evil has spoiled humanity and the world - it is all now under the just sentence of bondage to corruption.

And awful things do happen; you are right. Why do we think bad things are awful? Because we have been created with a moral sense of right and wrong. We definitely don't like terrible things happening. Yes, they really are terrible, and remind us that the Fall in Genesis and its continuing effects are also terrible. We have inherited morally fallen natures and a seriously spoiled world - don't underestimate the serious nature of it.

What we call "accidents" do happen. Things like when a tower fell on people crushing them to death that Jesus used as a lesson to warn people, that those who were crushed were not worse than anyone else, and that we all must repent (see New Testament, Luke 13:4-5). So, you too must turn away from thinking you're entitled to call God to account for the failure to control his world!

THREE: THE WORST INJUSTICE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO THE BEST PERSON: So, you reckon all the bad things that happen call God's love and goodness into question, as if he must be blamed for it all? If you do, you're making an appalling misjudgement. In fact, God has been amazingly lenient, for he could have consigned all to eternal judgement. That would vindicate his justice and uphold his moral integrity for ever.

But, instead he did something else that you need to consider. God, in the person of his eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, came on a rescue mission to rescue the undeserving rebels. To do this he willingly exposed himself to the worst thing that has ever happened - the murderous, crucifixion of the sinless Son of God, the Creator of all things, by some of the rebels! Jesus gave himself in loving humility to endure the full penalty of our rebellion. This is the greatest proof of his grace - his totally undeserved favour.

The worst injustice has already happened to the Son of God, when he died upon the cross! The greatest love has already been demonstrated, when Christ, the Son whom the Father loves, gave himself up into the condemnation that his enemies deserved. He paid the price they deserved! Out of the riches of his mercy and love, he used their vile deed against himself (for which those involved were wholly responsible) to accomplish his purpose.

God immersed himself into the centre of the "problem of evil" in order to set the record straight and to begin his perfect new creation - he began that with raising Jesus from the dead, eternally incorruptible. He has already turned the worst injustice into the most morally perfect vindication - Jesus is alive for evermore!

Now, I hope you are left with your apparently insurmountable objection to the injustice of why such bad things happen completely collapsed before the vastly greater evidences of the justice, goodness and mercy of God. Now, with all respect, your old arguments really don't have a leg to stand on. Besides, all outstanding issues, and there are many, will be settled on Judgement Day.

In consequence, I suggest the only reasonable thing for you to do is to throw out your false verdict, and accept God's verdict. That all who turn from their "misjudgements" and sin and put confident trust in Christ receive full forgiveness; they receive the final verdict of being justified freely by his grace as a gift.
In light of this, the "problem of evil" becomes the "solution of the Saviour". And such astonishing grace for such rebels as we is the far greater wonder than all of the bad things put together in the whole of time!

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Materials Used in Organic Crib Mattresses

Organic crib mattresses are commonly made of cotton on both the inside and outside, but other materials are used, as well. The purpose of an organic crib mattress for a baby is to make the environment free of chemicals. With cotton in particular, a long list of synthetic pesticides are used in growing the plant and making fabric, but cotton isn't the only material in a mattress that uses chemicals. Most baby mattresses have some kind of leak guard or mattress pad, and this material is often made from PVC or another synthetic rubber-like material using phthalates or plasticizers. Options for replacing PVC and vinyl include organic rubber or food-grade polyethylene. Whether natural or organic, either material, when incorporated into organic crib mattresses, uses fewer chemicals but is just as effective in guarding against leaks.

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Organic rubber is one material used for many organic crib mattresses. This material typically comes from rubber trees in Malaysia and forms the core of various baby mattresses, with one of the more prominent brands of rubber organic crib mattresses being Pure Rest. While soda ash is added to the rubber mixture to give it a more porous texture, the rubber itself protects against leaks, as well as any parasites or bed bugs that can find their way into a child's mattress.

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But, as rubber mattresses run slightly higher in price than organic cotton, leak protection for cotton crib mattresses is often done by another material. While PVC or vinyl is used as a leak guard in these instances, food-grade polyethylene is incorporated instead. Although not an organic material, food-grade polyethylene falls under the category of "natural."

Organic or natural wool is another material found in various organic crib mattresses. Whether a cotton or a rubber mattress, organic wool is often used for its fire retardant properties. While an ordinary cotton or rubber mattress may be treated with chemicals to be fire retardant, the natural properties of wool allow it to act as a barrier instead.

