Jesus’ oils

AS CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS…

let us keep in mind the gifts of essential oils!!!

The story goes that the wise men gave the baby Jesus gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.

Now Frankincense and Myrrh are wonderful essential oils!

Frankincense was especially prized as a premier defense against all types of infections and diseases. But it was fairly expensive, so it was primarily used by wealthier folks.

It is interesting to speculate that the gift of gold may have also been a third essential oil known as BALSAM FIR!

Some years ago, ONLY 3 oils were found in King Tut’s tomb – frankincense, myrrh and balsam. These 3 were considered to be “KINGLY OILS.”

There are Hebrew scholars who discovered that Balsam Fir oil was also known as “liquid gold” because it was valued so highly.

So we see that the wise men who gave gifts of oils to baby Jesus were not only giving great gifts of healing…

but they were also acknowledging to the world that the baby in the manger was A KING (!) with gifts of ‘kingly’ oils.

I wish all my blog readers and visitors a very merry Christmas and a healthy, happy New Year.

heart & soul

it’s about that time of the year when I post my Christmas song on my blog

IF you haven’t heard it yet, please enjoy the song!

Thanksgiving 1777

The Continental Congress national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation on Nov. 1, 1777, as printed in the Journals of Congress:

Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with gratitude their obligation to him for benefits received, and to implore such farther blessings as they stand in need of; and it having pleased him in his abundant mercy not only to continue to us the innumerable bounties of his common providence, but also smile upon us in the prosecution of a just and necessary war, for the defense and establishment of our unalienable rights and liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased in so great a measure to prosper the means used for the support of our troops and to crown our arms with most signal success:

It is therefore recommended to the legislative or executive powers of these United States, to set apart Thursday, the 18th day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise; that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts, and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor; and that together with their sincere acknowledgments and offerings, they may join the penitent confession of their manifold sins, whereby they had forfeited every favor, and their humble and earnest supplication that it may please God, through the merits of Jesus Christ, mercifully to forgive and blot them out of remembrance; that it may please him graciously to afford his blessings on the governments of these states respectively, and prosper the public council of the whole; to inspire our commanders both by land and sea, and all under them, with that wisdom and fortitude which may render them fit instruments, under the providence of Almighty God, to secure for these United States the greatest of all blessings, independence and peace; that it may please him to prosper the trade and manufactures of the people and the labor of the husbandman, that our land may yield its increase; to take schools and seminaries of education, so necessary for cultivating the principles of true liberty, virtue and piety, under his nurturing hand, and to prosper the means of religion for the promotion and enlargement of that kingdom which consisteth in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

And it is further recommended, that servile labor, and such recreation as, though at other times innocent, may be unbecoming the purpose of this appointment, be omitted on so solemn an occasion.

holiday stress away

UNLESS you happen to be one of those folks who breeze through the holidays without any stress…

why not try the rolling the holiday stress away with

STRESS AWAY ROLL-ON?

It’s such a RELAXING combination of VANILLA, LIME & COPAIBA oils that you might hear yourself saying:

“Sure, I don’t mind having your magnificent mother over for the holidays.”

happy rosh hashanah

rest from labor

REVELATION 14:13

I heard a voice from Heaven say, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor…”

happy saint patrick’s day!

christmas message

holiday wish

size matters

interesting fact for president’s day…

John Adams claimed that the reason George Washington was invariably selected to lead every national effort was that he was always the tallest man in the room.

George Washington Reconsidered – pg. 216