Yet another reason for our expensive medical care, is medical insurance and government programs. Why would that be the case? Two reasons.  One, whenever an insurance company or government entity is involved, there is a lot of paper work to be done. This paper work means that additional personel have to be hired to process the paperwork. This cost is reflected in the cost of care. Another problem that accompanies government and insurance provide care, is fraud. There are always those who will scheme to jack up the costs, or even bill for services that are never provided, sometimes for patients that do not even exist.

There is yet another reason that healthcare costs go up with a government or insurance system. When people feel that they will not be charged anything if the visit the physician, they are more likely to go to the physician, for minor maladies like the common cold.
As anecdotal evidence of how much money is saved when one pays for ones medical cost out of pocket at the time of need, I have recently had some medical expenses to deal with, as an uninsured and unemployed person who pays for his own expenses directly.
In the last year, my three daughters needed dental extraction of impacted wisdom teeth. Our usual local dentist recommended an oral surgeon. We called the office after he received the xrays, to discuss what these procedures would cost. The bill for the three girls, would be about $4500 dollars. That was a bit out of my price range. A few phone calls to lok for alternative solutions, and we ended up a a univeristy dental school, the bill there was $946 dollars, a savings of $3554, or almost 80%. If medical customers price shopped this way, medical intitutions would have to consider how to lower costs in order to attract business.
I went in for a checkup, and they were going to bill my insurance company $75, until I told them that I had no insurance, and I would pay cash, they lowered the bill to $37.
One of our daughters need to get a physical to go to a camp to volunteer, she shopped on the telephone, and found a clinic that gave her the physical fo $29.
What is the point? If Americans took more responsibility for their healthcare, instead of relying on work provided or government provided care, they would drive the overall cost of care down, through competition.
So, what else drives health care costs up? Quality of care does. Americans want a high standard of care, and they get it. While many may think that the quality of care is not good enough, the fact is that when you compare the outcome for specific maladies in the United States as compared with the rest of the world, we outperform other countries. Of people diagnosed with cancer, pneumonia, Aids, heart disease and others, the U.S. enjoys the longest survival after diagnoses of all countries. So, while we pay more here, we get more also.
If the U.S. adopts the sytems of other countries, and it ends up that our system works on a par with them, we will find, that we have to wait longer for appointments and treatments, sometimes months for life threating conditions. We will find our survivability rate lowered. There is a reason that patients for the U.K. and Canada come here for treatment, and that is because their own countries either deny it, or delay it dangerously. If the U.S. has such a system then, not only will our healt be in danger, but people in those other countries, will lose the option of having the safety of the backup system, that America now provides. These countries that many want us to copy, are living with the shortcomings of thier systems, and their newspapers have chronicled hundreds of hooro stories that result from their systems. Now, they are recognizing that they need to reform their systems, and work toward a more profit driven system.
People sometimes fail to consider, that the U.S. already has nationlized healthcare systems. Interview anyone who is stuck with the Vetarans Administration health care, or Medicare, or Medical, or the health care provided on Indian Reservations, and find out if they think the care is as good as outside the government system.

I have left a lot unsaid here, that is intentional. We can have healthcare reform, we can improve the system, without going to the nationalized system. We can be creative and make new models to help lower costs and improve quality, as well as make it more available, but we will have to get out of the idea that it is either the present system, or nationalize. The key to improvment, is more choices, competing, not limiting ourself to a government run system. Think about it, do you really want your healthcare controlled and decided by government beaurocrats, or are those decisions best left in the hands of the experts (healthcare professionals) and the patient (you)?

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I created this page for the purpose of making the blogs easier to use. If this is your first time visiting the blogs, you might be curious about what they are all about, so let’s start there.

The blogs were originally intended to give the Chat Administrators a place to record some of their thoughts, in the hopes that chatters could get to know us better, and more quickly. What the admins write about, is their choice, it could be about some personal experiences, or thoughts they have, or commentary on world events or results of personal Bible study, you never know what you will find here.

