Its Soap Making Day Again
Part of our commitment to living simply is to make as many of the things we use on a daily basis. One of those things is soap. I have been making soap for nearly 20 years now. We use it to bathe with and I grate it for our laundry soap. There is something very satisfying about making things from scratch, more so than if they were made with a pre-measured kit of some kind. For me, making things from start to finish is much like the difference in making a cake from scratch or opening up a box of cake mix, adding in a couple eggs, water and some oil. Its just not the same as doing it all the old fashioned way. Many times I have thought that perhaps I was born in the wrong century, preferring to do things in a way that seems a bit more complicated but that makes me far less dependant on doing things the easy way. I like knowing that if the world sort of fell apart, I wouldn't be cowering in the corner, pulling my hair out in despair because I didn't know how to live without all the modern conveniences. Must be that Yankee Independence coming out in me. I would far rather be one of the ten virgins that was prepared for the unexpected in life.Matthew 1:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
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