Natural Soap Making

Hi,

So we just started getting into soap making… aka \”soaping\” – so that we can sell soaps at our retreat center.  Well it just so happens that I added too much oil to my soap.  And it seemed as thought the batch was going to be messed up.  But as I let it sit overnight, it turned out to be ok.

 

Well, in this life, just like my other blog post talked about time, (>> Time for Thyme <<), it takes time. Everything that we do takes time. Just like gardening takes time, soap making takes time.  Did you know that in order to get the soap to its full effect and to make it super soapy, you have to allow it to sit for six weeks??…. \”PERIOD\”

 

Well the object lesson from soap making is that just like farming takes time and gardening takes time and soap making takes time, well our characters take time and canning takes time.

 

Although all of these things take time, it goes to show me that God is so loving and gracious that He gives us time to get things right; with others, with Him.  He gives us the opportunity to gain a better relationship.  And even though we mess up, and things may look like they\’re messed up, He still comes through for us and he still fixes it.  And just like my soap which looked like it was going to be an epic failure, God turned the situation around for me.  And now it seems like it\’s going to be ok. It\’s going to be saved.  One key thing I wanted to mention is that I prayed before I made my soap.  And I prayed during my soaping process; that it would turn out – or – something that was supposed to be a mess up would end up turning out right.  And today, you know, when you make soap, you let it sit for 24 hours and then you cut it so that it can cure.  I was able to cut it.  Usually, it will crumble and fail.  But God allowed me to be able to cut it so that the soap would be saved and my ingredients would be saved.

 

So these are my messages for today in reference to soap making in our characters.

Have A Blessed Day!

 

 

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Country Living: Farming…

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Hello Everyone.

 

 

The lessons that I\’ve learned thus far in country living is that some of you think that you\’ll be running to the hills when Sunday laws are passed.  But this is not so…  There are so many lessons to be learned when purchasing a country property.

 

 

Take for instance; our soil that needs to be revived.  So in order to really produce effective crops, we have to make sure that our soil is ready.  What I mean by that is that maybe our soil is too acidic and therefore, we can\’t grow the right crops in that area.  So now we have to get that area together so that we can now produce crops.  You may have to add certain things such as lime; such as fertilizer; maybe grass seeds. You might have to till it and you may not have the tractor.  You may have to contact a farmer in the area or wait until you buy a tractor to till your own land.

 

So I just want to be very clear and specific about when you move out to the country.  Sometimes things are not what they may seem or what they may appear to be.  You may be so excited to leave out, however, your property might not be ready to produce crops as you would like so that you could be in the industry of buying and selling.

 

It\’s so important to move out now so that you can get acclimated to your property; so that you can adjust to your soil; so that you can fix things before the time comes when you can\’t buy or sell.

 

Before I end this blog, I just wanted to say it takes time and time takes care of everything.  So be encouraged.  \”Understand inch by inch, anything\’s a cinch.\”  That\’s what they always say in the country.  lol

 

Thank You.

~ Antajuc Acres

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Lessons From The Garden: Time For Thyme.

Hi Everybody.

Today is a GREAT day!  You know why?  It\’s because I\’ve started my seed-starting greenhouse kit.  I am doing my herbs and I am feeling very challenged.  You know why I\’m feeling challenged???  It\’s because out of all of my herbs, THYME is the one that is really giving me a hard TIME.  lol

Everyone, I just wanted to mention that this THYME is really testing my TIME and my patience.  Growing the herb THYME might take a lot of TIME physically to try to catch on to the seeds.  They\’re almost like the size of a mustard seed – which we have to have Faith the size of a mustard seed – in order to endure; in order to push through our situations.  But I want to encourage you that in due TIME, the THYME will grow.  It\’ll sprout and give me a plethora of plants and I will produce from taking my TIME in order to plant the THYME.  So folks, don\’t get discouraged. Don\’t give up.  Gardening is about perfecting our characters.  It\’s about enduring until the end.  It\’s about GOD perfecting our characters as well as our patience so that we can produce perfection.  Like the Bible says: \”But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.\”  James 1:4 KJV

Those are my lessons from the garden.

Have a Great Day!

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