bread and water

From a drug dealer to a hope dealer.  Jesus saved John  (my husband) 24 years ago today, March 5th .  From a drug addict to a Jesus fanatic. From planning schemes to planting 2 churches .  Do you wonder why he preaches with such PASSION? He once really was lost and now he really is found.  From the darkness of a suicide attempt to now saving souls by sharing the gospel .  He’s an amazing father and husband.  Only Jesus can transform like that.  If you don’t believe in God just look at his testimony .  Thank you Jesus for the blood applied to cover our sin!!

 How to STOP anxiety . 🛑 STOP S is for sin, self talk or stress T is for trauma  O is for origin  P is for products  I heard this on the radio today on 101.1 and I made this graphic.  Problem: Sometimes our sin, our self talk or stress can cause anxiety.  Solution: Renew your mind with the Bible daily & positive affirmations based on Scripture. Get enough sleep, rest, exercise and take ashwaganda or something natural for stress management .  Problem: Trauma Solution: See a specialist in trauma counseling such as EMDR etc to heal Problem: Origin Solution: Heal from childhood wounds that cause anxiety. Choose a good therapist. (Cord of 3) Accept that God put you in the family or lack of family for a reason (like Joseph in Genesis) Problem: Products Solution: Come off caffeine and any other product that can cause anxiety  (This week I have stopped caffeine due to anxiety after infusion and it’s already helping!) Share your tips in the comment...

  It took my breath away when we drove away.  Some of my darkest days were spent in this little house. When we pulled into the driveway all I could think about was the postpartum depression that swallowed me up.  That’s why there is a big age gap between our third and fourth son. I was scared I would have PPD again. I didn’t have it after our fourth son was born but I did have depression after our fifth child miscarried at 4 months. I didn’t talk about it while I was walking through it. I didn’t really know that’s what it was for a long time.  But I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Anxiety . I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep, but I was still breastfeeding my newborn baby.   I know where I went wrong. And now that I’ve been through and studied health and wellness there are things I would tell young mothers so they don’t have to suffer like I did.  Instead of having my third baby and going home to rest and let family help take care of me, the house, and the two ot...

I remember being a young wife & reading lots of books about how to be a good wife. I grew up spoiled in some ways & didn’t know how  to cook or clean or iron (I still don’t iron well. Thank God for steamers!)  I’m 42 now & have been married for 21 years. I was 20 when I got married.  Titus 2:4-5 says, “that they (older women) admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” One book I read was not a christian book and it was called The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands. She basically said husbands need food & intimacy. I was telling the young ladies in bible study that the devil is so sly he tries to get couples to commit fornication before marriage & then he tries to get married women not to have sex with their husbands or for the spouse to have an extramarital affair or the use of pornography.  God de...