That last thought, is my main purpose on this page – making it easier to discover what exactly it is that you will find here, a table of contents, so to speak. I will get to that later.

For now, I want to tell you what to expect as you enter the blogs. As I said, the chat admins have the opportunity to maintain a blog in this area of Worthy. So do so, most do not. If you are a chat admin and want to blog here, send me a message and we will get you set up. For the rest of you, you can not blog here, but you can read the blogs of the admins, and comment on them at the end, if the author has enabled comments, most do.

When you read a blog there will be the words “no comments” or “add comments” or an areas saying how many comments exist. Clicking that, will bring you to the comment area. Also, at the bottom of the blog article, there is a “leave a reply function” – same thing. If you elect to comment, there is one thing you should know before you spent a lot of time typing out a response. Your comments are screened before they will show up.

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Comments are the only way we have of knowing that anyone is reading these blogs. If the admins are under the impression that few are reading the blogs, most likely the blogs will be few and far between. If you do not see your comment post on the site, and you followed the above guidelines – be patient, it can take some time for the comment to be read an approved.

O.K. Now, for the table of contents. This will be an ongoing work, and at times may be out of date, not showing the most recent blog installments. Even now, that is a problem, as I am out of time, but, I will return to create the contents, with links to the articles, and a short description of them.

Patience, is a fruit of the Spirit

This is not the type of thing I would normally blog on, but there seems to be a fair amount of chatter and mis-information about the new flu strain, happening in the chat rooms at worthychat. So, I have decided to put this information here, in order to have it readily available when the topic comes up.

Well, there are some things that people should consider before going nut or getting panicky. First of, this is not a pandemic at this time, it is pre-pandemic, and perhaps will be pandemic . . .

However, we have pandemics from time to time, and they are not always scary things, but they are cause for concern.

Here is what I think people should keep in mind as they hear the stories of death, that will likely happen . . .

Reagular seasonal flu, that we are all familiar with, causes deaths aslo. In the United States, we typically have 36,000 deaths a year from seasonal flu, with no less that 800 deaths each week since the beginning of this year EACH WEEK.

World wide, the estimates run from 1/4 million to 1/2 a million deaths from regular flu each year. Keep those numbers in mind as you here the numbers from this new strain of flu that is making the headlines. I think the spread of fear through the internet, is way more unusual than the spread of flu from person to person.

I do not know about other parts of the world, but in the states, 90% of flu deaths occur in people over 65 years of age.

So, so far, this new strain of flu is spreading quickly, but it has not demonstrated itself to be any more dangerous that regular seasonal flu at this time, but being a new stain, we do knot know alot about the strain yet, and since it is not flu season, se also do not know if it will become worse when flu season arrives, or whether infections will taper off, we basically just don’t have enough infomation on this particular flu to make intelligent projections, butwe also do not kno enough to panic over it either.

Information provided believed accurate as of April 30, 2009

Information derived from CNN, Center for Disease Control, and pandemicflu.gov website

BTW 109 cases of this so far in the U.S. with 1 death to date – that being in the state of Texas

Not a lot of preface to this one. Let’s just say it reveals God’s inpiration of the scriptures, and demonstrates the value of careful study. I call it FlashBack to the Future.

Matthew does not give us a very detailed description of the crucifixion. Jesus said a
number of things from the cross, among them, the following, as reported by Luke:

“Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise .”

Luke 23:46

“Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.” And having said this, He breathed
His last.

You are probably familiar with these sayings, and their contexts. I am assuming that Matthew, had a reason for leaving these sayings out, he surely was aware of them, or perhaps God had a reason for Matthew omitting them.  So, what reason could Matthew have for focusing on the saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”? Could it be that there is something here, that is more important, of a differing importance? Is Jesus, in crying out, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me” experiencing a moment of doubt? Is His faith wavering? Does there seem to be an element of accusation in these words?

