Melva Gifford

I found this on the web. Good info.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/to-vs-for/?utm_source=BlogNL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=B2C_032622&utm_content=email

Daisy Jones contacted me and volunteered to present an article on my Tuesday blog. I find this to be a very good article and I hope you will enjoy it as well.

Mental health benefits of attending church for seniors

Attending church offers numerous spiritual benefits for the elderly and younger people alike. Recent studies indicate additional health benefits for seniors. Guest author Daisy Jones explains why attending church could promote your well-being in your senior years.

Promotes mindfulness and an integrated sense of life

Church offers a platform for one to reflect on life. Attending church can give you a deeper sense of gratitude and reverence. It is a place of quiet, peace, and calm that grounds you while offering you respite from the stresses and hassles of life. Even when faced with challenging times, going to church can help you find the lessons in the trials.

In the Christian worldview, life is more than the physical and material; there is a greater purpose for your life. The church teaches forgiveness which is essential in helping you let go of life’s frustration and disappointments. You realize you are a loved human being and embrace your life as a gift from God that you should take care of and enjoy.

Helps in recovery

Attending church is a wonderful way to spend time in the present moment and be grateful for all of the gifts we have in life, especially when we’re going through something as difficult as addiction recovery.

Bible philosophies help to ground you on your recovery journey.  Many people who have successfully recovered from addiction have used prayer to help them overcome their demons. In the 12 steps of recovery, adherents believe that a power greater than themselves will help them restore their sanity. Christianity reminds you to surrender and rely on God’s grace and guidance for restoration.

Helps to fight depression among seniors

While one can get depression at any age, there is a high risk for depression among the elderly which has been attributed to the isolated lifestyle among many seniors. Attending church provides you with a community to belong to. You get to engage with different people who can refresh your perspective on life. You meet kind people who share your beliefs in whom you can confide when facing challenges. Engaging in church activities such as weekly Bible studies or volunteering fills up your time and gives you a sense of purpose, which minimizes the amount of time you spend alone.

Provides an opportunity for you to be active

Your mobility and energy levels may decrease in your senior years. You tend to spend more time seated or lying down. Joining a church that is nearby will offer you an opportunity to walk and stretch. Walking even a half a mile to and from church could give you the momentum you need to become more active. Church services incorporate activities that require physical activity such as swaying as you sing, raising your hands in worship, and standing up during prayers. When you combine these activities with some stretches and balance exercises at home, you’ll be less likely to fall and be able to live in your home for longer.

Promotes healthy behaviors

On average, churchgoers drink less, smoke less, are less likely to be involved in sexually promiscuous behaviors and use of recreational drugs. Furthermore, some churches prohibit the use of drugs and alcohol among their congregants. Christian faith promotes a positive outlook on life and illnesses which result in improved health and coping capability among the sick and disabled.

Promotes longevity

Many studies indicate that people who believe in a higher power live longer than those who do not. This longevity can be attributed to less stress that comes from knowing there is a higher being helping you out and guiding you in life, as well as the healthier lifestyle advocated for in many churches.

Despite your best intentions to attend church every Sunday, some days you may be unable to for one reason or another. In such a case, do not entirely exclude yourself from the meaningful benefits of attending church. Consider live streaming or tuning in to a service being aired on television or online.

Bio: Daisy Jones is the proud mom of three wonderful children who are growing up way too quickly. She’s currently a stay-at-home parent so she can soak up as much time with her kids as possible while they’re still little.

These are notes from church. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• The Holy Ghost is always there to provide guidance.
• When we choose righteousness, we follow Christ.
• The gift of choice is we feel the pain of our mistakes but the Savior’s there to help us.
• If we stray we can choose the path of Christ again. Each time we stray we choose Christ’s path again.

• We get to choose: the blessings that follow with a choice we are given the choice before mortal earth, we attended the great Council choosing what path would follow.
• As humans, we often take the path of least resistance. Doctrine covenants 13 is a law in heaven on which all blessings are predicated. The blessings of God are tied to blessings from our heavenly father.
• There’s a story of a man that was the branch president of a very small branch. In another country. He was told by his employer that you need to work on Sunday. He said he couldn’t. The employers said in a work on Sunday or you can’t work here. After long thought, he no longer works for that company. The missionaries had not been in that area of the country for a long time. But the missionary story went around neighborhoods asking if they knew the LDS members. This missionary showed up at the bank branch president’s house. You need to them that he was now unemployed is he would work on Sundays. The elders Lachine command no within two days he was high to work for the church.
• Elder door was asked at the conference what is the greatest thing you’ve learned as a member of the 12 apostles? He answered the miraculous timing of the Lord repairing everything we need.
• King Benjamin said you should do what the Lord commands and if you do he will immediately bless you.
• We don’t tell the blessings immediately.
• Told a story of her brother making choices that were not encouraged by her parents and other family members. Her brother did not go on a mission. Do not follow the same path. After years of trying to encourage him to do what they thought was right, they change of tactics and simply told him they loved him. Years later he did you to go on a mission. And while he was on his mission he became district leader. And is a source of good advice and counsel to the missionaries who are struggling. His counsel is some experience of his own troubled past
• There was another story of where there was a wayward son. And after years he was given a testimony that he knew the church is true. The family was struggling and trying to sell their farm for years. As a son was sharing his testimony the mother’s phone rang. She stopped at 30. Again during the testimony, the phone rang to shut it off a third time the phone rang she went outside to build the room to find out who was calling. The precise time that the son said I know the church is true was when they sold their farm.

Four this on the web. This is a WSJ Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KtTAb9Tl6E

Bad:    quarterly

Good: quarterly

I need to remember the E. put the whole coin in a quarter then ly = quarterly.

My company will occasionally offer financial webinars. This is another webinar about finances. This one was provided by Met Life. I listened to this in-between calls so any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• rule of 25 * Estimable your current financial needs and multiple by 25%
• Average bonds today is 6%
• In an average year, stocks will move up or down by 1% about 40 % of trading days.
• ETFs: some may invest in stocks groups of areas that might be making money now like cyber security or energy.
• What are your risk profiles?
• How should you split your investments? may depend upon market risk comfort. It is recommended you should fill out a risk tolerance questionnaire.
• Should have types of finances.  conservative, emergency fund, and an opportunity fund.
• Need to have money earmarked for later in life, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
• We may have 20 years to have our money work for us if we retire at 65.
• Tax-deferred is our 401 K.
• People tend to buy when things feel good> and institutions respond differently. they buy when it feels like the sky is falling.
• Want to feed 401 before paying a mortgage and pay brokerage account before a family vacation.
• Create a retirement budget? increase travel, health issues, and no work income.
• Make sure you are diversified. Don’t let market turmoil scare you.

These are notes from church. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• There are 166 completed temples in the world. Prove was the 13^th.
• A temple being built in El Salvador has transformed the country.
• Ordnances and covenants are sacred.
• They help us to be a holy people
• Christ should be uppermost in our hearts and mind.
• The work of the temple is more sacred than any other work in the world.
• D&C 109:22 may they serve and go from this house with power.
• The temple is the happiest place in the world
• Happiness is a sense of mind. A sense of contentment.
• Nephi 5:10 tree of life is the love of God
• John 1: john told he was preparing the Lamb of God.

A presentation given my democrat journalist, Jeremy Scahill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qqw-2-GR2k