Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday

While many portray this time of celebrating in our salvation, with depictions of Christ on the cross, it would behoove us to remember: Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!!!
As a reminder to you, He is not here! He is Risen! I often think that folks like to think of Christ as , in a manger or still on a cross. Both of those places seem to bind Him as powerless. But He is neither of those places!
He is at the Right hand of the Father and ever lives to make intercession for us. He is Mighty, powerful, fully alive and holds our very lives in His able hands.
He is neither a babe to be cooed over, nor slain ,to be mourned over. Though we can enter into His presence boldly , He is worthy to be praised and wisely to be feared.
Enjoy you're weekend of loving and adoring our risen Saviour, and all of His blessings and benefits to us ward, who are so undeserving.

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Health-A multi faceted approach

  First of all I hope we realize that our , physical constitution, strengths and weaknesses are affected by the very health of our parents at our conception.
  That being said, I also believe that with 4 key" ingredients ", we can improve even those things.
  The 4 key ingredients to good health, in my opinion are thus;
Healthy Living, Proper Nutrition, High Quality Supplements and Natural Healing/ Medicine.
  Lets discuss number one. Healthy Living.
 What do I mean when I say Healthy Living? Taking into consideration, that will mean something different to everyone, I can only share what it means to us.
1. Proper amount of sleep
2. Not over or under, exercising. Get off the couch yet don't kill you're self with Insanity exercise videos. I realize both extremes are popular but both are potentially unhealthy. They have discovered that most over exercisers are very unhealthy because they fail to replenish their bodies with lost nutrients. Nor do they support their amount of exercise with proper nutrition. As for the couch potatoes , Drs say that a person should move their body every hour except while sleeping.
3. Moderation in all things! Eating, drinking, working, stressing. Stress is a part of life but too much must actively be avoided.
4. The Bible says that man cannot live on bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Perhaps this should've been #1. This verse tells me that as a believer, I need the Word as much as food. Think about the implications of that. Real life is not possible outside of Christ- not real life, in the form that the Lord desires for us to have it.
Next, Proper Nutrition.
  First of all, we all must be grateful for what we have. Secondly , we are only expected to do the best we can with what the Lord gives us. That being said; there is such a thing as proper nutrition.
 1. Non GMO foods are imperative if you would have a healthy body
  2. Organic is the safest food to eat. What I mean by organic is , no chemicals and grown by a local farmer. If you don't have one, then organic from a store is the next best choice. If organic is honestly not possible, then it is better to eat healthy whole foods rather than junk food. Remember we do the best we can. Keep in mind though that it is a fallacy that eating, natural and organic is more expensive. On FB recently someone posted that a kit kat bar costs $9.54 a pound! At most an organic veggie would be $4 a pound!! As well beans and brown rice are excellent 'cheap foods'.
3. Then how do we consume our non GMO, organic food? Raw, lightly steamed...or just eat them at all! We fry some veggies at a moderate temp in coconut oil.
4.Consume 12 cups of liquid a day. Sorry this does not include, coffee soda or alcohol. As well at least half of this should be water. As a side note, an occasional bit of lemon in water is very healthy and helps to balance your body's ph. Acid body bad, Alkaline body good:)
5. Moderation in eating meals. Not too much and not too little or skipping meals. (unless deliberately fasting) Dr. Lindsey Duncan says that in his 40,000 clinical hours and 29 years of natural medicine that there was one thing which every pancreatic and colon cancer patient had in common; eating past 9pm...Is 9 a magic  number? No. It is the idea of eating late in the evening or right before slumber.
High Quality Supplements.
  I cannot stress this one enough.
1. As of a govt doc (which if you need the number let me know and Ill look it up again) 1936, the Feds declared that our soil in the US was far too depleted to grow food that contained all of the proper nutrition to grow healthy plants...what does that mean? Well think about it...poor soil, grows a weak plant. Weak plants lead to diseased adults. Not to mention, the poor nutrition contained in the plants is then doused with poisons before it reaches our kitchen and then we cook the life out of it before consuming it.
2. Supplements are necessary in this day and age in order for our bodies to have all the minerals , vitamins and nutrients it needs to heal our bodies and keep them healthy. So what kind of quality supplements am I talking about? Non gmo, organic, wildcrafted , without unpronounceable ingredients and in a liquid form. If you take a liquid supplement it takes only 9 minutes for it to reach the cellular level. If you're taking a hard vitamin....you essentially get nothing out of it. Google how many times persons taking hard vitamins end up having an xray for something and several undigested hard vitamins are found throughout their intestinal tract.
3. The supplements, assuming they are non gmo and organic must be harvested, shipped and produced in a proper manner in order for you to get the most benefit. All of that considered, we will only use Genesis Pure products in our family.
4. Supplements should never take the place of good nutrition, but they are necessary in maintaining it
Natural Healing and Natural Medicine.
  Let me begin by saying that I am forever grateful for Western medicine. There are many a soul, friend, family member and acquaintance that would not be here were it not for modern medicine and science. It is imperative to have access to modern medicine in the case of trauma. In the case of emergency, in the case of necessary surgery,  restorative disfigurement,in some cases sustaining life period!..but not in the case of every day sickness and not in the case of most diseases/disorders. What do I mean?
  We do not have heartburn because of our lack of antacid. We do not have diabetes because of our lack of insulin. Most heart disease is brought on by lack of nutrition and proper living, not because of a lack of stints in our arteries.
  So whereas Western Medicine has a role, it is far over used. There is a natural protocol for nearly every ailment. First of all, eat well and take an awesome supplement and multivitamin so your body has what it needs.
 SUPPLEMENTS AND VITAMINS DO NOT HEAL US. GOD DESIGNED OUR BODIES TO HEAL THEMSELVES. SUPPLEMENTS, NUTRITION AND VITAMINS GIVE OUR BODIES THE TOOLS AND BUILDING BLOCKS IT NEEDS TO DO THE JOB OF HEALING ITSELF.
 1. Use herbs for illness
 2. Utilize the use of Essential Oils for healing
3.Take the extra effort and time to do 'things' to help situations. For example, got a fever? Cool down with herbs and a luke warm bath before reaching for that fever reducer.
  The list of things you can do to help yourself instead of running to the Dr, or reaching for that 'drug' are endless. A little research will go a long way.
  Again I can give you some of my experiences. We have 11 children, and  only one has been taken  to the Dr for an earache in all of these years. Why? Garlic oil! Cant afford it? Make it!
  Pre diabetes in our family was treated with cinnamon bark oil.
  Insomnia is helped with lavender oil.
  Hives can be treated with it as well.
  Chamomile tea insures an early bedtime.....on and on and on. Think of the creative things you can do to save your liver and your body from the damage that results from use and over use of chemical medications. Remember; MEDICINE DOESN'T HEAL YOU.  GOD DESIGNED OUR BODIES TO HEAL THEMSELVES. SUPPLEMENTS, NUTRITION AND VITAMINS GIVE OUR BODIES THE TOOLS AND BUILDING BLOCKS IT NEEDS TO DO THE JOB OF HEALING ITSELF.
   So I encourage you to take on the challenge of using these 4 ingredients to add to the health and wellness of yourself and your family.
  What a blessing to be Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