It is clear, from Jesus’ conversations with his disciples, that He fully understood His mission. He knew that He was to die, He knew it would be hard, and He knew it had to be done.  Jesus did not doubt, whatever does not come from faith, is sin, and Jesus never sinned:

Jesus was always a righteous man, He always lived by faith.

Jesus never sinned, so everything He did, He did not do in doubt. He was tempted, but never sinned.

We can see, that Jesus was not doubting at all, so why did He ask why God was forsaking Him?

I think the answer lies not in the content of what He was saying, but the source of the saying. I think also, you will see why Matthew thought this saying was uniquely important.

Time for a flashback:

Ps 22:1 says:

My God, my God , why hast Thou forsaken me?

Sound familiar? That is right, Jesus is quoting the words of a Psalm, why would He do that, why this psalm? When Jesus was crucified, He was crucified in Jerusalem, in the land of Israel, the homeland of the children of Abraham, God’s chosen people, the keepers of the written word of God. A Jew, on that day, might upon hearing those words, know the
source, that they came from this Psalm. The more learned ones, may even have been able to recall the context of the words and gone over them in their minds. If so, what would they recall?

7 All who see me sneer at me;

They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

8 “Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him;

Compare the words above with those of Matthew:

39 And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him,
wagging their heads,

43 “He trusts in God; let Him deliver Him now,
if He takes pleasure in Him

See any similarities? Do you think it is possible, that some of those present, might
have noticed this? I think that is possible, even likely. Perhaps, some went home, deeply
troubled by the events that had just unfolded. They would never forget this. Perhaps some
would take the trouble to examine this Psalm, when they had the opportunity, What else
would they have seen?

13 They open wide their mouth at me,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And Thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs have surrounded me;

A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I can count all my bones.

They look, they stare at me;

18 They divide my garments among them,

In the above passage, we see this person surrounded by strong aggressive men, snarling at Him, while He is poured out like water, His strength waning, his bones being pulled apart, heart is under stress, thirsting, and recognizing that He is about to die. While in this condition, the evil surround Him, having pierced His hands and feet. He can sense each of His bones in the agony, and while people are gawking at Him, those at His feet, gamble and divide His clothes.

I would like to think, that if I were a Jew at that time, having witnessed this spectacle, that when I read this passage in the Psalm, I would have said “Oh my God, I witnessed this that day. I was there, the words of this Psalm, were fulfilled in my presence”. I would hope, that I would have fallen to my knees, and begged for mercy. I suspect, that many did. I also suspect, that as Matthew’s gospel was spread, that there would be those who read it, who may also have been here that day, or been close to the events, who also would have had this reaction, I am confident, that those who were
permitted to realize the significance, would also have sought God’s forgiveness, and received it, as people have hrough the centuries since.

One from that time, would have seen something else in that Psalm:

28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s,

And He rules over the nations.

29 All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,

All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,

Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

30 Posterity will serve Him;

It will be told of the LORD to the coming generation.

31 They will come and will declare His righteousness

To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

Pictured in the above passage of that psalm, we see the prediction that the church, that is to say that the future believers, who are gentiles, will turn from their pagan gods to the one true God. Of course, this turning to the Lord, was accomplished because the Messiah died for all men, and the faithfulness of Jesus apostles, in spreading the good news, led to the adoption of the gentiles, into the family of God, making the promise to Abraham come to fullness.

It is my belief, that Jesus quoted this psalm, not in any doubt about His Father’s faithfulness, but was indeed making a powerful statement. It is as though He were saying, “look to the scriptures, you will see this, and you will know I AM He. ” We can look today, and see this is clearly a prophecy, and a fulfillment. I believe, that this was a sign to believers, to the faithful, that they should be reassured, that the Son of Man, was supposed to die, something they were not expecting to happen to the Messiah, when He came. Otherwise, when Jesus died, they might doubt, and look for another as Messiah. This was NOT a sign to convince the unbelievers, they were to get a different sign, one more powerful than this one.