As the purpose of organic crib mattresses is creating a chemical-free product, makers like Naturepedic and Pure Rest, as well as others, get creative when designing a natural or organic product. But, regardless of whether the mattress core or organic cotton or rubber, all parts of one of these organic mattresses come from organically-grown or natural sources.

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When to Start Buying Baby Clothing and Accessories

You may want to shop for baby clothing and accessories well in advance. Preferably, you should start shopping for baby clothing and accessories about two months before you expect the baby to arrive. New parents should keep in mind that they are never alone in making preparations for this wonderful event, there are and will be, family members; Aunts,Uncles and the Grandparents who will also be making arrangements for the new arrival. So when shopping and arranging what you would like for your baby remember to include those loved ones dearest to you so as they to can provide necessary clothes and accessories and the most important ingredient, lots of love.. Remember that two months is ideal because it's not too soon and not very last-minute.

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If you are the expectant mother, you may want see to it that everything is in place a couple of months before you give birth. Many new parents tend to gather most of their needs for the baby as they go through the pregancy. Nine months to an expectant mother seems to go along rather slowly especially more so towards the latter months, this is to be expected as the mother to be gets larger as her baby grows and she can become more easily tired therefore if most of your shopping can done in the early stages of your third trimester then there are only the incidentals to shop for towards the heavier months. Preparation for the new arrival is vital as time can fly and it is never good to be caught off guard.

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Another reason for preparing earlier is the avoidance of Stress. Stress is of no advantage to either the mum to be or her baby so to avoid this prepare early and then enjoy this wonderful miracle that is about to happen. Even if this is your second, third, fourth or more baby it is unique every time, just as special and truly a miracle.

Getting the Right Baby Clothing and Accessories

Although there are some women who would not want the ultrasound to determine the gender of their baby, there are many women who would like to have one for practical purposes. Most women have ultrasounds to determine the health and position of the baby in the womb and to assure not only the parents-to-be that all is okay but the doctors and nurses usually like to know these things as well. So, with that in mind, to choose the right accessories it may well be desirable to know the gender of your baby.

Remember when choosing your babies accessories that your baby will grow and in time you will have a toddler then a child who will also be needing a room etc. So therefore, it can be advisable to choose with that in mind then your baby can grow with your theme thereby making your life much more enjoyable and easy. Of course if this is your second or third or more baby then you already have the ideas and know what works and what does not. When choosing any baby equipment, clothing or accessories, the first priority is always safety; then function, then design and finally color and fabric if required. You have nine months to just on ten months to plan so shop around and most of all enjoy the experience. A sun hat if it's very hot and sunny.

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Prayer and Holy Water - The Reason and the Force Behind Them

Will prayer and holy water work for you? I have asked myself the same question so many times in the past, that I got tired of asking. I simply went for it many years ago, and I 'let the chips fall where they may.' When you have some belief, or absolutely no belief in prayer and holy water, that's okay! I had to develop my belief in both by the process of 'walking on faith and not by sight'-- to paraphrase the words of the apostle St. Paul. Others may be coming to terms with their religion of birth; or are currently in the process of finding themselves through meditation and spirituality; and perhaps the use of prayer, and especially holy water, is a new concept. Hopefully, this article will bring to light a new perspective on both subjects which may serve you in your life.

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Belief in praying just doesn't come over night; but in due course it will manifest itself through your actions, and by the results that you will obtain. Prayers alone will require your devotion to them on a regular basis. With holy water your objective is to try it out. Your belief in its inherent power to heal, bless and to protect will become clear over a period of time. Your faith in holy water will grow to the point that you will discuss it with family and friends; and confidently never fail to use it for the blessing and the safeguarding of your loved ones--even your house, your pets and the vehicles that you drive, if you want to.

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I always say that life is not to be played around with, and especially when children are involved. We want to take care of them and watch over them as much as possible; but sometimes we can't always be there for them at every second of the day. Our best alternative is to hand them over to God for his safekeeping; while they live their lives from infancy, and right on to old age.

