Hi Ahmed, I am reading your entire post including the prayer at the end. I can sum it up very simply by letting you and everyone else what my beliefs are.
When I became ill with Leukemia I went through a lot of different emotions. Five actually, and their order is different to the people that have to deal with this or for that matter any disease. One was What, I have Leukemia, well there has to be a mistake, I will get a second opinion. Two, When I did get that second opinion. Why me, what did I do to deserve this, I am a good person. Three, when I finally accepted that I was ill I thought... Why is GOD punishing me. (I will get into this later) Four, I became angry at anything or any body. Five, I became depressed. These are the emotions I suffered, and as I found out I was not alone with these emotions. Many also get them but not necessarily in the same order. I had to learn how to use my mind to try and control my body, but most of all I had to realize that GOD was not trying to punish me. In your last post before this latest one you mentioned that GOD was giving you a test. I don't see it that way, and I will now tell you why. This has to do with my earlier reference to why is GOD punishing me. I believe just as you do that GOD created everything. You have already explained what everything is so I don't have to go into that again. I believe that GOD took six of HIS day to create everything (already explained by you) On HIS seventh day, His Sabbath, He sat back and rested, and He said "Here, I have taken My six days and created everything so good and pure, including My people. I shall now sit back and see what these creations do to each other" Now it comes to what He meant about Him sitting back and watching what we do to each other. We have created all of the pollution and filth into this earth. We have made poisonous situations for ourselves and all that live on this earth of His. We are the ones that are responsible for all of these diseases because of all of what we are doing, and not Him. In a way Ahmed you are also correct about what GOD created and how some disrespect or even refuse to acknowledge Him. The only difference between what you and I said is about GOD watching us for what we are doing to His creations by making His earth polluted, and coming back to haunt us by our mistakes. The one thing that you are completely correct about is that GOD is ONE and there is no other but Him. In my religion there is a prayer. Hear O' Israel GOD in heaven is our only GOD. Ahmed, these are the exact words I uttered when I went into the radiation chamber to receive my total body radiation. Before the procedure began I got down on my knees, clasped my hands together and said this very prayer. I then knew in my heart and soul that GOD wasn't punishing me but rather giving me another chance at life. I thought about all of the things that man does to ruin what GOD has given to us. That's my story, and my beliefs. GOD keep on blessing ALL of us. Marty Gartenberg On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ahmed Omar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Marty, > > Thank you for your nice words, and I can assure you that there are so many > people all over the globe like me and even better than me. Anyway I live > and work at Eastern Province in Saudi. > > I keep a good portion of my life with an excellent connection to God > almighty and I try to keep it up and live as much I can, this helps me to > have more strength for my soul and my body, so I pray when I wake up early > at dawn, I pray at noon, I pray afternoon, I pray at sunset, and I pray > before I go to bed, 5 times a day, every day, 365 days per year, and thats > what makes me feel happy, real happy, because I found the truth about Him, > the truth that I wish everyone know about it. > > What is the truth?........... > The one true God has created the entire creation. It is only this great God > who made all humans and animals, the earth and mountains, oceans and revers, > plants and forests, the sun and the moon, galaxies and orbits, days and > nights. all other objects, which we may or may not know, or which have not > yet been discovered, are all aspects of His infinite creation. God made all > life on earth and the whole universe including time, space, energy, and > matter. God also sustains the universe and everything in it, and controls > what happens in the universe and everything in it. However, some people > might refer their existence "by chance" merely to "nature"! Scientifically > speaking let's define what they are talking about: NATURE! what id "nature"? > Don't you agree with me that nature includes: plants and planets, orbits and > galaxies, valleys and mountains, oceans and rivers, earth, sun, moon, stars, > and other objects. Have these things created themselves or created human > beings?! Moreover, those who believe in nature argue that