In Luke 23:46, we saw Jesus breathe His last. Those close to Jesus, were in despair, devastated, disillusioned. Although Jesus told them, repeatedly that He would be soon dying, it  was not enough, they were ready to give up, and try to put this all behind them as if it was only a terrible nightmare. They didn’t understand some things that Jesus told them. So, they hurriedly put Jesus in a tomb, and went away in their grief. To mere men, the grave appears to be the end.  Jesus was no mere man. Remember I told you that the unbelievers would get a more powerful sign?

Jesus has here, predicted his death, burial and resurrection, and stated that this is the only sign He would give those included in the evil generation. We tend to think of a generation as a group of people born at approximately the same time. In Greek, is can mean that, or the age in which a generation lives, or a race of people. I have no idea which is implied here. The sign given to this generation, would be Jesus’ resurrection after being in the earth 3 days. What Jesus went on to say, I think is very powerful, that Ninevah, would stand up (Greek anasteésontai, from the same root word that we understand as resurrection) with this generation, and condemn it at the judgement, because they repented and mere preaching of a prophet, but this generation did not believe, when the Son of God was among them, fulfilling prophecies and performing miracles.

The resurrection is a powerful idea. All people have a common enemy, one that we cannot defeat. That enemy is death. People are born with a survival instinct. What people do not stop to consider, is that death is inevitable, and that the
answer to the issue of survival, is to be able to survive after death. How would one know, if that were possible? The only real evidence that would at all be convincing, would be for some one to die and return back to life from the dead. They could not die as in having ones heart stop for a few minutes, that is not convincing, but really dead, all life
functions gone, cold on a slab kind of dead. If I am going to listen to someone tell me that there is a life after death, I want his source of information to come from someone who has been there, that is authority.

Where did the power come from for this resurrection?

Father ?

Son

Holy Spirit ?

Amen to that, what a great verse! There we see the Spirit who raised Christ from the dead, also dwells in the believer, giving life to our mortal (temporary and subject to death) bodies. What does this mean to us? We started at the Crucifixion, and went backward to see a detailed prophecy concerning it, back forward again to the resurrection. We
stopped there to see a small detail about the power of and behind the resurrection. Since tomorrow is resurrection Sunday, you will hear plenty about the resurrection itself.
Now, it is time to go forward again to our present, to examine it’s significance to our lives today.

The resurrection is the very core of our belief as Christians.

It that passage Paul asserts that if the resurrection did not occur, then you are living your life in vain, with no chance of an afterlife, and, in fact, you are a liar about God and still lost in your sins. Not only is the fact of the resurrection necessary for for your afterlife, so is your belief in the resurrection:

This brings to life another important part of our walk, one that is ignored by too many, failure in this area, can never be justified if you are able. We need to confess not only for our own salvation, but we are to love others, as a responsibility to God, a small thing which He expects from us. Evangelism. Many do not do this, because they are shy,
unconfident, not used to being pushy, or any number of other reasons. If God asks this of you, on what basis can you possibly refuse? We are told to love others as God also loved us. He loved us enough to die for us, but many of us, do not love Him enough to tell others about Him. Instead of loving our neighbors, we demonstrate contempt for them. By
not telling them of our Savior, we are in effect saying, that we would rather have them spend eternity in torment, than for us to be uncomfortable for a few moments. What could be more selfish? What is more important than a soul, for whom Jesus died? It boggles the mind, that the church treats others this way. Yes, I am guilty too.