Peas Please!

Ok so were some of the rare persons who starts peas in pots. It's so wonderful to put them in the ground a few inches tall tho!
Well I was a bit behind the curve and my daughters peas began to GROW!! So I actually had to transplant them into bigger pots! Never done that before! Normally they would be outside by now but were having unusual snow storms and excessively cold weather. Some areas have 8 inches of snow!!
So these cold hardy peas will go out into the green house (as soon as they recover from the transplant) until these storms pass.
I was noticing as I was dealing with these young plants today: that they are much like small ( albeit) unruly children. Always requiring training and constant management to keep them from where they should not be! So they will have to be kept a fair distance apart before they are put out to pasture!!!! Otherwise it will be an impossible feat to plant them out if they're all intertwined together!
So what are you growing so far???

One of those days?

Love this cup that my daughter got me from London. It was my creed to live by for years! Me and coffee are synonymous. Actually, if there was a cute 'coffe quote' on FB, I would be sure to be tagged in it by one friend or another! Sometimes even more than once!
  I know coffee isn't great for you. I think...need I say it....it appears to be a bit addictive! So over the years Ive tried to cut back....result; 16 hour headache EVERY time.
  THANKFULLY I have found two products that are safe, non addictive and healthy! Yes healthy! It is better to drink it than to not!
  One is Pure Cafe by Genesis Pure. It is an instant coffee type drink. Sweet tasting and healthy. We call it 'chick coffee'. The other product is Energy by Genesis Pure. It will literally give you 4-5 hours of energy with out the jitters or let down. Ive given samples of this product to friends and they walk around saying "I don't have anymore energy  than usual"....and inevitably, they call me at 11pm at night saying they cannot fall asleep! It happens! Don't drink past 4:00!!!
  So although I do indulge in a 'real' cup of coffee most mornings...well half a cup. I rather do the Pure Cafe and energy. So we will have to change that cup to ;
                                                KEEP CALM AND DRINK PURE CAFE!!!!

