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Guest post from Stacy McDonald Awakening Love with Essential Oils WARNING : The intended audience for this post is married women. While I have attempted to present the topic of intimacy and essential oils with discretion, please enter at your own risk. Do Not Awaken Love Before its Time… I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases. (Song of Solomon 2:7) …but once the time has come, stir things up with essential oils! The Song of Solomon offers a poetic vignette of marital intimacy in all of its glory—in all of its purity, eagerness, and beauty…and in all of its  passion ! As young girls grow into women, God gifts them with tender emotions and powerful hormones, both of which support and promote God’s sovereign purpose of marriage and fertility within a loving covenant relationship. Young women of all ages do well to heed the warning given to the daughters of Jerusalem not to ...

Check out this Mom's amazing testimony about the use of Frankincense oil! http://yoursacredcalling.com/commonscentsmom/one-moms-testimony-gods-gift-of-frankincense/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CommonScentsMom+%28The+Common+Scents+Mom%29

This is a guest post from Stacy McDonald. A Family Integrated Home Business Most families are separated during the work day, whether or not they want to be. Dad goes off to work. Maybe mom does too. If mom stays home with the children, there is often a harsh financial sacrifice. But, what if your family could stay home together and work together on a family business? What if you could do it without some huge financial investment, without hours and hours of time and focus? What if mom could get it started by basically doing what she’s doing anyway (using and talking about her essential oils), and dad could help in the background if he wanted to – until her business exploded and he decided he could come home and be with the family all day, every day! Yeah. Really. In 2010, when a friend sent me my first sample of oils, I discovered the huge difference between the essential oils I had been using and Young Living Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils . I was blown away by...

This soup was awesome and healthy!  You have got to try it.  It comes from the book Making Babies by Shoshanna Easling.  I bought the book because it has great gluten free recipes in it.  You can buy it at www.bulkherbstore.com.   Here's the recipe: Prep: 7 min.  Cook 20 min.  Serves: 2 1 chicken breast, cubed and pan fried (I was in a hurry and used canned chicken) 1/2 cup quinoa  1/2 onion, chopped, browned, and pureed (I had never pureed an onion before but it gave the soup good flavor) 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tsp parsley, dried 1 cup carrots, chopped 4 cups water 3/4 cup cabbage, chopped 2 1/2 tsp sea salt  In a 2 qt saucepan, add all ingredients.  Cook on med. low for 20 min., covered.  Turn off heat and let stand for five minutes.  Enjoy! p. 271 Making Babies series  

     I admit I am a perfectionist.  I used to take pride in that fact but now I realize it is bondage.  Oh how I want to be an "unperfectionist".  I know that's not a word, you know what I mean? I've been wrestling this out with God.  I am starting to realize that being a perfectionist is all about me.  It's selfish.  It means I care too much about what other people think about me when it only matters what GOD thinks about me.   God doesn't care how the highlights look in my hair or if my jewelry goes with my outfit.  God cares about my inner beauty.  A gentle and quiet spirit is precious to God. But  let it be  the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament  of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 1 Peter 3:4 Everything is backwards in God's kingdom.  The weak are strong, the last shall be first.  However, God always places...

I am so thankful for my Young Living Essential Oils!  We were out of town last week and my son got a fever during the night.  I put peppermint oil on his feet and that took the fever down.  I also rubbed Thieves Oil blend on his belly.  (This oil supports the immune system and combats sickness, colds and flu).  My son was better in the morning!   Then my other two boys got sick with a cough and cold.  I was able to use Lavender oil on their feet along with Winter Breeze Vapor Rub (www.beeyoutiful.com, tell them I sent you) for their coughs. I have also been putting RC and Raven oil on their chests and diffusing Eucalyptus , Thieves and Raven throughout the house.  (The diffuser comes with the Young Living Starter Kit.) And they all smell so good!! Check it out at www.youngliving.com and sign up for the Starter Kit which comes with a diffuser (GREAT DEAL).  My member # is 1288141 

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire . If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don't know something For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times, During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations Because they give you opportunities for improvement. Be thankful for each new challenge Because it will build your strength and character. Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons. Be thankful when you're tired and weary Because it means you've made a difference. It's easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for setbacks. Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings. Author Unknown