Just the other day, I was walking back to my Explorer after getting a coffee at Starbucks near where I live. I thought I saw my trunk door wide open, but it turned out to be the SUV next to mine in the parking lot. I greeted the lady owner, who happened to be loading the trunk of her SUV with groceries from the supermarket. She had a little girl with her; and when I looked at her she appeared not to be feeling well. I found the little girl a bit sad, but maybe because it was still early in the morning. I asked her mom, who appeared friendly and talkative. She went on to explain to me that her youngest daughter--the little girl's sister--had just recently passed away. I asked how old was the girl, and she said nineteen months-old. Just a baby!

The tiny tot crawled to the swimming pool, right from the family room where she was left sitting on a sofa, and the gate was open on the guard-fence. In that short span of time, while her mom was retrieving the groceries from her SUV, the child was gone forever. She drowned, and no one could bring her back to life. That precious child became an organ donor to three families. Her very short life was not lived in vain.

1) Why do we need to pray?

My story of the infant is a very sad but true incident. We pray so that we allow for God to take over our lives, and especially that of our loved ones. We simply can't control all events, elements, and those tragic moments that can easily occur in a flash. God is the only one that can provide divine intervention to save a life. We also pray so that parents who lose their children can find solace in knowing that their loved ones are now in the arms of God.

People sometimes take the attitude that: "What the heck, we're going to die anyway someday!" Yes, that's true, but I don't see too many people rushing to get to heaven! We know it is paradise, according to the Scriptures, but living on Earth is also paradise, if we choose to make it so. A life is such a short-term event, that even if we can live to be one hundred years-old, it's still not long enough for some people, especially if they are having a wonderful time. It's the body that gives up functioning, either from disease or old age, not the spirit. No one wants to go prematurely, so we pray for health, a happy life, and a long life.

You may be someone who truly doesn't believe in praying; and you probably have no notion of what holy water can do for you. Then let me help you with more facts and events on the magnificent powers of prayer and holy water.

2) Why it is important to sprinkle holy water on people and personal vehicles

My youngest son was on I95, a major highway that extends the entire East Coast of the U.S. It is one of the busiest highways, and most dangerous also, especially when it rains. A few months back while he was driving his Jeep Cherokee back from work one evening, a tire blew up, and his truck careened across the highway totally out-of-control. It was a rainy night. One car driving at 70 mph avoided hitting him, and that car went off the highway into a ravine, and it flipped over a few times before landing upside down. Another vehicle was able to slow down and still hit the Jeep, but with less force and impact. My son survived the accident, and so did the other parties. His Jeep was blessed with holy water a few years back; and I bless him via his photo on my laptop every day by signing the cross over his face with holy water.

3) The effective use of holy water for injuries--even for the eyes

I mountain bike regularly, and last month I got into a serious spin right on the trail. I went flying in mid-air onto bushes, rocks, small tree branches and lake water. Anything lives in those waters; including moccasin snakes, alligators, iguanas, and other critters. No one was around to help me out. I extricated myself from the spot that I was tangled in, and got right back on the trail. It took me a good thirty minutes to do so. When I returned to my Explorer, my left eye was red as a cherry. I must have poked it with a branch. For the next seven days I tried washing it with running water, using eye drops and putting antibiotic cream. Every thing that I tried putting on irritated my eye, and nothing seemed to work. I was also beginning to get severe headaches; probably from straining my eyes. By the eight day, I resorted to my 'holy water treatment' and the eye cured itself in exactly three days of its use. Now, when my eyes are tired, I place holy water on the eyelids, and not inside the eye. Remember, dab holy water on the upper and lower eyelids of both eyes, whenever you need to.

4) Praying and waiting for answers. How long does it take?

We all pray and wait for answers, and sometimes we get frustrated for lack of success. In fact, many despair and forget to follow-up with their prayers. I have prayed for many requests in my life, and few have ever been answered. Why is that? Maybe the requests weren't that urgent or important, but I made them anyway. Other times, I have prayed for something, only to get my answer weeks, and sometimes months later.

I have compared prayers answered to a faucet which is slowly opened in heaven; and one drop after another painful drop falls onto a glass. Days and weeks may go by and we see no results at all. And then one day, the glass is full of water, meaning: the prayer has been answered. Where is the petitioner when prayers are answered? He is no longer around, for he has given up on prayer; saying out-loud, prayer just doesn't work for me! So he goes thirsty; in the meanwhile, the glass is brimming with water and he's holding it right in his hand.