Spelt Crackers

Super duper easy recipe! A mix of several from online. Here is what we came up with that has ingredients we have on hand...
  As well, spelt having a lower gluten content makes it a healthier grain to consume, we use our farm fresh butter and Himalayan salt. No strange non pronounceable ingredients like store crackers.
  Before I continue let me say, you can roll these out two ways; a bit thicker and cook them for only 12 minutes and end up with a flat bread, or roll them out fairly thin and cook them at least 12 minutes and get more of the 'traditional cracker' that you're used to...
  1 1/4 cups spelt flour
  2T butter (or coconut oil)
  1/2 t  Himalayan or Celtic salt
  flax seed
  Enough water to make the mixture a cohesive ball. If it becomes too wet just add a bit more flour.

 Put the Flour, butter and salt together in a kitchen mixer...once it is all mixed well, add flax seed then begin adding water. Once the mixture is in a ball, take it out.
  Get a flat baking sheet and slightly flour it. Roll the dough onto it, cut out your cracker shapes. The kids insisted on using cookie cutters, I of course cut them out , and the edges to make s perfect square with the institutionally accepted square cracker shapes...I don't know why! LOL!
  We also opted to sprinkle flax seed on top, along with additional salt.
  Bake at 400 for at least 12 minutes. Remember, if you're going for a thin flat bread type, roll it out as  you would a sugar cookie and cook for 12 minutes. If you're going for the 'cracker', roll out a bit thinner than you would a sugar cookie and 12 minutes should still be enough, up to 13 minutes .  It really depends on your oven.

  This is a really healthy cracker!  Were going to play with it again tomorrow and see what we come up with. I loved the flat bread type while the kids liked the 'cracker'. I think they liked their shapes better too:) I think the recipe could easily be adapted to cinnamon and honey for a sweet cracker as well.(the picture taken before baking)

Garden time!!!

  Well almost! There is a bit of snow on the ground and more due tonight~
  It is the time to start the garden! Hopefully last fall you mulched your garden with leaves! (whoops, missed that memo!) By now they have broken down nicely with the rain and snow and will be ready to till in.
  As well it is not too early to begin many seedlings in the house. We started kale weeks ago and 40 plants are in a cold frame in the garden area. That isn't impressive considering that some organic farmers around here grow kale all year long! Maybe next year....They just have to be protected from  strong wind and temps below 15. Those grow tunnels are all that is needed. No heat required.
  A couple of things to keep in mind, no brainers that slip our minds; when it comes to growing your own food.
  First of all, clean, healthy soil is imperative. If a nutrient is not in your soil it will not be in your food. If a mineral is not in your soil it will not be in your final product. Now I hate to be dependent on 'the system' to fertilize , meaning buy it at a store, but if you have animals and compost you will have most of what your soil needs. It takes a bit of work and a bit of testing is desirable to reach the perfect ph range in your soil. However you decide to do it, it must be in the dirt to be in the food.
  There is the flip side of that also. If it is in your soil it will be in your food....poison, pesticide, insecticide... Did you know that 7 dust is illegal in some countries? Highly toxic. If you put toxins in your soil, they will be in your foods. There are natural remedies for this in abundance if you're trying to control pests/weeds. The easy cheap and fast way it is not...but poisons will come back to bite you in the long run and it isn't worth it.
  Now seeds. Please tell me you know about gmo's? If you know my blog you would have to know about the dangers of these so Ill go no further. Heirloom and organic seeds are the only ways to go. You can go to the extent of creating good soil and using natural non toxic remedies for what ails your garden, but if you've produced a gmo fruit/vegetable, you have defeated you're own purpose.
  Keep in mind that Monsanto is nothing more than a chemical company pushing their wares. Its all about profit. GMOs have already proven to not produce higher yields among other issues.
  So its not too early to begin your garden! Keep it clean and healthy and may you feed your family well this year from your bounty!

Psych!!!

Geesh I thought it was Spring! Well it is the first day of it but you would never know!! We're expecting snow tomorrow! Looking forward to getting more of these starts in the ground soon. They are getting a bit leggy. Stay warm all!