they do not > believe in God because they simply can't see, touch, or conduct an > experiment on Him! A couple of years ago, a brother of mine been visited by > his neighbor in Oregon, US at his home. They talked about several things > among which we discussed the concept of God. His neighbor, a very old man, > denying the existence of God, emotionally knocked the tea table, saying:"I > believe in this table since I can touch it... I can feel it!" Reasoning with > him, my brother pointed to the lamp in the room and asked him: "Do you > believe in the power of electricity?" He replied:"Sure." my brother then > asked him:"Can you see the power or energy that generating the light?" "No." > was his answer. My brother he further asked him these questions: - Have you > ever seen - with your bare eyes - the air we breathe? - Do you have > feelings? What are their colors, shapes, and sizes? - What is sleep? What is > its color or weight? - So, how many things do we believe in with out seeing > them? On another occasion, my brother met a young man called Chris and his > wife at a hotel in Oslo, Norway. During a friendly discussion with them, he > asked Chris:"So, what is the purpose of life?" Getting surprised, he > answered:"This is the first time I heard such a question!" He added:"I think > there is no purpose of my life." He concluded:"I do not believe in any God" > my brother asked him:"why?" he answered:"I have not seen it yet". Commenting > on his reply, my brother asked him (with a smile): - Do you love you wife? - > Can you physically see this love? - What is the color of you love? - How > much dose this love weigh? What was the reaction of Chris and his wife? Try > to imagine it! Thus, not being able to tangibly see or measure this abstract > love dose not lead to denying the truth and existence of this love. By the > same analogy, if we can's see God in this life because of our limited > faculties and senses which can't comprehend His greatness; this must not > make us deny his existence. God's existence is clearly evident and easily > traceable in unlimited signs and proofs manifested in the creation of > numberless atoms, cells, tissues, muscles, and everyone and everything > created. This is the truth in my believe. There is only one God the Creator > and Sustainer of the universe. I must not consider anyone or anything above > or equal to Him. The one true God has created us to know and worship Him > alone. Those who correctly worship Him and completely follow His > commandments will be admitted to paradise eternal life. On the other hand, > those who disobey God and follow their sinful lusts and desires will be > taken to... Where do you expect?........ > > At last kindly acsept my today's gift to you all, a beautiful prayer that > can lighten your life: > "O God, place within my heart light (to love who loves you), and upon my > tongue light (to speak about my love to you), and within my ears light (to > listen to what makes me loves you more), and within my eyes light (to see > your love in what you give to me), and place behind me light and in front of > me light and above me light and beneath me light (to protect me from evil). > O God, bestow upon me light (I love you)" > > Sincerely yours, > > Ahmed > > > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Martin Gartenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Ahmed, >> >> I wish all people were like you. This would be a much better world we all >> live in. >> >> Ahmed, I have been meaning to ask you, where do you live? I am in South >> Eash Florida. >> >> GOD bless you >> >> Marty Gartenberg >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Ahmed Omar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Marty and John, Thank you, and I wish peace and good health to you >>> and to everyone in our group, I want you to know that all my sincerity of >>> believe in Him from where it came? I will tell you all because I love you >>> all, and I want for you all to have the same knowledge that I have. My >>> believe: >>> - It inspired me to have good intention, positive attitudes, and kind >>> feelings towards others. >>> - It teaches me to forgive, and to love for others what I love for >>> myself. - It urges me to smile sincerely and how to be kind to others. >>> - It instruct me to act courteously. >>> - It commands me to have good conduct and behave with respect. >>> - It teaches me to be gentle to humans, animals, birds, and environment. >>> - It instruct me to respect and care for my parents and the elderly; and >>> to be good to my family, spouse, and children. - It encourages me to help, >>> feed, and support the weak, the poor, the needy, and the disabled. - It >>> urges me in His holy book to think, ponder,reason, and base my judgments on >>> proof. >>> - It teaches me that all humans are equal regardless of their race, >>> color, or nationality. - It instructed