God is the only one that controls the flow of the water, and only He holds the 'handle to the faucet.' It is His will that measures the speed that the water will pour from the faucet onto the waiting glass of the petitioner. Our job is to be patient and wait faithfully. Here is where faith in God goes a long, long way.

I know that this explanation might seem very simplistic to many--or even dumb for that matter; but to me it explains many questions in my mind. Believing that prayers are answered is one of our greatest struggles in life. I know, for I went through a lot of praying to come to the conclusion that they are in fact answered, but not according to our timing, but instead to God's own schedule. We can't rush Him, and neither can we push Him. That's why He is God!

5) The reason and the force behind prayer and holy water

Does God determine the day and the hour that we will die? You may want to ask this question of clergy, and see what the correct answer is. I prefer to believe that God leaves that issue alone; and instead, He allows the natural course of events and unknown circumstances here on Earth to determine the time of our death.

I also believe that God knows everything about us at all moments of the day and night. However, I feel that although He knows when we are going to die, He doesn't point His finger at anyone individually on a day to day basis, and says, "All right, today is your day, tomorrow is going to be yours, and this is the way that it will be done." Many people would agree with that statement, including clergy that I know in my church, but I certainly don't.

I think that God leaves us alone to live our lives; therefore, leaving us subject to the risks and the dangers of the natural elements, e.g., thunderstorms, rain, snow, and many other extraordinary possibilities that we face every day. It is the inherent price that we pay for being members of the human race. No ifs, ands or buts about it!

Give you an example: not too long ago a neighbor of mine mentioned to me the recent accidental death of a doctor friend of hers crossing Brickell Ave. in Miami, Florida. He was going to lunch with his other doctor friends; and he happened to step first onto the pedestrian crosswalk. He was struck by a pick-up truck that missed the red light; and the driver hit him with full force and at high speed. The doctor might have looked to his left before crossing, but he failed to anticipate the incoming truck not stopping at all. The doctor was killed instantly.

I mentioned the incident with the nineteen month-old infant for a reason. Absolutely no one was around and available to save her life at the moment that she fell in the pool. Sadly, her parents will have to live through that tragedy for the rest of their lives. But I feel the pain more deeply for the mother, who will forever think that she could have done something to save her child's life; either by having been more careful or watchful.

Here's my point: If, like some people believe, God determines the day and the hour that we will die--by whatever method He chooses our death--is it fair that an innocent baby dies by accident, and then be literally taken away from her parents, knowing full well the horrible loss and unbearable pain that her death would bring to the family? Would God do this on purpose? Why, in order to avoid that child further pain later on in her life--had the drowning never occurred?

What about the doctor who was killed by the truck? He was forty years-old, and at the prime of his life and career, married with family. I don't think that God can be so cruel to have taken his life; and not be concerned and feel compassion for his family of the terrible grief and sorrow that this act would rein upon them! Did God design the fatal accident by making the doctor alone cross the street ahead of his colleagues?

We are taught to believe that God is a God of love; and by being cruel, unfair and unjust to His children, He is not the God that I have lived all these years to believe in. On the other hand, if God leaves all of His children to chance, and to face life with all its elements--which is what I prefer to believe in; then we need to pray to Him to give us protection, because in reality we have no one else with the power to do it for us. He is the One that can intervene to save a life, and only if He wishes to do so. Therein lies the reason and the force behind prayer and holy water. We didn't create these two elements--they were created by God for us to be used at our liberty.

The reason for using prayer is to open and maintain a line of communication with our creator, and that's God. That line is there for us to ask Him to spare a life, our own if needed, protect the children from accidents, cure the sick, and bring relief when we are feeling down. The force behind it is in our degree of conviction, faith and commitment to stick with our petitions; and not walk away while the prayer or prayers are in the process of being considered.

Are prayers answered after all? Yes, definitely, all prayers are answered with a Yes, No, or Later! I know this for a fact because I have made hundreds of petitions over the years praying to God, and few of my prayers have ever been answered. However, allow me to clarify myself; the prayers that were indeed answered were the most important ones of all. The rest didn't really matter, because they were either deemed irrelevant, or I just forgot what I asked for. Perhaps heaven did the same also, probably for my own benefit.