WICK

I am usually no fan of novels. Primarily because its normally used as an escape from truth. However I do enjoy historical fiction as it weaves a story around actual historical events. It kinda puts personalities and flesh on ideas and circumstances .
So when I heard about the W1CK series by Michael Bunker, I ignored it. Then I heard about it again and again-from some godly Christian folks I admire...
So, it being only a dollar on kindle I bought it. WOW! I won't ruin it for you- but let me say that I wish all of my family and friends would read at least the first book in that series. You can read it like a novel and thoroughly enjoy it- or read it like a wake up call. When you put the book down though, you may ,like me,come away with this question; Is it sustainable?
If you have or choose to read this book, let me know what you think!!!
The actual name of the book is W1CK. However from my phone I can't use a number in the format- thanks!

Landmark Baptist

Had a nice Sunday morning visiting our friends at Landmark Church today!
That is the church that brought the Duggars to Rolla Mo last year. That was quite a hit! Doubled the amount of people who attended the Patriot Day Rally event!
Here is a copy of the New Testament they gave us today. There is nothing better than a Patriot Pastor! God Bless you Pastor Myers!

Hamburger

We were blessed with a bull calf this year. We decided to name it hamburger!
With our calf coming means that we are in milk again! Cream , butter, buttermilk, ghee and farmers cheese !
Between the cow,chickens and making our own bread and tortillas, we don't frequent the store much!
We support local farmers for organic produce and grass fed meats. It's just another way to be healthy and love our neighbor~

Love these guys

I don't have anything profound or meaningful to say-nothing political or about nutrition.
I only have to say that I love these guys!

Pregnant? Need help?

  That was the purpose of our banquet the other night. We are so grateful to Senator Rick Santorum for joining us and helping us to raise funds for the Pulaski County Free Womens Clinic.
  The name may be a bit misleading though. For as we learned, they help women, their famlilies, the babies and the dads. They provide sonograms and food and help for bills if necessary.
   It is such a blessing to see all of the people come out and participate. What a wonderful ministry!

Tea Partiers

LOL. Ok so a play on words.
They are cute and always love a tea party! So did you catch the filibuster with Rand Paul? Quite amazing to see men 'Do the right thing' out of Washington now a days. Hey we will take it! What a disappointment that the Democrats reacted so harshly. As I  posted on FB today;
"Just a spoonful of Rand Paul , makes the liberals go down, in the most delightful way~" Not delightful for them of course.
  I say it alot, Ill say it again. The men in Washington are the men in our homes. Our country and government is not an aberration of who we are. Also, at the same time, working full time for months on the Todd Akin for US Senate campaign, our family learned that there are many godly men and women in...yes believe it or not...in Washington, and Jeff City. They are there and they make a difference. We can do our part by supporting them. Especially our new reps that haven't been there long. Or old ones who are too comfy and have been there too long....And most of all, we have the blessing, privilege and responsibility of raising our arrows to be the leaders of the future. Believe me, we are going to need them!

What is this blog Ive stumbled upon?

  OH! It is mine. Long lost and nearly neglected. Hmm. Lets see if there is going to be a change in that.
  So what have you all been doing? I have continued on my learning adventure about health and wellness and eating right. Nutrition and healthy living, disease and disorders. It is all connected you know!
  I like how Dr Lindsey says it;" Our bodies are not sick for lack of medicines." As well "Our food comes from depleted soil, it grows sick plants and we eat it and have diseased bodies." Not to mention the big bad chemical company MONSANTO. They have created the pesticide that , when an insect eats the plant, the chemical blows up inside of the insect...thus resulting in insect death. Guess what? Same thing is happening when we eat that GMO, pesticide laden food. And, we have leaky gut. That is one of the ways to get that condition anyways.
  There has been a lot of research done on 'immunity  begins in the gut'. It all makes sense. That would explain why Americans are so unhealthy as well.
  Here is an interesting quote I read "Obese people are starving to death". Seriously? WEll if you think about it, their bodies are craving nutrients and minerals. They eat dead unhealthy food and don't get the things their body needs. So the body craves more and more food. Hoping to get what it needs. It is a vicious cycle to be sure.
  So there is a little rambling for you. Yes I'm still into politics. However if we are going to be up to the battles for good laws and freedom, you need a healthy body to do it. And what about our first and foremost "Marching orders" from "The King"? Being a disciple take discipline. I believe it requires discipline in every area of life...eating and living habits included. It all goes together..at least in my mind:)