Honey Bear Bath

 Happy Sunday friend!
  Unfortunately the little guy and I stayed home from church this morning because we both didn't feel so well. I know we will be fine though. The weather has been so totally lovely. I want to spend every minute outside, preparing the garden for planting and enjoying the sun.
Ministry garden update, Benjamin and I planted  flowers and Basil for our ministry garden this morning and we started our tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, last week. We are typing up some letters to our local Home Depot and Nursery to see if they would be willing to donate some Rain Barrels, some tomato cages and soil. I know and expect the Lord will provide!
  Today I wanted to share with you a simple Recipe for a wonderful baby wash that I absolutely love. Its called Honey Bear Bath, and it only has three ingredient's. It smells and feels wonderful.

  This wash is very foamy, it also soothing for dry sensitive skin.  
  
You will need:

1 Cup of water


1/2 cup honey ( honey is very good for skin, it has antioxidant properties, helping to protect and maintain healthy skin and hair. I use raw local honey.

1/2 cup liquid soap, I use Peppermint Castile soap,  you can use any scent you would like, like lavender! 

Add all ingredients together and shake in your jar or whisk together with a Wisk. I used a mason jar and tripled the ingredients to make more.  This recipe came from the 2009 Summer. Herb Quarterly magazine. Subscribe to The Herb Quarterly Here   I love this magazine for all the great information and recipes. A true treasure.

 Here are some photos:

   

   

Mommy's helper

 

 

                                                     It looks so lovely. And very safe for your little ones.

 Let me know if you try this bath wash. I will also be posting on the next post how we made our own healing salve and how we infuse our herbs. Have a beautiful Sunday friend.
                                                        Blessings.
                                                               Elena

 

 

 

 

The Glory Of God

Good Morning Friend,
   I wanted to share with you something I read this morning that so much applies to nature. The Creator..
  I always Stand in amazement at nature, to me it all points to Jesus Christ. The majestic hand that... you know what, here is Psalm 104. It describes it in a way I cant. May you be blessed today.

Lord My God, You Are Very Great

 Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are very great!
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    stretching out the heavens like a tent.                                                                                                He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters;
he makes the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on the wings of the wind;
 he makes his messengers winds,
    his ministers a flaming fire.

 He set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
 At your rebuke they fled;
    at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you appointed for them.
 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they might not again cover the earth.

You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
they give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

 You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
    and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth
    and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
    and bread to strengthen man's heart.                                                                                                The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
 In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.

He made the moon to mark the seasons;
    the sun knows its time for setting.
 You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
 The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
 When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their dens.
 Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
 Here is the sea, great and wide,
    which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
    and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.

 These all look to you,
    to give them their food in due season.
 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.

 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
    may the Lord rejoice in his works,
 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains and they smoke!
 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!