me not to hurt, hate, transgress >>> against, put down, or despise others. >>> - It instructed me to live in peace and good relations with God, self, >>> and others - It clearly tells me why we are here?, who brought us?, where we >>> are heading?, what our final destination is? >>> - It clearly answers our significant and critical questions. Indeed, all >>> this leads to ultimate truth and success, true peace of mind, real >>> happiness, salvation, and eternal life. Sorry for making it so long to >>> explain what is in my believe. For now please accept this prayer as a gift >>> for you, try it every night before you go to sleep: >>> "O God, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, >>> keep me alive so long as You know such life to be good for me and take me if >>> You know death to be better for me. O God, make me fearful of You whether in >>> secret or in public and I ask You to make me true in speech, in times of >>> pleasure and anger.I ask you to make me moderate in times of wealth and >>> poverty and I ask You for everlasting bliss and joy which will never cease.I >>> ask You to make me pleased with what You have decreed and for an easy life >>> after death.I ask You for the sweetness of looking upon Your Face and a >>> longing to encounter You in a manner which does not entail a calamity which >>> will bring about harm nor a trial which will cause deviation. O God, >>> beautify us with the adornment of faith and make us of those who guide and >>> are rightly guided" Sincerely yours, Ahmed >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Martin Gartenberg >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Ahmed, >>>> >>>> I am really touched by your sincerity of your beliefs in GOD. I wish you >>>> peace and good health. >>>> >>>> Marty Gartenberg >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Ahmed Omar >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Marty, Thank you so much for your nice feelings, and I will in >>>>> fact have some questions for my ONO after I been through your e-mail. I >>>>> can >>>>> not think of life and all of what good things I have in it without simply >>>>> think of HIM, and I thank HIM for whatever is good or bad, because I know >>>>> deeply in my heart that he picked me from all peoples around the globe to >>>>> test me, yes to examine my love to HIM and how real is it, plus to prepare >>>>> me for paradise which is not a place for someone with sins to enter, so >>>>> part >>>>> of sin forgiveness is pain in life whatever the source is, only Almighty >>>>> knows that how much I love HIM. I want to thank you also for the patients >>>>> prayer, I will do it in my daily praying times, yet in fact I have so many >>>>> different prayers that include anything and everything in life, any part >>>>> of >>>>> it and believe me it works for me, like sometime when I suffers any >>>>> anxiety >>>>> or grief I pray to HIM saying: "O GOD, I am a slave of yours, son of the >>>>> slaves of yours (Father and Mother), my destiny is in Your hand, whatever >>>>> You make happen in my life is no one can prohibit it, and whatever is Your >>>>> command to be in my life and hereafter I believe it is justice. I ask You >>>>> by >>>>> every Name that is belonging to You, which You called Yourself with, or >>>>> revealed it in Your books, or You taught it to anyone of Your creation, or >>>>> You hide it in the knowledge of the unseen with You, I ask You that to >>>>> make >>>>> the holy book of me the life of my heart, and the light of my breast, and >>>>> a >>>>> departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety" I wish you a good >>>>> days, and may GOD bless you and everyone in our group. >>>>> >>>>> Ahmed >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Martin Gartenberg >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Ahmed, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry your going through these gout attacks. Having a uric acid count >>>>>> of 8.4 is sure to give you an attack every once in a while. I know >>>>>> because I >>>>>> have been battling the Gout for a long time. In fact ever since I had my >>>>>> bone marrow transplant over 21 years ago. >>>>>> >>>>>> To be honest with you your doctor gave you Allopurinol, but only 100 >>>>>> Mg to start with. Now since I am very familiar with this drug and the >>>>>> effects of the Gout you have to see how much your uric counts drop in a >>>>>> few >>>>>> weeks from now. Better still maybe a month or two. I have a hunch it will >>>>>> drop a bit but not where it should be at, or about 5 would be excellent. >>>>>> >>>>>> Something else surprises me is that he told you not to change your >>>>>> diet. You should limit your intake of any foods that are high in Purines. >>>>>> Things like organ meat, mushrooms, prepared meats, beef, sea food like >>>>>> any >>>>>> types of shell fish and especially beer and wine or any types of alcohol. >>>>>> >>>>>> You may want to find out what types of foods have high levels of >>>>>> Purines and avoid them. Whenever you get a major Gout attack you may get >>>>>> up >>>>>> in the middle of the night and feel as if someone hit your big toe with a >>>>>> hammer. >>>>>> >>>>>> Allopurinol will lower your uric acid that you won't get this, but it >>>>>> has to be the right amount and you have to take it every day. Frankly I >>>>>> don't know why your doctor didn't start you off with taking 300 Mg every >>>>>> day, then repeat your blood work in a few months then determine if a >>>>>> lower >>>>>> dose would be appropriate. