
The mother of a sickly boy went from doctor to doctor searching for a cure. Nobody could help her until a kindly, old, country doctor told her to buy a cookbook, go home, and cook for her boy. Apparently, an allergy to commercial breads that contain preservatives and artificial ingredients was the cause of his illness. In 1937, she began experimenting with baking her own preservative-free bread, ultimately perfecting a delicious whole-wheat loaf that contained only natural ingredients. The "cure" worked. The mother, Margaret Rudkin, a homemaker from Connecticut, began selling her "Pepperidge Farm" bread to local grocers. A boy was cured and a family business begun.
I studied the Word of Wisdom and nutrition. The low-fat (and also low-nutrition), vegetarian diet we had been following for years seemed to be part of the problem. By the guidance of the Holy Ghost, I settled on the food plan found in Nourishing Traditions. Soon my pale boy had color for the first time. We ate well, kept early hours, walked, swam, and spent a lot of time outdoors. Raising our own free-range eggs, switching to organic whole milk, baking fresh wheat bread, and cooking organic meats and veggies, everyone felt better. After years of this with a few tweaks here and there, my son is nearly as healthy as other boys his age. However, we've recently discovered his good health can be quickly lost by ignoring our personal revelation. God really does care about each and every one of us.
Oodles of stories exist of mothers faithful to God and their children, who pray for direct answers. Some are blessed with miracles, as I was in my fine son's case. Others have to accept God's will and watch their children die, as I did with my little Katie. Either way, God loves and cares about all of His children and knows the best course of action for each life. Read the following amazing story for more witnesses of this truth.
"On 30 October 1838, three days after the extermination order was issued, some 200 men mounted a surprise attack against the small community of Saints at Haun’s Mill on Shoal Creek, Caldwell County. The assailants, in an act of treachery, called for those men who wished to save themselves to run into the blacksmith shop. They then took up positions around the building and fired into it until they thought all inside were dead. Others were shot as they tried to make their escape. In all, 17 men and boys were killed and 15 wounded.
After the massacre, Amanda Smith went to the blacksmith shop, where she found her husband, Warren, and a son, Sardius, dead. Among the carnage she was overjoyed to find another son, little Alma, still alive though severely wounded. His hip had been blown away by a musket blast. With most of the men dead or wounded, Amanda knelt down and pleaded with the Lord for help:
'Oh my Heavenly Father, I cried, what shall I do? Thou seest my poor wounded boy and knowest my inexperience. Oh Heavenly Father direct me what to do!' She said that she “was directed as by a voice,” instructing her to make a lye from the ashes and cleanse the wound. She then prepared a slippery elm poultice and filled the wound with it. The next day she poured the contents of a bottle of balsam into the wound.
'Well, the Lord can make something there in the place of your hip, don’t you believe he can, Alma?’
Then I laid him comfortably on his face, and said: ‘Now you lay like that, and don’t move, and the Lord will make you another hip.’
Alma laid on his face for five weeks, until he was entirely recovered—a flexible gristle having grown in place of the missing joint and socket.” Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 47-48
We stopped drinking milk about a month ago and haven't been sick since (except my darn headache, but I discovered the reason for that, thank heavens!) We are not vegetarians, but we do drink green smoothies to make sure we get all the greens we need daily. It makes it easier for me. Our favorite source of protein is eggs, and I need to find a place to buy them from that is close, any suggestions? However, I do not eat chicken. A study at BYU was done and they found that 98% of the chickens in Utah had cancer, and I can not imagine that its good to eat cancer! My favorite white meat right now is pork...pretty ironic, huh? Where in the world do you get organic food in this town? I've searched and searched and everything I found was old, wilted and moldy. Suggestions welcome! Please email me.
ReplyDeleteAnne
I buy organic, vegetarian, cage-free eggs, Eggland's best. I do drink whole milk, raw and organic if I can find it--pasturized, organic if I can't. I buy organic veggies and herbs at Smiths or grown them on my countertop. I do eat non-organic if it is grown in the US but try to stick to organic as much as possible. I buy organic chickens and wild caught salmon--usually frozen. I buy pork that isn't raised with growth hormones. I buy free range buffalo and other orgainic meats from Lynn's when they are available.
ReplyDeleteIt is very tought to eat free-range and orgainic in this town. Seattle has everything I could want. But our little town has fresh air and less stressful lifestyle. Seattle is depressing and so fast paced that I feel stress-stress-stress.
Ginger