Encouragement for Christian Sisters

Greetings sisters in Christ! This post is for those of you who like coffee and might need a different way of making it instead of the conventional coffee maker.  I know, there's a lot of controversy about coffee and some people call it the Christian drug.  If that's so then I would like to add chocolate, pizza, and cookies as they can be overindulged and I've seen those such things alter people's moods.  Coffee has antioxidant properties as does tea and as in all things, moderation.  Paul says we are not to be mastered in anything (1 Corinthians 6:12)  Moving on from that.... I want to share a couple ways to make coffee without having a coffee maker and in a way that saves propane if you are off grid or traveling. You may have seen in a previous post how I shared these bags that we fill with coffee. Put a bag in a container, cover with water and let sit until the next morning.  We like these bags when we're living in the van on the road because there is n

Good afternoon sisters in Christ, Today is another gift from the Lord, let us rejoice and be thankful for it. He has transformed us into a new creation from the wretched being of our past.  Praise God for His forgiveness and mercy and let us strive on in holiness and obedience! I saw this picture at a thrift store a while ago and thought it was simple and quaint...speaking volumes of times past when life was less complicated. Brother Jim remembers the milk man and I remember a short time my parents were helping out on a farm and bringing fresh milk home in a metal can.  We would skim the cream off and take turns shaking it in a mason jar until it turned into butter.  (That was like gold to us in our poor family.)  There was a time that brother Jim and I milked goats and I made butter, ice cream, cheese, yogurt, kefir and all that from the milk.  (We also at one time had over 50 egg laying hens so this picture says much to me :-)  We normally don't drink much milk but