Day#14 did began very, very well; if
you can call waking up to your big ol' dog barfing as a good start.
We have a rule in this house. Whether or not my husband agrees to
said rule, either. I can handle many, many things. Blood, guts,
hunting deer, plucking chickens, cleaning toilets, nursing children
through the night, even surgery! However, vomit is on a totally
different level and one I can not aspire to reach. shudder I
got the dog outside and even brought Tim the rags to clean it up, but
that is as far as this woman goes! Even if it is our children. Mommy
loves you dearly, but if you start hurling, dear child, Mommy will be
running out of the room to keep from experiencing the monster gag
reflex that takes over Mommy's throat and makes her tummy roll over
like a dead possum. Yep, Mommy is brave! How nice of you to notice
and not point how ridiculous Mommy can be sometimes!
I put a drop of Thieves essential oil
on Belle's dog bed before I flopped back into the bed to leave my
wonderful husband to clean up the vomit. He's mine, you can't have
him. I know I've got a great thing going with him! Anyway, the
Thieves will help get rid of airborne bacteria and helps it smell
much better. I don't know about you, but the smell of cloves, lemon,
etc is much, much better than vomit!
When I awoke, it was near 11 o'clock.
Yes, in the a.m. Not everyone is perfect! Nor is everyone a morning
person! Honestly though, I woke up to sneezing. Not my most favorite
way to wake up to the world for the day, but I've experienced worst.
My sweet daughter came into the room and said, “What helps with
sneezing?”. I answered Lavender and Peppermint, which she brought
me to apply. Once I had applied, she put the oils back for me. I
don't know who taught her such helpfulness and willingness to serve!
I love that little girl's heart! She was a chatterbox today, more so
than normal. Throughout the day of talky talky talky, she told me the
different oils she or someone else needed to use. When it was time
for schoolwork, she put on a little Frankincense and some Peppermint
to help with clarity and concentration, after she had informed me that is what she needed to, that is. She went running for the
Peppermint instead of a Pepto tablet when she had some stomach
cramps later on. Within moments of applying it, she was better, saying, “This
stuff really works!” There
is the testimonial of an eight-year-old, folks! You can't get better
than that. Seeing the changes in my kids is enough to be willing to buy the kit of essential oils from Young Living all over again, even if for just the change for the better in their sleeping habits.
During
this day, I've really struggled with feeling down in the dumps. I'm
not one to cry. I actually hate to cry, and will avoid it whenever
possible, but I felt like I could've just crawled into God's lap and
had a big ol' cry. There were some expectations I had held, concerning how others perceived me or evaluated me
that I felt inadequate in. And this feeling of inadequacy was wearing on me heavily. I've journeyed through a really rough time
these past two years and had to overcome living my life based on
someone else's views and expectations of me and spreading my own wings to how God wishes me to fly. I know my self worth is
not tied up in what someone else thinks of me, only what God thinks.
I know that if these things I'm concerned with don't happen, it is
because they are not right for me and God has something better
planned. It is not the end of the world. It is just emotions. Haha.
It is not so easy to believe those things sometimes, though. I've
felt desperate today. I think sometimes God needs us to get desperate
so that we don't get stuck in the doldrums and become stagnant. Though sometimes it takes a hurricane to get us out of the stagnant place. I'm not at a hurricane moment, just one that is the vine being pruned, I think.
With
this inner turmoil going on, and knowing it was also a spiritual
thing, and emotional thing, I put on Frankincense to lift my spirits
and Peppermint to give me a boost, mentally and physically. I also
used Lemon to buoy my spirits, along with, most importantly, some
prayer. Now I wasn't able to run races today, or even make a nice
dinner like I was able to last night. I'm sure I was snippy, and
snappy, and surly at times. I'm not perfect and these oils are not a
fix-it-all, but prayer is. God knows what is going on. He will
prevail where my strength would only fail. I love the comfort that
the oils bring me, though.
It
was also heartening to hear Mercy tell her Grandma what EO she should
use before they went for a walk after supper. I let Mercy put
the oils on her and John tonight (although a tickle/laughing fest
resulted), because last night she was telling me which one was which
and asking me to clarify what each one was for. I'm impressed by her interest and aptitude. It is certainly important what we teach our
children, for when they are older they won't depart from those ways.
I'd rather teach my children to investigate products, ways of living,
and alternative means to the traditional medicines than to teach them
to rely on what the doctors, media and commercials tell them they should buy
and use for their whole lives. It just might be that my daughter and
my son do not have cancer visit them (because it won't, by the
prayers prayed already) because the prayers of their parents were
supported by a lifestyle of essential oils instead of chemicals,
toxic free living instead of living a toxic life. I'm willing to
learn how to live this lifestyle with the hope of what it can do for
my children long term. It is also another reason we must be guided by
prayer in all that we do.
Nightly oils:
Mercy put Valor on her and John's feet, Peace and Calming on their shoulders, and Lavender on their necks.
Grandma used Valor on her feet, Peace and Calming on her shoulders, Lavender on her neck and Purification on her chest.
I used Valor on my feet and on my jaw, Peace and Calming on my shoulders, Lavender on my neck and temples, and Thieves on my chest.
Tim fell asleep before all of this so the only way he'll get some is if he starts snoring so horribly I can't stand it and I attack him and his feet! lol
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