It is of major importance that we don't underestimate the power of prayer to deliver, and for holy water to produce results. I have discussed this subject many times in my previous articles, and it is critical that we ask God to take care of us; but most importantly, our loved ones. God hears, and God delivers. Holy water will not be wasted on you and your loved ones if you decide to use it. Believe in the force and the power behind prayers; and have faith that holy water does what it is intended to do, and that is: to bless, to heal and to protect you and your loved ones, while you and they go about your daily lives.

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Blessings - Why You May Not Be Blessed

God has some amazing blessing prepared for your life. Yet "many are called; and few are chosen" (Matthew 20:16). We therefore must endeavor to walk upright before God (Psalm 84:11) so we can fully apprehend and partake of what God has for us (Philippians 3:12). No good thing does God withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11). If therefore you feel that things are being withheld from your life, perhaps there is a reason for that.

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Ephesians 4:1: "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that yououwalk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called."

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Colossians 1:10: "That you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God."

1 Thessalonians 2:12: "That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto His kingdom and glory."

Even the great apostle Paul knew the necessity of walking worthy of the heavenly calling without which he too would not get the "fullness of the blessing of Christ" (Romans 15:19,29).

Romans 8:11-19,26-39:

11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

As you know Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords, God most high, the Creator of heaven and earth, and governor over the affairs of men. His kingdom authority is accessible and available for "whosoever will." Yet to have authority, you must first submit to authority. What you come under determines what you will go over in life. Who and what you submit your life to, will determine what spirit you walk in throughout your life. God will bless or judge you accordingly based on that decision (Hosea 4:9).

Many pray for God to consume their life and fill them with His fire, but forget God's fire only consumes the sacrifice. If we do not surrender our lives and kneel at the altar, put our stuff on the altar, there will be no sacrifice for Almighty God to consume with His fire. Many whom we compare ourselves to and wonder why they have something in God and we do not is because they have made sacrifices we have not made. They have pursued God in ways we have not done so. Nevertheless God is no respecter of persons and if we also go after God wholeheartedly and submit to His ruler and Lordship in our life (Acts 10:34), we too can have the blessings they are experiencing.

In regard to God's rule and Lordship, He works through delegated authority (Psalm 133), which flows from the head (Christ) down through His church. In the home your God-given authority is your husband (Ephesians 5). Therefore if you are not hearing God, perhaps it is because you are not hearing and hearkening to God in and through your Pastor and husband. Children receive from God often through their parents.

If you regard iniquity in your heart, the Lord will not hear you when you pray (Psalm 66:18). You say, what "iniquity" do I have? Your rebellion toward your husband and against your parents is stubbornness. If you question everything your Pastor says and does, you very likely are in rebellion to your spiritual authority.

Samuel 15:23: "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you...

When you reject the word of the Lord, be it from your Pastor, husband, or parents you forsake the very blessing, position, and promotion God has for you. When you defy and hate God's delegated authority in your own heart and oppose them inwardly, you in actuality oppose yourself. You may obey outwardly, but inwardly hate and devour people with your thoughts.

Often we have been obedient, but not willing. This is why the blessing of the Lord has not come abundantly to you because our heart is wrong. It's all outward show without the full purity of heart. At times you express purity of heart, but often this is short lived as you revert back to your old ways, stubborn self, self-willed mindset, stiff-necked attitude, and inner rebellion.

Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness (Isaiah 59:1-3).

Don't be concerned with others. Take the mirror of the Word of God and look at yourself. Fix yourself where necessary and deal aggressively with your own flaws before being quick to point to other people.

Isaiah 58:8-10 (KJV):

8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.

9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

We all want to hear from God, but sometimes these here in Isaiah 58 are some of the main reasons God does not speak to us.

1.Because you like to point fingers at others (v.9, KJV).

2.You compare yourself with others and speak vanity (v. 9, KJV)

3.You speak false and harshly (v. 9, Amplified below)

The Amplified Bible provides a better more detailed translation saying:

Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here I am. If you take away from your midst yokes of oppression [wherever you find them], the finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and every form of false, harsh, unjust, and wicked speaking, and if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday (Isaiah 58:8-10, Amplified Bible).

