Young Living Essentials Oils Why I Chose Them.

There are a lot of companies selling essential oils on the market today. I am not here to criticize any of them only to why I chose the way I did.

The very thing first that caught my attention was the seed to seal guarantee. You can read it here for yourself.  https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/discover/seed-to-seal  The next is that they have been in business loner than the others. You can read about that here.  https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/company/about

I also talked with others. I researched other brands and I kept coming back to Young Living. I prayed over it and discussed it with my husband. We decided to join and are so glad we did. The changes in our lives is so amazing.

The longer I am with this company the more I am glad of my decision. We just had a facebook class on the heart of Young Living. What I have learned has touched my heart so much. We of course went over the seed to seal and all the information on how they test etc. Then we got all the information on the Young Living Foundation. You just have to go see what all they participating in. I am ready for a mission trip to Ecuador to work in the earthquake aftermath. I am ready to tour the school and farm to see first hand all that they are doing. The excitement of being part of touching lives is amazing. Outreach Ministry is my heart, it is what I do. I run our church outreach we try to show the love of Christ through a hand up and love.

If you want to discuss any of this with me please feel free to contact me. We have been with Young Living almost a year now and I am not looking back. You can comment on this post or email me here  Angie. I am excited for what is happening in our lives and want to share with you.

Have a blessed day!

Reflecting on a Life Change

As we sit here at Starbucks waiting to meet with team members and potential new customers , my mind goes back to January 2016 and where we were in our journey in life. I will say first and foremost that we are most grateful to God for taking us through every fire that we have faced , this is why I feel so strong about this current door that has opened for us. This door comes in the form of essential oils and a company called Young Living.

Essential Oils are in fact the lifeblood of the plant so how can we benefit from this? This is where I feel that God has really started working on my understanding of these oils and their power and benefits to our body and health. While I'm not a doctor or medical professional at all I can certainly testify to the changes essential oils have made in my life since January.

I know that many people may not believe the way I do and that's ok , but I feel a strong need to get the word out about how these oils can make great changes in ones life. It is an up hill battle because so many people are very entrenched in modern man made medicine and seem to have no Faith in Natural methods at all yet they express a strong Faith in God. I for one have had my eyes opened to just what these oils can do and just how easy maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be.

There are many great things to be said about Young Living Essential Oils that were deciding factors in our choice of companies to work with. As Christians we are very careful about who we do business with and it must be honest and above board. In our research of companies we found Young Living to be just that and also found that many other members are like minded in their belief in God. We were also impressed with the quality of the products and the fact that they work as stated , there is not an auto ship unless you work it as a business which is totally your choice. You must also know that 93% of our members only use the products,  that's only 7% that work as business owners.

Well enough for now. I will continue to share more of my experiences with essential oils and continue to offer a healthy lifestyle change to those who want to seriously make changes.

Until next time be Blessed
John

Life Changes Not Fads

Hello all!
Finally getting around to writing that post I promised on our new eating habits.
We are now using Young Living vitamins, minerals, essential oils, Ningxia, tooth paste, mouth wash, hand soap, hand sanitizer, cleaner, shave gel and more. There are so many products that we are switching over.
Ningxia Red is amazing, it is a high nutrient supplement. We learned the hard way just how great this is. We ran out after almost 30 days of taking it. The difference was amazing. We have not ran out again.
Thieves has a line of products that uses the Thieves essential oil. Every one of the products I have tried we have loved. The cleaner replaces every cleaner in your cabinet it smells great and cleans great too. The toothpaste and mouth wash are great. The ingredients are good for your mouth, The hand sanitizer has no chemicals that are harmful to you in it. The cough drops are new and are amazing at stopping coughs. The lozenges are great too.
The lavender shower gel is out of this world. I fell in love with it the first time I used it. I can't wait to try the shampoos, conditioners and other shower gels.
Your skin is your biggest organ everything in the air and any thing that touches it is absorbed and filtered. Keep that is mind when slathering on lotions, and using soaps and cleaners.
I won't keep going on about Young Living. I just wanted to share how they are also helping us in our new life walk.