I put this part about evangelism for one simple reason. As I was researching the preparing for this study, I kept coming across evangelistic passages. It was not in my plan to include it, but I could not steer through the passages in a way that avoided it. So, I took the hint and decided that is was not to be avoided. Those passages are there to
be read and to be accepted. Just as it would be unloving to not tell someone about the Savior, it would be unloving of me, to not encourage you to spread the word. Evangelism, is what a good and faithful servant does above all else. Christ didn’t die, to hear more worship songs. He didn’t die, so institutions would have more money given. He did not die, so people would do acts of charity. He did not die, so people would study the Bible. He died to save the lost. He died for us, and for everyone whom we have not told about Him.

After you attend your next church sevice, if not before, I’d ask you to consider, what Christ did for
you. After meditating on that, ask yourself, “What am I willing to do for Him?”.
Finally, consider following through on your answer.

May God richly bless you as you follow the Son.

Postscript:

That was the end of the study. However, after I gave this study, two attendees asked me if I knew about the worm. ”

Know about the worm? What are you talking about?”

“You know, the worm in the psalm, the one where it says “I am a worm, and no man!”

They told be some things about some worm, which I found a bit unlikely, but being an investigator at heart, I looked into it. It was an interesting investigation. You can read it here. Again, just another evidence of the inspiration of scripture.

Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be those of his own household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

This passage struck me lately. Especially verse 37.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Ive been seeing a lot of people lately who dont want to give up things or people in their lives who lead them away from the Lord. Someone who is saved, but who has a rabidly antiChristian boyfriend who is shaking their faith. Someone who loves their fiance and is living with them, but wont stop that sin to follow the relationship with Christ.

Jesus told us what the greatest commandment is in Matthew 22:36-38

Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.

We say He needs to be first in our lives, but is He? Are we allowing someone or something to take precedence? Do we encourage new believers enough to put aside the things or lifestyle or even the people who come between them and the Lord? Is our heart and our focus on the Lord first?

Revelation 4:8-11
And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about  him , and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and  is to come. And whenever the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to Him who sat on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fell down before the One sitting on the throne. And they worshiped Him who lives for ever and ever, and threw their crowns before the throne, saying, O Lord, You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because You created all things, and for Your will they are and were created.

In chat lately, many folks are using lower case letters for the name of Jesus and God. Some folks get upset when they see others calling God god. Others get upset when folks demand His name be capitalized. Is this really an issue to get upset over?

The Jews revere His name so much, that they write G-d, since there are no vowels in the name YHWH in the bible. For fear of using His name irreverently, they call Him HaShem “The Name”.

Do we diminish who He is when we neglect to capitalize His name? Do we have too casual a view towards our Lord that we cant even capitalize His name? Have Christians today in the US, and elsewhere, lost their reverence for the Holy Lord? Does that affect our faith? Questions to ponder.

It has been suggested to me that I let the reader know more about me so when we meet in chat, or on the boards, I will seem more like a friend then a stranger.

I am a relatively quiet person, always have been. I try to say as little as need be and be as clear as I can while doing so. Even though I enjoy talking with people, I try to be direct. In a crowd, you will find me usually watching the conversation instead of joining in. Alone, I have no problem discussing issues of the heart. Guess I am not into small talk much. Been that way for my 55 years of life.

I was born and brought up in a small town in West Central New Hampshire where the population has a hard time reaching the 13,000 mark. People here have that New England old fashion way about them. We are quick to notice a difference but take our time discerning what we think on a matter, not rushing into judging if the difference is good or not. Saying that, my town is trying to keep up with the times as the farms are disappearing and are being replaced with High Tech businesses and more housing. The corn fields have been developed into plazas. Our area is prime for growth with intersecting interstates, an airport, train station and Dartmouth College right up the road.

The landscape in my area consists of rolling hills and small mountains, barely reaching over 3,200 feet. The Appalachian Trail runs just 5 miles north of town, through some beautiful scenic mountains as it winds its way North to the White Mountains and Maine, and South into the beautiful green rolling hills and mountains of Vermont. There are many trails to hike everywhere. Recently, mountain biking has become a popular sport. Wildlife consists of Moose, Bear, Whitetail Deer, Red and Grey Fox, Bob Cats, Beaver, Mink, Fisher Cats, Weasels, Porcupines, Red and Grey Squirrels, Chipmunks, Rabbits, Snow Shoe Hares, and the all too feared Striped Skunk! Oh yeah, I can’t forget to mention the mosquitoes and the famous black flies that frequent the damp late Spring and early Summer.