Be encouraged. Even Peter the apostle struggled with comparing himself with the apostle John. See below:

Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is going to betray you?"). When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord, what about him?" Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me." (John 21:20-22)

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:38-42)

Be not deceived as God "knows the thoughts and intents of the heart' (Hebrews 4:12). God will not promote, nor exalt rebellion. Why should God bless and speak to you when you will not hear from your husband, which He has given you. How can you respect God who you cannot see, if you cannot respect your husband who you can see (1John 4:20)? The same goes for your Pastor and parents. If you cannot listen to them with an open heart, how do you expect to receive from God in heaven?

Sarah is the mother of faith. She so trusted Abraham that she even called him "lord" fully trusting and submitting to him.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered (1 Peter 3:5-7, King James Version).

"If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (John 4:20)

Similarly if you cannot submit to God's delegated authority who you can see, how than shall you submit and obey God in heaven you cannot see?

"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8).

The beatitudes are precisely that - attitudes God wants us to have so we can be blessed and live happy lives.

You attitude determines your altitude. Sometimes God closes doors for a reason. One being to work on your heart and foundation within.

Psalm 11:3: "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

God is more interested in our heart, which is the wellspring of life and life's foundation (Proverbs 4:23). God is more interested in your redemption and transformation that your personal comfort. Therefore God leads us through the wilderness to test our hearts, to see what is in us (Deuteronomy 8:2).

Proverbs 4:23: "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."

Isaiah 1:19: "If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land."

Obedience is not enough. You must also be willing and heartfelt. Otherwise your inner defiance and rebellion shall eventually surface, show your heart for what it is, and trip you up as you try to go forward in God.

In regard to your sin, confessing it is not enough. You must confess and forsake your sins (Proverbs 28:13), not revert back to them repeatedly. You must pray to God to strengthen you knowing that "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:41).

Matthew 26:41: "Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Jesus said: "He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God" (John 8:47).

Therefore we must maintain tender hearts to be quick to hear and slow to speak (James 1:19)

If all you do is speak and never listen, your religion is in vain (James 1:26).

Proverbs 16:22 says: "Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly."

Humbly embrace understanding and grow in knowledge and grace. As you know love is patient. God is love. Endeavor to be more like God by showing patience for people, including your husband, parents and Pastor.

Do not think to speak to correct others unless you yourself are willing to allow the sword of the Spirit to go through your own life. The sword cuts both ways (Hebrews 4:12). As you embrace the word of the Lord and allow the Holy Spirit to do a work within your own heart, adjusting you within, and correcting and conforming you to image and stature of Christ, then you yourself will be more skillful and sympathetic in ministry when you speak the word to others (Joshua 5:2). God never comes with the butcher's knife to people, He comes with the surgeon's knife to gently and precisely deal with disease, infection, poisonous and cancers matters within that might contaminate and spread. Jesus is full of grace and truth (John 1:14)

"You must take up your cross and deny yourself (Matthew 16:23). As you seek first the kingdom of God and lay down your agenda (Matthew 6:33); God will graciously provide that which is needful to you and satisfy your wants. First things first however.

You must learn to seek God the Father's heart not merely His hand. When you only concern yourself with things and become covetous, you always miss the blessing of God.

Exodus 20:17 says: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

Luke 12:15 says: "And He said unto them, 'Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.'"

1 Timothy 6:5-7 (King James Version) says:

5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Luke 16:15 says: "And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."

Fall on the rock of Jesus and humbly ask the Lord to change you. Otherwise life's circumstances shall continue to come unto you as the Lord endeavors to break you and accomplish His will in your life.

Matthew 21:43-44 (King James Version) says:

43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Psalm 34:18 says: "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

Psalm 51:17 says: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

Humble yourself and God will lift you up in due time as you embrace the process of change.

James 4:6-8 (King James Version)

6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Malachi 3:6: "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

Psalm 55:19: "God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God."

It is either change or chains!

Hebrews 12:7-9 (King James Version):

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Love rejoices in the truth. Even in the discipline of your heavenly Father there is love. God loves you unconditionally. Yet He loves you enough to not leave you as you are. The blessings of God are conditional upon your obedience and being willing. Only you can develop obedience and willingness in your own heart.

Isaiah 1:19: "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land."

The choice is yours. You can submit to God, embrace the cross, deny yourself, yield to the Holy Spirit, cultivate a willingness and obedient lifestyle and be exceedingly blessed.

OR

You can remain bitter, arrogant, self-centered, live for yourself, be cursed and miserable the rest of your life.

Deuteronomy 30:19: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live."

Blessings - Why You May Not Be Blessed

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