Psalms 1-4
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
I lie down and sleep and wake again, for the Lord sustains me.
Luciana Miles
a blog.
Month: December 2022
Daily Bible Readings
Smoked Paprika Roasted Potatoes & A Green Salad With Garlic Mustard Vinaigrette
Daily Bible Readings
Malachi 1-3
Verse of note:
Because the Lord is a witness between you and the wife of your youth with whom you have broken faith, though she is your partner and covenanted spouse. Did not the One make [all,] so that all remaining life-breath is His? And what does that One seek but godly folk? So be careful of your life-breath, and let no one break faith with the wife of his youth. For I detest divorce—said the Lord, the God of Israel—and covering oneself with lawlessness as with a garment—said the Lord of Hosts. So be careful of your life-breath and do not act treacherously.
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
For I am the Lord—I have not changed; and you are the children of Jacob—you have not ceased to be.
Daily Bible Readings
Zechariah 9-12
Verse of note:
How lovely, how beautiful they shall be, Producing young men like new grain, Young women like new wine!
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
For I am going to raise up in the land a shepherd who will neither miss the lost [sheep], nor seek the strayed, nor heal the injured, nor sustain the frail, but will feast on the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs. Oh, the worthless shepherd Who abandons the flock! Let a sword descend upon his arm And upon his right eye! His arm shall shrivel up; His right eye shall go blind.
Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
Listening to this I realized that either I was too young to remember or I’ve never listened in full to Whitney’s early albums. I can hear the youth in her voice.
And it could just be my record but did she actually get better as she got older? Is this even possible? (It is of course).
Daily Bible Readings
Zechariah 1-4
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
—and I will remove that country’s guilt in a single day.
The Reality Of Time
There are only 12 hours in a day, not 24.
24 hours encompasses the day and the night cycle. The phrase “24 hours in a day” is at best incorrect and at worst a lie.
From sunrise to sunset is day, 12 hours (approximately). From sunset to sunrise is night, 12 hours (approximately), which equals one 24 hour cycle.
So in reality you do not have 24 hours in a day, nor 24 hours to get things done, you have 12 hours.
How does that change your schedule?
How does that change your priorities?
How does that change what you can realistically get done in one 12 hour day, one week, one year, a lifetime? How does it change it negatively? What about positively?At first this may seem like bad news, but I promise you it’s absolutely wonderful news.
Hopefully not only does this make your schedule much more focused and you become much more selective with those precious 12 hours of work and those precious 12 hours of rest, of which minimally 8 are for sleeping, but you will also have more time to spend with your family and be refreshed.
So the next time someone says “you have 24 hours in a day,” remember you really don’t. You have 12. You have 12 hours in your day to get done what you need to get done, the rest is for family, hobbies, rest, & sleeping.
Vegan Breakfast Casserole & Crispy Potatoes
Daily Bible Readings
Habakkuk 1-3
Verse of note:
For the villain hedges in the just man—Therefore judgment emerges deformed.
Evening edit:
Verse of note:
Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, Exult in the God who delivers me. My Lord God is my strength: He makes my feet like the deer’s And lets me stride upon the heights.
What I Do When I feel Unwell
- Fresh air: I make sure that I continue to open the windows everyday for a while.
- Sunshine: I try to sit outside in the sun.
- Bathing: I don’t skip showers/baths. I bathe with castille soap with a couple of drops of Tea Tree essential oil, its antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal. A couple of drops of Eucalyptus essential oil in the shower also helps with a stuffy nose, sinuses, chest, etc.
- I eat this garlic soup (which I really just need to have stocked in the freezer for when I need it).
- I eat this raw tomato soup (it has raw garlic (I add a bit more than the recipe calls for) and it’s delicious).
- I take shots of Fire Cider (something else that I need to have stocked and ready to go for when I need it).
- I drink pineapple juice for coughs (it works wonders).
- Lots of water, hot lemon water, & oranges.
- Rest.
- As soon as I start to feel better, I wash and change my sheets and my robe regardless of whether it’s time or not to do so.
- I rest a little bit more just to make sure it’s really gone and it isn’t coming back.