We are eating a lot more fresh vegetables and fruit. We have cut out a lot of carbs and snack foods. When we eat out we make healthier choices. I can tell if we fall back to the less healthy meals. I actually crave the vegetables.

We are slowly losing weight and keeping it off. Before when changing my diet I have gone on fad diets. Those all led to failure because you have to change everything all at once. By changing one or two things at a time we are making great progress and creating life habits. I can not stress how important that is. Good habits start out weighing bad habits and you can tell a huge difference.

Let me encourage you to not listen to the nay sayers and strive to make 1 change at a time. Your life will change dramatically if you do that.

We are happier and healthier than ever before. We just want others to fell like we do and make better choices.

In The Beginning: Spikenard

                         SPIKENARD

Our third oil of the Bible that we will look at is Spikenard. This  oil comes from India and is a highly medicinal oil. It was also one of the most precious oils of the time , used only by Priests , Kings , or High Initiates. We know of course the New Testament speaks of Mary of Bethany who anointed the feet of Jesus with this oil before the Last Supper.

Spikenard has a variety of medical properties such as, anti-bacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, relaxant, and an immune stimulant.

Some other well known uses for Spikenard are insomnia, menstrual problems/ PMS , heart arrhythmias, nervous tension. Spikenard has fragrant influences also, such as, relaxing and soothing , and helps nourish and regenerate the skin.

In our Bible Spikenard is mentioned more than a few times, one being in the Song of Solomon:1:12 " While the King sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof"

I hope you have enjoyed this brief overview of our third Ancient oil of the Bible.

DISCLAIMER: We are in no way medical professionals and make no claims or make any diagnosis of any kind

Until we meet again may God Bless you richly.  

It Has Been A While..........

Hello everyone! I have been out of pocket for a while. I am looking to start blogging again. I dunno if you will find anything of interest to you but I hope so.

There has been so much went on in our lives since the last post. I will start where we are right now.
We both work from home. We run a freight brokering business, we are now selling essential oils/nutritional products and we sell Avon.

I got away from the frugal living for a while cause life just got in my way. I am heading back there. I am loving my homemade laundry detergent with essential oils. You can find my laundry recipe on the blog. We are going to be putting out a few vegetables this year. I am also going to get it in gear and do some canning and freezing again. It has been a while since I have done any. I sure have missed that good food.

Our son has turned 18 and never home so we are kind of empty nesting. It is really kind of strange. We are looking forward to some travel and adventure in our mature age. (hahaha)

So stayed tuned I am going to get him to do some blogging too.

Rain, Rain Go Away!

The garden has been plowed and disced now we need to get the clods out so we can start planting. I was going to do that today but it rained last night and some this morning.

I am eager to get some things in the ground. I am completely out of a lot of my home grown things. :(     I am also missing having fresh food to just pick and eat. We did not do a garden last year there just wasn't time.

So far I have put cucumbers, straight neck squash and zucchini out to start. They have not starting poking through yet. My lemon balm, parsley and comfrey are growing good. Oh! I almost forgot my chives they are blooming right now. Fresh chives on a baked potatoe just can't be beat.

I will have to get some pictures up soon of the gardens. The apple tree bloomed this year but they have to have a companion tree and it died so I will not have apples. :(    Time to look for another apple tree.  I would love to have a plum tree too. The kids love plum jelly.

I have not gotten into making bread again yet. I need to badly.

The last year I have not gotten near done here at the house that should have been done. The store consumed so much of my time that I let my family down. (that is a whole nother post) So I am trying to start back slow into all that I was doing before the store.
We still have the store but we are closer and I am home much more.

So stick around and I will be putting up post about my journey since I stopped writing the blog. God has taught me a lot and I want to share it.

