“Those who think they have no time for
healthy eating will sooner or later have
to find time for illness.” Edward Stanley

For by your words you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced. Matthew 12:37

When Jesus died to save us, He wanted to save all parts of us and make us whole. And that includes our attitude!

Many people need to get their attitude saved-because every time something doesn’t go the way they want it to go, their first response is a bad attitude. When we don’t get what we want, our emotions flare up, and instead of doing what the Word say, we follow how we feel. We think wrong, and then what we think comes out of our mouths.

Words are containers for creative and destructive power. I can say. “Something good is going to happen to me,” or I can say, “Nothing good ever happens to me.” Either way, I’m likely to get what I say.

With our thoughts, our words, and our attitudes, we either give God permission to work in our lives or we give the enemy permission to work in our lives.

One of the best things we can do is learn to discipline ourselves to think before we speak. When something doesn’t go the way we want it to, instead of defaulting to being negative, have your mind set ahead of time that you are going to praise God anyway and trust that He has something even better in mind for you.

Somewhere in your house there’s a box. It contains video of your wedding. Baby’s first steps. Dad in that hideous sweater, waving at the camera.

Those tapes are dying in that box. Not someday. Now.

The last VCR ever manufactured rolled off the line in July 2016. Every working machine left is at least a decade old, and nobody’s making parts.

🛠️ Your DIY weekend

Want somebody else to preserve your videocassettes? iMemories costs $29.99 or more a tape. Legacybox fall to roughly $20 each. Walgreens starts near $34.99. Easy, but it adds up fast if you have 40 tapes.

Doing it yourself is cheaper. Buy two things to work with your computer’s USB port and free storage.

1. A VCR. Copy and paste this into the eBay search bar: “VCR VHS 4-head hi-fi tested working.” “Tested working” filters out the junk, and 4-head hi-fi models give you the best picture and sound. Expect $50 to $80. When you’re done with the VCR, you can sell it on eBay to someone else.

2. A capture device. A $110 Portta VHS-to-digital converter is my pick and includes the red, white and yellow cables. This cheaper option runs about $45. The difference? It needs a PC and software like QuickTime to record, while the Portta works by itself.

Take the colored cables from the back of the VCR into the capture box, USB into the computer, press play, press record. Transfers run in real time, so a two-hour tape takes two hours. Make it a weekend project with a kid who has never seen a tape rewind.

iPhone: Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services, turn on Emergency Calls & SOS. Then in Health, tap your photo > Medical ID and turn on Share During Emergency Call. Android: Settings > Safety & emergency > Emergency Location Service.

Use Wi-Fi calling? Your carrier keeps an emergency address on file. Moved since? 911 could get your OLD address.

iPhone: Settings > Cellular > Wi-Fi Calling > Update Emergency Address. Samsung: Settings > Connections > Wi-Fi Calling > menu > Emergency address. Pixel: Settings > Network & internet > SIMs > your carrier > Wi-Fi calling > Emergency address. On any other Android or if you can’t find the setting: Open your carrier’s app (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.), search “Wi-Fi calling emergency address” and update it there. Same fix, different door.

📩 Send this to anyone who only carries a cell phone. It’s their lifeline to 911.

• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 large onions, diced
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 1/2 inches fresh ginger, finely grated
• 10 cups bone broth
• 3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 4 breasts)
• 3 sprigs fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
• 7 sprigs fresh thyme leaves, chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 6 cups kale, roughly chopped
• Juice of 2 lemons
• sea salt, to taste
• black pepper (to activate the turmeric)

Instructions

STEP 1

In a large pot, heat the extra-virgin olive oil and add the onions, carrots, and celery. Cook until tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for another 3 minutes.

STEP 2

Add the bone broth, chicken, chopped herbs, turmeric, and cayenne. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the chicken and shred with two forks. Return the shredded chicken to the pot and cook for another 5 minutes. About 5 minutes before serving, stir in the kale and lemon juice. Adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper to taste.