This is LIFE-SAVING Information - Read & Share

 I urge all my friends to read and share this information with others!  It will save lives!  Someday it may be your life that someone is able to share--just because they heard this information from you!"

During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

                     It only takes a minute to read this:

 
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE -- Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by these four simple things:

S - SMILE  *Ask the individual to smile.

T - TALK  *Ask the person to talk and speak a simple sentence
                      (i.e. "I like chicken soup.") coherently.

A - ARMS   *Ask the person to raise both arms.
 
T - TONGUE  *Ask the person to stick out his/her tongue.
 
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

             New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.  If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

Thank God for the sense to remember the STAT steps, STAT.

If everyone who gets this information shares it, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.   

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just For Me & Just For You

 Since this month celebrates Valentines Day, here's a paraphrase on the "Love Chapter" in the Bible (I Corinthians 13). 

This is not for someone else.  This is for me.   This is also for you.  Read it as for you alone.       It is not here for the benefit of "someone else".
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Love never gives up--it is patient and kind--never rude.

Love cares more for others than for self--it isn't always "me first."

Love doesn't force itself on others by demanding it's own way.

Love is not irritable--it doesn't "fly off the handle."

Love doesn't want what it doesn't have--it is never jealous.

Love doesn't show off to others--it is never boastful.

Love doesn't have a "swelled head"--it is not proud.

Love takes pleasure in the flowering of truth--

it rejoices when the truth comes out.

Love does not take intense pleasure or satisfaction

 when others grovel in their humility.

Love doesn't keep track of the wrongs of others--it never looks back.

Love puts up with anything--it endures through every circumstance.

 

Love always looks for the best--it is always hopeful.

  

Love trusts God always--it never loses faith.

 

Love keeps going to the end--it never dies.

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"If we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us."

 

"As we live in God, our love grows more perfect."

 

(I John 4:12-b, 17a)