Dr Bronner's Castille Soap

I started to write a post with a recipe and realized that Dr Bronner's really is the foundation of so many recipes that I needed to let you know about this soap first!

I began my life with Dr Bronner's Castille Soap in an effort to find a cheaper alternative to skin care a few years go.

 Experience drives me.  I LOVE experiences.  Visiting new places, eating new foods (good or bad), making a fun craft, spending time with old friends, making new friends - they drive me - they give me life!!!

I was spending $65 a month on my face.  I was not happy about it at all.  There were other things I would prefer to do with $65 other than clean and moisturize my face.  However, my face was also important and I didn't want to ignore that either.

After doing a lot of research, I decided to go with Dr Bronner's Castille Soap as a cleanser.  A $10.99 bottle would last 2 years as a cleanser.  It is completely natural and many bloggers recommended it as an excellent cleanser!  (my moisturizer recipe will be next)

I sought out my first bottle of castille soap at our local grocery store - Sprouts.

I had to ask an employee for help.  She told me that it was good for the washing machine, dishwasher, dish soap, hand soap, body wash, and face wash.  I was pretty shocked that it was an all-in-one, but I was really only ready for one purpose - my face!

At that point, I stuck with using the soap only as a the face wash.  It took less than a dime size drop to soap up my entire face.  I was immediately in love - my face was clean and felt great!

It has done a fabulous job as a face wash.

But NOW...I use it EVERYWHERE!!!

It is my body wash.

Used in recipes for hand soap, dish soap, dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent, soft scrub, and to wash my car, it has proven very effective.

Dr Bronner's Castille Soap is all natural, chemical free, wonderful goodness.

When I purchased my first bottle, I read the bottle which was full of crazy thoughts and sayings.  They still are and might cause some to be put off by the whole deal.  From what I've read, his real life resembled the craziness you find on the bottle.  He was a survivor of the Holocaust which shaped his life.   Although he, himself, might have had a few screws loose, his soap is all that and a bag of chips too.  You can read a bit about Dr Bronner with a simple google search.

There are other brands of castille soap that aren't filled with quite so much rhetoric on the bottle, but I definitely prefer Dr Bronner's to the other ones I have tried.

What is a Spiritual Post?

 

I learned today how to add new posts to the home page and link them to their correct page tab on the blog.  This is all a bit new to me and something I am striving to learn - blogging and all that it entails.  I am glad that I am someone who is always striving to learn as this task is no small feat for me ;)

As I was testing out my newfound skill, I realized that there is "nothing" to link to the spiritual tab and since the heartbeat of who I am is spiritual, I felt faint.
 

 
That's when I was gently reminded that ALL of who I am, all of who you are is spiritual.  We are all connected to God in each and everything we do.



1 Thessalonians 5:23 reminds us that we are whole only when we recognize that we are not one dimensional...

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

In this way whether I am shopping, exercising, straightening my hair, eating food, whatever I do, I am living for my creator – the God of peace – the One from which all things began, from which all things are, and from which all things will ever be.

So although I may have one particular tab that says “spiritual,” truly if I am seeking wisdom for life, no matter what the “word” on the tab may be, it is a “spiritual” post.

In some ways I feel like I am writing this post as a comfort to myself, but I hope that this simple message is one that helps encourage you as you walk through your day today.

Life is all connected and all that we do brings glory and honor to our Lord (or not).

In short, there is no post that is not a spiritual post; however, on this blog, the posts labeled "spiritual" will include food for your mind with Word that will encourage growth for my (and your) spirit.

Love, Renee'