Saving Money In June

June!  It's already June!!  Oh my!  After this month, we will be half way through 2012... 6 months til Christmas!!! WOW!  It's already been quite a year!

June is known as the unofficial start of summer... kids are out of school, grills are cleaned and ready for BBQ, pools are sparkling blue and calling your name.... We are just past memorial day and not quite to July 4th celebrations.  Due to the spring crops coming in, lots and lots of produce is in season this month! Here's a list from Southern Savers showing this month's produce to buy.  Sales are highly likely on these items so stock up...freeze some for winter months when these items are higher priced.

Fruit
strawberries
watermelon
peaches
blueberries (just coming into season)
pineapples (nearing the end)

Vegetables
corn
onions
tomatoes
zucchini & squash
potatoes
bell peppers
cabbage & salad


June also holds national "candy month" and "dairy month" so expect to find deals in these grocery aisles well.  You will also want to stock up this month (look for the deals in the last two weeks of June) on picnic supplies as stores gear up for 4th of July.  Think paper plates, napkins, condiments, hamburger and hot dog buns.... 

For more on what to buy in June, see this post at Faithful Provisions.

Freebie Friday: A roundup of all things Free!

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Free From Fear

The following is a brief devotion from Kenneth Copeland Ministries at www.kcm.org

 Free From Fear
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."(2 Timothy 1:7)

   What would you think if I told you that you could live without fear? Would you believe me if I said that despite what you saw on the news tonight, you could be perfectly at peace? Impossible? Unrealistic? No!
   You see, fear isn't just a reaction to external circumstances. It's a spiritual force. It begins inside a person. And it is totally destructive. In fact, fear is Satan's primary weapon. He moves in response to fear, the way God moves in response to faith. He challenges the promises of God with it.
   An excellent example of this is found in Matthew 14 when Jesus invited Peter to come to Him on the water. "But when he [Peter] saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me" (verse 30).
  What enabled Peter to walk on the water? His faith in the Word of Jesus. What caused Peter to sink? He saw the wind boisterous and he was afraid. It wasn't the wind that defeated him, it was his fear of it! He looked at his circumstances, gave into the fear, and the result was defeat. If Peter had kept his focus on Jesus, his faith would never have wavered. All the blustering and blowing in the world couldn't have drawn him off course.
  Faith is developed by meditating on God's Word. Fear is developed by meditating on Satan's lies. Such fearful meditation is called worrying. Don't do it!
  The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. Use it to fight Satan every time he comes against you. Hold up your shield of faith and quench all of his fiery darts. Speak words of faith and fear will depart.

Scripture Study:  Psalm 27

Hello!  I am back!  Well, our entire house has been packed up into boxes, loaded into a U-Haul and driven 20 miles East just to be unloaded and unpacked.  Yes, we are in our new home in PCB, and almost unpacked.  Most importantly, the Internet was hooked up today! I feel connected once more. 

So, I know we missed some Freebie Fridays and weekly book study posts, but I have full confidence you all did just fine without me.  For those of you on the brink of feeling completely lost, well, I'm here now and ready to get back in the swing of things.

Misty has a couple things to get us going this week, then next week we will be back to our regularly scheduled programming.  Alrighty then?