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Good morning and happy new week! As you make plans for everything you want to get done this week, there are several things you'll want to remember to schedule. We'll share those today!

My goal is to bring a little bit of Scripture, a sprinkle of encouragement, and a dash of hope to your day. I love a good cup of coffee (brewed like this), but if some other drink is more your style, I'm sure that will work. The point is for you to take a break from crazy living, just long enough for a sip of joy.

dahl—poor; one who dangles the head in poverty or hunger. Source

My husband and I have this joke, when life gets overwhelming, that we’re going to run away to Canada. Only sometimes it’s not a joke. Life really can get overwhelming, and we really can wish that we could sneak out of bed in the middle of the night, throw a few clothes into a suitcase, and hop into the car, driving as fast as we can to the border. We just want to escape, to get away from the pain.

For many people, the overwhelming desire to escape is a reality, and often the stresses that push them over the edge are related to money. Some people are poor because they’re lazy, but it seems to me that many of the people I’ve met are poor because circumstances beyond their control started a spiral of events that landed them without any source of income and with a mountain of bills to pay. Maybe one bad choice, one single decision, cost them everything… and years later, they’re stilling paying for it. Maybe it’s not a bad decision but rather, one single event, a catastrophe, a flood, a car accident, that stole their dreams as well as their credit history. Continue Reading

As we’ve already been discussing in this series, it is good to get in the habit of carrying on conversations with my children about God as often as possible. The Bible gives some specific things you want to be sure to talk about often, so we need to make a list of these.

I’ll give you some ideas to get the conversations started. I’ll just list verses straight from the Bible, then I’ll share beneath how we implement some of the ideas in our home. Read More

A version of this recipe was made popular by doctor and author, Henry Bieler. I’ve been making it at my house for several years now, whenever I need extra energy, maybe because I’m getting sick or recovering from childbirth. The zucchini provides a very usable form of sodium that nourishes the adrenal glands. The other vegetables are ideal for restoring balance to other glands and organs. Get the Recipe

Thank you for taking time to sip coffee with me. I hope your day is tov⁠—good and accomplishing what the Creator designed you for. Everything your hand finds to do, do it with all your might and for the glory of Yah!

Shalom,

~Anne Elliott

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