Lost From The Blog World

I didn't get lost. I have just been lazy. My life has been pretty chaotic and I couldn't get my thoughts together to post. We have put up quite a bit of food this year. One thing I have noticed is that everything seems to happen at the same time. When the crops are coming in then things seem to start happening that keeps me running all the time. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to stay home more. I can not do the things that I need to get done and never be home.
We have our grandchildren full time. I am homeschooling 3 kids so I truly need to get my act together more. Isaiah has issues that we are going to have to get help for. Kaitlynn falls into acting like her brother to see if it works for her. Ross is having to learn to share his parents and home with 2 other children. There is a lot for all of us to get use to.
My main priority is making sure I take care of these kids. We are trying to make as stable a home as possible for them. Isaiah has such a hard time dealing with any kind of change. The simplest thing can set him off. If they are with their mother more than the norm, if we change our daily routine any at all, if anything at church changes anything like that just sends him into behaviors that are so hard to deal with. Johnny and I are doing all we can to make him feel as stable as we can. Kaitlynn is starting to show signs of acting out too. I have never had to deal with these kinds of behaviors and it is hard to deal with at times. We pray daily for them and believe that God will move for them.

The farm animals have grown, we now have 150+ chickens. We have them of all ages. We will be selling chicks in the spring. The young ones are starting to lay so we are starting to get lots of eggs. YEAH!!!!
We had large gardens this year and we ate pretty good from them. I put up quite a bit of food for the winter. I love eating home grown in the winter. God just keeps blessing our land and we are able to feed us and give some away.

I am hoping that I will be on here more this fall and winter. I have a lot of stuff I want to get done around the house. I also want to work on me with the help of my Jesus that I make the changes I need to. My biggest ministry right now needs to be my family and home. I will have to try to get some pics up of the chickens and gardens soon.

God Bless everyone hope to write again soon.

Riches, Contentment, Stewardship

You may ask what kind of title is that. Well, they are really tied together. God has really worked on me about these things for over a year now. I wasn't getting it at first. Then Johnny got sick and I got it but really couldn't do a whole lot. Now I am feeling those tugs in this direction again. They are stronger and more urgent than before.

While reading and praying this morning God gave me some scriptures I want to share with you. They are on riches, contentment and stewardship. I am not going to share today on all that has happened to get us to this point, I will do that in another post soon.



In the last 2 years we have lost much. I am talking material, emotional, financial and even spiritual.

We are now getting very close to barebone. That is ok though. We need to be here and need to learn from this place.



We once had quite a bit. We were not good stewards, we were not content and we strove to have more. Well, we are now stripped of all these things and we are better people for it.



Proverbs 23: 4 & 5

Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven.



What I have learned is just what this scripture says. I no longer work to be rich in money, I work to be rich in Him. They do take wings. God does not and His wisdom is greater than any riches. I have learned that God knows what I have need of. All I have to do is let Him have control and my needs will be met. I said needs not wants. Everything we say we need is not really a need.



If you let God have control you can learn to be content.

Philippians 4:11 -13

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.



Oh how true. We have to be content with where we are and what we have. No feeling sorry for yourself, no holding pity parties. Be thankful for what you have. I am thankful for what I have. I want to show God how thankful I am. I do not have riches here, but I have riches in heaven. That is where my heart is because what I love is there. This is only my temporary home, I will not live here forever. My home is in heaven with my Father and my Savior.

Be content with what you have.



Luke 16:10-13

He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth who will entrust the true riches to you?

And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.



We have to be good stewards of what has been given to us. Not just in money, but in all we have.

Land, home, time, food all these things can be wasted. I am sure we could think of even more things but you get my point. We have to take care of what we have, be good stewards of it and be content with it.

If we are wasteful and do not take care we will be in need. How can God help us if we are no true to His word. How can God help us if we do not take care of what we have and love what we have.

Too many times we say we are content but if we had this or that would be better. If you say that you are not content. You can dream, I am not saying that is wrong. I am saying that things are tough but THANK YOU GOD FOR ALL THAT I HAVE AND DON'T HAVE. I am happy in you and my family.

I will take care of what you have given me and encourage others to do the same.

I hope this makes sense and you understand what I am saying. I have been wasteful in the past and wanted more. Now I have little and love what I have. I want to take the best care of what I have so God can use me for His glory.



God Bless You All , Have A Glorious Day.

Marriage Retreat

Johnny and I are going on a marriage retreat with our church this weekend. We have done this for 2 years now. We enjoy getting away for a night. We also get great information and good fellowship with other couples.
This is a wonderful thing our church does to help build stronger families in our church.

We are really looking forward to it this year. Thankful that we can go again together. It was about this time last year that Johnny was diagnosed with cancer.

