A Conviction Put to Words

I have a conviction. It’s one that I never intended to share on the blog. It’s personal; convictions often times are. It’s a conviction that has stirred deep down in my heart since we began this whole food journey almost 2 years ago, but one that I’ve only recently been able to put into words.

It began with a car ride. We were in the midst of year-planning for the blog, and my husband threw me this question:  Why are you writing the blog? A simple question, I thought. I’ve been doing this for almost two years, of course I knew why I was doing it….or did I? I mumbled a few answers; words I had written, published. “To inspire people to eat better.”

He kept prodding, explaining that the “why” of the blog would be a much more personal answer. I began to grow aggravated, mostly at myself for not having the words to answer this seemingly simple question. Finally my burgeoning irritation erupted into a string of words composing the clearest explanation for the blog I’ve ever been able to communicate, and it was this:

“I have a strong conviction that many people are missing out on the abundant life Christ intended for them, and not serving Him to the fullest capacity, much in part because of choices made surrounding what they eat, and because of a lack of nurturing both the body and soul.”

A Conviction Born From My Own Experience

So there it is, my conviction. And it is a conviction born of my own experience. I was living a less-than-abundant life. Tired. Weary. Unfocused. Sick. I was serving to a lesser capacity (Tired. Weary. Unfocused….sick….) And then we discovered something. We discovered that the real foods which God intends for us to eat, whole foods found in their most natural state, remedied much of this lesser experience. Our bodies began to restore. We gained energy, vigor, focus, health, and all-around well-being. This we had to share, and so my conviction became a calling.

A 2014 Vision on From Famine to Foodie

This year on the blog I am absolutely determined to invest my time where it matters, where it loves, where it grows exponentially by inspiring others to use a little bit more of their 24 hours in a day to learn, to create, to nurture, to allow their body and soul just a little more time each day to thrive.

How do I intend to do this? By inspiring, enabling, and educating.

• By inspiring families through our own journey and showing that this really is a more abundant way of living. Every one’s journey into whole foods is a process, and a unique one at that. This is about discovering what way of eating best fits, compliments, and nurtures you and your own family.

• By enabling others to cook whole foods with confidence through sharing simple cooking techniques that lie behind much of what we cook in our own kitchen. Basic know-how in the kitchen is so much more valuable than recipe cards. Versatile skills equip a cook with confidence to branch out and begin creating their own dishes aside from recipes with the ingredients they already have on hand. On this note, beyond my regular weekly posts, I will be publishing a monthly post featuring a simple how-to skill in the kitchen. These posts will equip readers with a versatile set of skills they can use to compose creative, delicious, and wholesome meals born of their own ideas!

• By sharing the education I’m gleaning as I sort through the world of what we should be eating and feeding our families. Information out there is excessive and contradictory. I aim to wade through that information and share sound facts through the creative channel of simply telling our story as it unfolds.

We Need Your Help!

First–this is not about us making money off of the blog. In fact, we don’t, and we don’t intend to. This is about everything I wrote above:  inspiring, enabling, and educating others to live a more abundant life and serve Christ to a fuller capacity through nurturing their bodies, souls, and families. That’s what this is about, and we need your help to spread the word!

Here are two quick but very beneficial ways you can help us.

1. Encourage subscriptions to From Famine to Foodie
2. Share From Famine to Foodie on Facebook

Encourage Subscriptions to From Famine to Foodie

First–if you are not a subscriber (if you don’t receive notifications of new posts in your e-mail inbox), follow the simple 2 steps below. And encourage others to do the same! Why are subscriptions important? They give me valuable realty space in e-mail inboxes. People are much more likely to click on a new post and read the blog if they receive notifications straight to their e-mail. In short, more subscribers means that our story and vision will reach more people!

Once we reach 100 subscribers (we are currently 27 away from that goal), we will switch the blog over to a self-hosted site! This means we will have a whole lot more control over the look and feel of the blog (no more pesky ads!). This will also give us much more visibility on the web (reaching more people with our story!), and more tools to use in reaching those people.

1. On the right-hand side of the blog, under my profile photo, type in your e-mail address and click “Follow”

2. After you click the “Follow” button, you should see this message pop up on your screen

3. Don’t forget the final step! Your subscription is not complete until you head over to your e-mail inbox and confirm!

Share From Famine to Foodie on Facebook

Subscriptions are our first priority, but visibility on Facebook helps make subscriptions happen! When you share From Famine to Foodie on Facebook, the size of audience that is exposed to our story grows dramatically. It’s a simple click of a button on your end, but it opens up a world of opportunity for us to speak into more lives!

1. If you haven’t yet done so, click here to go to the From Famine to Foodie Facebook page and “like” it to follow our story on Facebook!

2. After you “like” the Facebook page, click on the little button to the right of “message”, the one that looks like a flower…or a tire…?

3. From the drop down menu, click on “Share…”

4. Please take a moment to add a few words to your shared link on how you have been blessed or challenged by the blog; this makes things personal, gives us credibility from you, and greatly increases the interest of your friends and family.

Thank You!

I cannot thank you enough for your support, encouragement, and help as we see where the Lord takes this whole thing! Thank you for taking some of your precious time to read what I write. That thought both humbles and baffles me. We are very excited to see where this year takes us in our own journey of health, and to likewise see where it takes you in yours.

-Eryn, Gray, Zeke and El.