This rocks my mind.......and knocks on my heart......and strengthens my soul.

So a couple nights ago I stumbled upon this passage during my nightly readings.....and I have continued to chew on it for three days. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. :)

Ezekiel 18

¹The word of the LORD came to me: ²"What do you^[a] mean^(A) by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel,^(B) 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge'? ^3(C) As I live, declares the Lord GOD,^(D) this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. ⁴Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine:^(E) the soul who sins shall die.

⁵"If a man is righteous and does^(F) what is just and right— ⁶if he^(G) does not eat upon the mountains or^(H) lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,^(I) does not defile his neighbor’s wife^(J) or approach^(K) a woman in her time of menstrual impurity, ^7(L) does not oppress anyone, but^(M) restores to the debtor his pledge,^(N) commits no robbery,^(O) gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, ^8(P) does not lend at interest^(Q) or take any profit,^[b] withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, ^9(R) walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous;^(S) he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁰"If he fathers a son who is violent,^(T) a shedder of blood, who does any of these things ¹¹(though he himself did none of these things),^(U) who even eats upon the mountains,^(V) defiles his neighbor’s wife, ¹²oppresses the poor and needy,^(W) commits robbery,^(X) does not restore the pledge,^(Y) lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, ^13(Z) lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die;^(AA) his blood shall be upon himself.

¹⁴"Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise: ¹⁵he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, ¹⁶does not oppress anyone,^(AB) exacts no pledge,^(AC) commits no robbery,^(AD) but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, ¹⁷withholds his hand from iniquity,^[c] takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules,^(AE) and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity;^(AF) he shall surely live. ¹⁸As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people,^(AG) behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

¹⁹"Yet you say,^(AH) 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done^(AI) what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes,^(AJ) he shall surely live. ^20(AK) The soul who sins shall die.^(AL) The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son.^(AM) The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself,^(AN) and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

^21(AO) "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does^(AP) what is just and right,^(AQ) he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^22(AR) None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. ^23(AS) Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? ^24(AT) But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live?^(AU) None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for^(AV) the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

^25(AW) "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? ^26(AX) When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷Again,^(AY) when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

³⁰"Therefore^(AZ) I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD.^(BA) Repent and turn from all your transgressions,^(BB) lest iniquity be your ruin.^{[d] 31(BC)} Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and^(BD) make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!^(BE) Why will you die, O house of Israel? ^32(BF) For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD;^(BG) so turn, and live."

The acid aftermath....

Monday I met (again) with the PS. This time I got subjected to 100% TCA (pure acid) in four spots. OUCH! Hoping that it helps. So, I was off work yesterday and got off early today. (See, there IS sunshine behind every cloud!). It does not look too bad.....but I do have it slathered in Neosporin.......yum. We have changed our game plan and am going to do a full deep chemical peel (less cost prohibitive). Reason being that I can always do another......and he would prefer to only subject me to dermabrasion once. So- I will go back this upcoming Monday for a recheck and to schedule the full face peel. I will hold off on pictures right now.......figure they will be more impressive when the whole face looks like a burn patient....rather than the four spots. The fun continues.............

As for the Makers Diet.....still going well! I am pretty accustomed to the grazing on veggies and fruits. Strawberries are my buddies! Red peppers are not my buddies. :) I do miss cheese......really really miss cheese. I am over the bread fascination.......but I don't know if I will ever be cured of the cheese addiction.

So, my glorious three readers......how is that for excitement?

Oh- Aunt J! YOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO! Do I need to send out an APB for you being apparently missing from the blog world?

Hugs......

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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

3 weeks......

Today marks day 21 of the makers.......highlights so far:
1. I no longer want to rip bread out of peoples hands and devour it. Same goes for chocolate. AMEN!
2. I have lost 7 lbs. (WHOA!)
3. I have only cheated once: Super Bowl Sunday. Who wouldn't? I don't watch football- but went to a get together. Since it was a booze fest and junk food fest.....I indulged- in the junk food! Buffalo wings...a cupcake....and a piece of the BEST cake from the Sweetery. Tho I did eat salad too! Oh- I forgot to mention a couple of deviled eggs too!!!!!
4. I now sleep in comas. I hit the pillow and I am in lala land for 8 hours. I guess getting all the food injected with hormones, preservatives, antibiotics etc etc really does affect ya!
5. I am testing being off the Crohn's meds. So far- so good.


I still have not gotten used to the goats milk. I LOVE the cheese, but the milk is a bit ummmmm different.

And...the Buffettmeister is home.....

So......a recap of Buff's excitement.....

-Dropped off at 7:30 at vet. He is never a happy camper there. Ever. He growled at the receptionist and tried to hide from the vet tech......behind me. So, I got to go with him to the back. We stopped at the scale and he refused to get on. I picked his 63 lb arse up and placed him on scale.

- He still refused to go with tech. So, I got the fun duty of having to take him in back to the kennel area. I felt like a turd leaving him............The tech promised to call me (on my cell) as soon as they were done so I would know he was ok. (Border Collies are known to have anesthesia probs).

-At 11:30 the home phone rings. Caller ID says "Magnolia Veterinary". In panic mode I answer. On the line is the DOCTOR.....who is stumbling on his words. FULL PANIC MODE. Once he finally spit it out (or I quit freaking out) he says he has a fractured tooth. I give the A-OK to extract.

-At 1:00, my cell rings. Its the tech. He did very well....but was under for more than two hours so they want to keep him longer.

-I call at three.....and they say he is cleared to go.

-Upon arriving, the receptionist (a different one from this morning) heads in back to get my boy. She comes back out and says I need to get him. So.....I go back to place I deserted him earlier. Another tech is there and walks in first and I can hear him growling. Once he heard my voice....the growling stopped.....and the whining began. They have me open the kennel and get him out......and then I am sent with whining/growling/shaking dog to wait to talk to the doc.

-Fast forward thirty mins....Buffett manages to crawl all 63lbs of black hair ball onto my lap as we sit on a super uncomfortable bench. He growls at every soul that walks by. Every single person. I continue apologizing profusely with the "I swear he is only like this here" record playing over and over and over.

-FINALLY at 4:30 the doc comes to see us. Buffett is truely not a fan. I had to lift cheeks up so the doc could show me the extraction site. Evidently, Buff was quite snappy with him at some point during the day....I guess the doc wanted to keep his fingers intact.

-Poor Buff is finally now home. And he is miserable. And still kinda sedated. And whiny. Bless his heart.

Lessons from today:

1. Everyone was shocked to see him curled up on my lap as we waited. A couple different people made comments about "thats quite the lap dog" and the sort. Buffetts answer was always a growl. My take? He is not limited to conform to what the standard accepted norm is.

2. When miserable, he just wants his mom.

3. Even though he was in uncomfortable surroundings, in an uncomfortable surrounding....and I PUT HIM THERE....he still loves and forgives me.

How many parallels can be drawn from this?

(He is now snoring LOUDLY next to me)

Until next time.....

Day 8......

1.I really-really- really cheated last night......and it was SOOOOOOO good! I am back on the food wagon now though.
2. Buffett got his teeth cleaned today. In the middle of it, the Vet called to tell/ask me about pulling one of his back molars. Evidently, he cracked it. So......once he is out of his anesthesia daze I can pick him up...minus his tooth! Poor Boy.
3. I really don't enjoy the Super Bowl and my attention span was too short to enjoy the commercials. After all, there was food! Carb laden, calorie packed, processed glorious food. What Game?