So we are very thankful. It has been are hard, stressful year. It has taken a toll on this family. We are now trying to over come the division that it made in our relationships.
Working on our marriage is a good start. If our relationship is strong then we can be better parents and grandparents.
We are looking to God for the answers and the strength to go forward.

TIme Management

I have been reading Crystal's Biblical Womanhood Blog this morning. I found her series on time management and it really struck a cord with me.

I can't get anything done because of all that I need to do. Johnny and I have made some changes in our home this week. We are getting on a schedule. You see that WE, not me. Which means that it is more likely to work that when just me tries it.

I know everything that I talk about always goes back to the year we have had. I know you all probably get tired of hearing it but this year is what is changing this family.

I am tired. I do not want to do anything. I just want to sit and do something that does not require me to use my brain or back. Call that lazy, I don't know. My husband is a truck driver and for as long as we have been together I have taken care of everything. He made the moneyand mowed the grass when time allowed. Everything else was up to me. This past year on top of all that, we moved and he was diagnosed with cancer. So I took care of everthing else, him and worked parttime. I did it because God was my strength. Sadly I did not put time for prayer and bible reading in my schedule as I should have. Now I am at a point of emptiness. I need to be filled and my family needs to learn how to do things for themselves. Oh My did I say that?

I admit I am a control freak. There I said it. I am losing that. I don't want to control right now as much as I want to be controlled. Someone needs to tell mewhat to do or it won't get done. After weeks of telling my DH that I am struggling and need help he is finally coming out of his shell. He needs to lead this family as God's word says he should. I am so thankful to reach this point. I have to say we started this this and we have been fought all week. We are all three fighting some sort of illness, Ross had a huge nose bleed, other things have been happening to distract from what we are trying to do. We are going to make it though.

I go through all this to say we are going to have to cut things out of our schedule so that the most important stuff always get done.

I hardly ever tell people no, but I am going to have to start. Ross needs more time and attention with his school work. You see we homeschool and this last yeart has taken a toll on that too.

Our marriage is not as strong as it was. Circumstances and outside forces have really tried to destroy our family. I am slowly starting to make a recovery from this fog I am in.

We are going to make sure Ross gets schooled and this family gets back to the relationship we had with God before all the distractions.
Which means not answering or talking on the phone when I need to be working with him.
I will get up in time to have my quiet time before we start school work.
We will be having family prayer time.
We will be having family exercise time.
We will be telling others that we cannot do things that interfer with any of the above.
I will be posting more later. I need to get my thoughts more together.

What You Learn When Your World Falls Apart

I know I posted some on here about my husband having cancer and some of the things we have been through. I say we because the whole family goes through this not just the patient.

We have experienced times that I could have just walked away and said I can't take anymore. There have been times that my 9 yr. son was so frustrated and discouraged. We made it through only by the grace and mercy of God. Our home was turned upside down and shaken up. Every one of us have changed we are not the same people who started through this.

When my husband was on steroids was the worst time. I have great sympathy for anyone who has a loved one on them. He was so horrible. There was nothing he could do and nothing we could do.

Financially we were devistated. He was the bread winner and now we had nothing except what I made parttime. We had no savings due to having made very poor financial decisions in the past. We were in bankruptcy that we had to pay every week. I could not pay everything.
Then God took over and everything was fine. We had money come in that we never expected. People we had not heard from in years sent checks in the mail. People in our church would hand us money. We had gotten on SSI but that was not much, 623.00 a month doesn't pay much.
We had gotten on foodstamps and TennCare, but that was such a hassle. I was treated like dirt and degraded. I had no other choice but to go through it though. We had no insurance, we were hurting in a lot of ways.
He got approved for SSDI but that would not start for 6 months. You know though we never went hungry and the bills were always paid.
The couple I work for were wonderful, they worked with me around all the doctor appointments. That is also where I got to get away so I would not go crazy. We were in survival mode. Just one hour at a time. That is as good as it got. We never knew what was next but God always provided and gave us strength. We would never have gotten through this without Him.

In saying all this the point is you can survive anything as long as you lean on God. Have faith and know that you will make it through.