In 1976 the Swedish group ABBA made popular a song called Honey, Honey. It’s a very catchy tune but had nothing to do with the tasty natural product produced by industrious little bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝 Then a few weeks ago I saw a YouTube video about the 10 benefits of honey. I saved it in my files and promptly forgot about it until the wee hours of this morning when I heard my own sweet honey, husband Jerry, hacking so hard I thought the house was gonna come off it’s foundation! Even 🐈⬛ complained!!! Unable to get back to sleep, I tried to think of ways I could help Jerry get the nasty cough under control. Bingo! I actually remembered something about the video and the point made of honey helping to control bad coughs. So about 3 AM I was forcing a couple of tablespoons of honey down his throat. I would like to tell you we saw instant and miraculous results, but that hasn’t happened yet. However, I am confident that he will get better and he will continue to enjoy honey several times a day. I felt prompted to share this story with you because every morning we read several short devotionals together including “Moments with God” by Dr. David Jeremiah. When I opened that book this morning for the January 16 reading, I couldn’t believe the title. It was one word: HONEY! Here is what he said, starting with the verse from Psalm 19:10 “Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” The following is Dr. Jeremiah’s thoughts on honey: “Those honeybees! They are like miniature helicopters, wings flapping 200 miles a second, traveling as far as 6 miles looking for beautiful flowers. They hover over every bloom to collect nectar. An average hive produces about 30 to 60 pounds of surplus honey each year. Each tablespoon has 64 calories of sweetness, along with small doses of iron, copper, niacin, riboflavin, potassium, zinc, and other vitamins and minerals. It’s golden color delights the eye, and its smooth, sticky quality makes it a natural cure for a cough. Nutritionists have long lists touting the benefits of honey. Perhaps God created honey to give us a marvelous analogy of scripture. The Psalmist said, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! “Psalm 119:103. In first Samuel 14, Jonathan was weary, worried, and worn out. But when he dipped his staff into some honey and brought it to his mouth, his eyes brightened. Living life with God requires dipping our minds into the sweetness of His Word every day. Try it! It will help you be all you can be.”
I hope Dr. Jeremiah will be OK with me including portions of his devotional in my message to you this rainy day in Anthem AZ. I just felt such a strong leading to share this, because I think it’s so amazing how God and the Holy Spirit prompted me in the middle of the night to fetch honey from the pantry to help Jerry overcome the cough. He isn’t cured yet, but I believe!!! And if just one person is helped from this rambling of mine, it will be worth the effort.
In closing, I recommend you watch the 11 minute video “10 benefits of Honey”. You might get a chuckle learning that my nickname as a little girl was Honeydew. That is seriously the truth, and there’s a whole bunch of people in Minnesota who will attest to that fact!🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Here’s to a sweet, happy and healthy 2023!
Hi Charlotte, Thanks for your witty and sweet message this morning. Yes, honey is such a pure product of nature and I have used it in plenty for years. I hope Jerry is getting better and benefitting from nature’s purity 🙂 Thanks for sharing! Melanie
I always loved honey too especially for a Swed like me. As you remember my mother always got honey somewhere out past Dent I think. She never went without it. My dad loved it too. I am sure it will help Jerry!
Thanks Charlotte!!! I have used honey in my 3 cups of Earl Grey tea every morning for well over 35 years……….do not remember when I was last sick.
Let’s be good to the bees so they can continue providing delicious honey across the world.
I always enjoy your blogs. Every blog is extra special, just as you are! I often enjoy (hot) honey water. It is so good. May God bless you both and may Jerry get well soon.
Take care of your Honey and thank you for the informative information
about the benefits.
Wonderful story and a great Segway to the Bible.
I love Honey and whenever I would get Bronchitis my mom would make me a glass of warm water with lemon and two large tablespoons of Honey.
I hope Jerry feels better real soon.
Love
Iris
Hi Char, thanks for this. i will take this one step further. my sister in law told me to get manuka honey when my husband steve had a horrible cough that would not go away. i did and he recently had another case the honey helped so much that his cough is gone. so keep praying reading and writing thanks
I remember growing up when we had a sore throat, mom would give us apple cider vinegar tea. I think the ratio was 1 TBS. A.C.V. to 1 TBS Honey to cup of hot water. This maybe a little strong but you can adjust it to your taste.
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Thanks Char! Hope Jerry is feeling better soon! Even when I was little my Mom concocted whiskey, lemon and honey to ward off almost anything. Light on the whiskey lol
Hi Sweerheart❤️
Brillant story using honey not only to sweeten are lives but encouraging us to know the health benefits too👍
🙏Glenda
Charlotte – thank you for your honey blog. I use local honey to help fight my allergies. I believe honey is just one of the many “natural” blessings from God. My evening cough aid is hot chamomile tea with honey and whiskey (like Jack Daniels). The daytime recipe is hot tea without the whiskey, LOL.
enjoyed your story!
Sally Fanovich
Loved your entry on honey, also enjoyed reading the comments. I use honey for similar symptoms, and think I’ll do so more often in the future for allergy relief. Hope Jerry is feeling better now!
Well Honeydew, my mother always gave us honey for a cough. John and I had the flu and horrible coughs before Christmas and I forgot to use honey. Will try to remember if I should be so unfortunate to get that sick again. Love your writings.