My family consists of my wife of 26 years, five children and three grandchildren. We have been blessed with a Habitat for Humanity house that we helped build in 1994. Through the process of building our home, I had the opportunity to make some life long friends, some that have moved on and others that still live in the area. If you ever get a chance to help construct one of these homes, you will be well blessed for your efforts. Since my house was finished, I moved on to help build many more. Watching a dream come true for those who fall between the cracks leaves a lasting effect as you sit back and reminisce your memories of small children with smiles a mile long and parents who finally have something to work for.

I was a child of the 60’s, which would mean that I was a hippie who struggled with the moral issue of the Vietnam War. After struggling with this issue for some time, I did join the service. To my surprise, I enjoyed boot camp, but really disliked the rest of the service. I guess that it was because what I really wanted to do was close to enlisted servicemen while I was in boot camp. After my time was up, I headed out on the road hitchhiking across the US to see and do as much as I could while I could before I settled down to a family. Yup, one of those long haired hippies with a knapsack standing on the side of the road with his thumb out. Thank God that the world was a much nicer place back then. People were not afraid to stop and offer others a ride.

After working in manufacturing for many years, I thought it would be nice to get into construction, so I ventured into the building trades until an unfortunate accident left me with a broken neck. After recovery, I was informed that I needed to change my career, so Vocational Rehabilitation help me with school, where I went back at the age of 40 to get a degree in Computers and Business Management. After colege, I ended up in an IT position where I was the all around fix-it technician, far from my degree, but lots of fun. I worked with everyone in the company, from the President to the Mail Clerk. I became the welcomed face to everyone, since they mostly saw me when I fixed their computer problem so they could proceed with their daily business. It was normal for me to fix things cause I tinkered with cars all my life, and the “other job” I had to take in the service what a jet mechanic, specialized in Helicopter Jet Engines.

Today, I enjoy rock climbing, from bouldering to traditional climbing. I am always at awe as I climb cliffs and view the beauty of Gods creation, sometimes, taking a moment to say “Hi” to a lizard that is cruising down what I am struggling to get up! I love to watch hawks as they seem to float in mid air almost within reach. Other then climbing, I enjoy biking down the Rail to Trails we have here and hiking the many trails to beautiful outcrops that offer splendid views of the surrounding area. I use to be into Tae Kwon Do where I was into competition. I had to stop competing after I was diagnosed with Hep. C and Fibromyalgia.

As for my walk with Christ, I do have a shortened version of my testimony here, Running from God. I feel it is time to redo this and bring to light the full glory of God, who reached deep into the muck and mire of my sinful life to pull out a sinner like me. I have had the pleasure to work in the helps ministry for some time now. It is a blessing to help those who are where I once was, sharing the Love of the Lord with them and watch, over time, as the Holy Spirit works in their lives. It has been only a little over a year that I have been blessed with the opportunity to be part of this online ministry. Worthy Christian Forums is like a second home for me, where I have made many new friends, learned a lot and have shared some of what God has shown me. WCF is a very diverse site where Brothers and Sisters from other denomination come to give glory to the one God we all share, and to witness to those who are searching for the meaning of life. The blessings one receives from helping another find Christ, or help others find answers to critical questions, is beyond measure. Please, take the time to get to know everyone here. We all have a past, present and future. Come share yours with us as we share ours with you.

Well, that is basically who I am. Feel free to inquire where I have been vague or just stop by to say “Hi!”

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

In His Love,
Your Brother In Christ,
Alan, a.k.a. OneLight