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pray without ceasing

Praying Without Ceasing, even when it’s hard

February 24, 2014 · In: devotional

Prayer is one of those things that I’m extremely good at sometimes, and is extremely non-existent at other times. In those amazing times and spans where I’m fully focused on…

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🌾 THE MORNING AG BRIEF: What D.C. Did to Your Food 🌾 THE MORNING AG BRIEF: What D.C. Did to Your Food System This Week

Coming out of July 4th, USDA and Congress moved on beef processing, fertilizer, farm labor, and how the federal government defines "regenerative." Some of it matters. Some of it's being oversold.

This week's brief breaks down:

🥩 A new $500M fund for small/mid-size beef processors — packers excluded
🧪 A $500M fertilizer program that won't lower your feed store prices anytime soon
📋 A new USDA complaint portal for producers facing federal overreach
👷 The biggest farm-labor bill in 40 years (not law yet — but watch it)
🌱 The "regenerative ag" executive order everyone's celebrating — and why the word itself is the real story

Plain-language, honestly sourced, no hype either direction. Because staying informed is its own kind of self-reliance.

📖 Full brief on the substack—comment JULY and I’ll send it straight to you.

👇 What stood out to you this week?
If there's one herb worth learning this year, let If there's one herb worth learning this year, let it be yarrow.

It looks like a common weed along the tree line and field—but the Lord tucked an entire medicine chest inside this single flower.

Here's your basic rundown on yarrow (Achillea millefolium):

🌿 Stops bleeding + heals wounds—its most famous use, carried into battle since the days of “Achilles”
🌿 Reduces fever by helping the body sweat it out (diaphoretic)
🌿 Clears excess mucous at the onset of a cold or flu (anti-catarrhal)
🌿 Aids digestion—a bitter herb that stimulates stomach acid and saliva
🌿 Anti-inflammatory + anti-spasmodic for aches and cramping
🌿 A mild sedative that eases anxiety and supports sleep
🌿 Antimicrobial—studied against bacteria like E. coli
🌿 Traditionally used for pneumonia, rheumatic pain, and hemorrhage

⚠️ A few cautions: don't use yarrow until the end of pregnancy (it can cause uterine contractions), don't take it longer than 2 weeks at a time, and know it can lower blood pressure if you're already on medication for it.

"He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man." — Psalm 104:14

Herb for the service of man. He didn't hide our healing behind a prescription counter — He set it growing free in the fields, waiting for hands willing to learn.

That's what empowerment really is. Not fear. Just knowing what grows beneath your feet and how to steward it for the people you love.

On the blog I've written it all out — how to grow and harvest yarrow, every medicinal use, the full safety notes, and my simple tincture recipe so you can keep it on your shelf year-round.
Go learn your yarrow, friend. Then go teach it to your children.

🌿 For the full post + tincture recipe comment YARROW and I’ll send it to your inbox.

I'm a family herbalist, not your doctor—always use herbs at your own discretion.
We were endowed with inalienable rights by our Cre We were endowed with inalienable rights by our Creator. Yet it’s hard to fathom that we live in a country where you are considered a tenant, not an owner, of your property. If you don’t pay personal property taxes, your land will be taken from you. 

There are many reasons why it’s hard to look at America and wonder how we got to where we are today. How a nation that was once so free is now so arguably not. And yet, it is even harder to think that it is still more free than most other nations. 

On the 250th birthday of America, may we richly and deeply set with these things in our heart. Freedom must be fought for. It is not something you declare and then hope happens. It is a process of day in and day out, fighting for freedom. Our founding fathers knew this. 

Men didn’t just sign a document and suddenly they were free. In fact many of them (and their families) lived lives that were not peaceful. They were ridiculed and persecuted. 

Richard Stockton was captured by Loyalists in late 1776 and imprisoned in harsh conditions in New York. His estate, Morven, was looted and occupied. Francis Lewis had his Long Island home destroyed by the British, and his wife was taken prisoner and treated harshly. Abraham Clark had two sons captured and held on the notorious British prison ship HMS Jersey, where conditions were deadly. He reportedly refused to recant his signature even when it might have improved their treatment. John Witherspoon—the only clergyman signer—lost his son James, killed at the Battle of Germantown (1777). Rutledge, Heyward, and Middleton were captured when Charleston fell in 1780 and held as prisoners of war before being exchanged. John Hart had his farm raided and had to flee; his health was already failing and he died in 1779.

These men fought for freedom. They knew the price they had to pay. The question today—250 years later—is this….

How willing are you to fight for freedom? 

May God  direct this nation in the days ahead. May we never forget that it is only by His hand that we are free. And may we all understand that there is a much greater kingdom to be a part of, with a king that rules forever, and His name is Jesus.

God
There was a time I thought I didn’t like blueberri There was a time I thought I didn’t like blueberries. 

Turns out I just hadn’t had a fresh one yet — picked right off the bush, tart and popping, holding its shape instead of turning to mush. Now? I’m a fresh blueberry cobbler kind of woman.

This one’s from scratch—a sweet biscuit topping over blueberries that release all their color and juice as they bake. 

No canned filling required (though I won’t judge you if that’s the season you’re in—I have a recipe for that, too!). Serve it warm with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream and you’ve got the best summer treat on the planet.

It’s easy, it’s humble, and it tastes like the kind of evening where nobody’s in a hurry.

🫐 Full recipe is on the blog—comment BLUEBERRY to have it sent right to your inbox. 

Tell me—are you a fresh, frozen, or “just give me the pie filling” kind of baker? 👇
Sometimes—in the midst of all of the churchy thing Sometimes—in the midst of all of the churchy things and rules and taught beliefs—I think we forget this verse. Actually, we forget a lot of verses. In fact, we forget to think with the mind of Christ, often, and instead think on how other people did and do things. 

I am noticing the beginning of a peak in the body of Christ right now. The church has entered into a new era. She becomes more and more turned towards and into the image of Jesus. And this next reformation has already begun. 

If you aren’t in it, you won’t see it. If you aren’t talking to leaders within the church, you won’t understand it. But here’s what we are going to see, and are already seeing. We are beginning to see a great push back on what God is doing, from some of the least likely of places.

Some of the high capacity leaders that I have followed for years have suddenly decided to grasp hold of the last bit of the tradition of man instead of shed it off. We are beginning to see an unnecessary attack on home churches, small groups, and movements of the church outside of the four walls of a building. From places you wouldn’t have expected.

And the religious spirit calls it “rebellion”. Don’t get me wrong, there is rebellion. But we cannot broad stroke everything as rebellion. Isaiah said it best, “do not call EVERYTHING a conspiracy.” 

Our family has been on an extended sabbatical from traditional church since November of last year. We host fellowship dinners at our home every weekend. I have intentionally poured more into people—new believers,  non-believers, leaders, pastors, elders. And I have been poured into, too. Proximity matters.

And when I read this verse, for this season we are in, it resonates with me. After telling Yeshua all the things we’ve done, He says “come away to a deserted place, and rest.” 

With Him. With a small group. With the circle of friends and co-laborers. 

The backbone of the next reformation of the church is being set on the small pillars in the community that are being firmly rooted through covenant friendship and leadership so that growth can be sustained again. Be careful not to despise it. Instead, pray into it. Yahweh

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