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe he didn't want to first start you off on a higher dose because >>>>>> of your CML, but I'm not sure about that. You might want to ask him. >>>>>> Either >>>>>> way your blood tests should tell if you need to be on a higher dose. >>>>>> >>>>>> I remember when I was first diagnosed with CML I was started on 300 Mg >>>>>> of Allopurinol and stayed on it for about one year until I got my bone >>>>>> marrow transplant. I was then off of it until about fifteen years later >>>>>> because my joints, mainly in my big toe, the side of it would hurt like >>>>>> the >>>>>> dickens. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Gout is actually a form of Arthritis that deposit sharp chards of >>>>>> Chrystal's, usually in the lower extremities but can be any ware in any >>>>>> joint. It is those sharp microscopic crystals that are near nerves that >>>>>> cause the terrible pain. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, yes I agree with you about life being good, and in our belief >>>>>> in HIM. And Ahmed since your belief parallels mine in the belief of GOD I >>>>>> would like to include something for you. It is called a patients prayer, >>>>>> and >>>>>> it was pasted on the outside of the plastic bubble that I used to live in >>>>>> more then 20 years ago by a close friend of mine. I used to say it to >>>>>> myself >>>>>> every day, and it made my realise that we all have GOD's mercy if we >>>>>> truly >>>>>> believe in HIM. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> A PATIENT’S PRAYER >>>>>> >>>>>> Eternal GOD, source of healing, out of my distress I call upon you. >>>>>> Help me to sense your presence at this difficult time. You have already >>>>>> sent >>>>>> me gifts of your goodness: The skill of my physician, the concern of >>>>>> others >>>>>> who help me, the compassion of those I love, and who love me. >>>>>> >>>>>> I pray that I may be worthy of all these, today and in the days to >>>>>> come. Help me to banish all bitterness; let not despair overcome me. >>>>>> Grant >>>>>> me patience when the hours are heavy; give me courage whenever there is >>>>>> hurt >>>>>> or disappointment. >>>>>> >>>>>> Keep me trustful in your love, O GOD. Give me strength for today, and >>>>>> hope for tomorrow. To your loving hands I commit my spirit when asleep >>>>>> and >>>>>> when awake. You are with me; I shall not fear. Help me, O GOD, in my >>>>>> time of >>>>>> need. >>>>>> Ahmed, I wish you good luck, and may GOD keep on blessing you >>>>>> >>>>>> Marty Gartenberg >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ahmed Omar <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am facing a problem in controlling my Uric Acid levels in the blood >>>>>>> it is like 8.4, and my ONO told me it is normal that such thing can >>>>>>> happen, >>>>>>> he prescribed PURINOL100 once a day, and he said I should not change my >>>>>>> food >>>>>>> dite, just I have to drink more water. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes I feel pain in my joints and sometime my right foot >>>>>>> toe.....whatever, I still believe life is good and it is full of exams >>>>>>> to polish our materials, just we need to believe in HIM as the only true >>>>>>> one, and to be patience. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let me know what do you think if you have face such case. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ahmed >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> [CMLHope] >>>>>>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> [CMLHope] >>>>>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AOM >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> [CMLHope] >>>>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> [CMLHope] >>>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "CMLHope" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ahmed Omar >>> Have you discovered its real beauty? >>> If not ask me about it and I will help you to. >>> >>> -- >>> [CMLHope] >>> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "CMLHope" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> >> >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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