Welcome to Bread Milk and Honey.
My name is Tobi and this is a space I intentionally wanted to create to reach many of you who like myself are homemakers, wives, mothers and followers of Christ.
I am a blessed wife and mama to a baby girl and a highly energetic spaniel.
I see the responsibilities God has given me as some of the most incredible acts of service, my ministry essentially and I want Bread Milk and Honey to feel like a warm companion for my readers whether you’re in a similar life season to me or you’re not.
My journey in life has been like many, full of its great challenges, not realising the bondage I was in, full of rage, chasing so many things, to fill me, which led to lack of confidence, me always questioning myself and addiction to hopeless things.
I was saved by His grace before I married my husband. After many trials of doing the same things and expecting different results, seeing my husbands’ act of faith truly changed something in me. It made me much bolder, something I always struggled with a life full of being compared to and then rejection.
As it says in Ecclesiastes 1:9:
‘The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.’
The bible is full of simple truths. Sometimes I feel so silly when reading it to realise how simple it is. It has no grand revelations like the world is obsessed with looking for but directness, no ambiguity, speaks of accountability, and it can be 100% relied on where many other things are so fleeting. I sometimes wish it didn’t take me almost 30 years (my upbringing wasn’t built on Christ..) but I’ve come to see my path with gratitude to have walked life with such struggle because it has prepared me to be the woman I am today.
Why Bread Milk and Honey?
Pretty much inspired by one of my favourite books in the Bible, the book of Deuteronomy. Moses speaks about the commandments the Lord gives His chosen people, and the land they are to inherit, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Throughout Scripture, milk and honey paint a vivid picture of abundance, goodness, fruitfulness, and God’s provision. Bread too carries such deep meaning throughout the Bible. It represents daily sustenance, dependence on God, hospitality, and the simple provision we need each day. Together, bread, milk, and honey remind me of both physical and spiritual nourishment, of being filled with what is good.
Those images stayed with me. They reminded me of the beauty of wholesome food, nourishment, time around the table, and the warmth and closeness that come through family life and connection.
I learnt a great deal about this from my incredible doula when I had my daughter. She helped me think more deeply about nourishment, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually too.
Spiritually, many of us are running on empty. We consume so much that leaves us anxious, distracted, and disconnected from God. And so this space was born from a desire to return to what is good. To slow down, to build a meaningful home, and to be nourished by the Word of God in our everyday lives.
Hence the name of this blog.
My hope is that through these reflections on motherhood, faith, nourishment, and the rhythms of home, this space would encourage you not simply to be hearers of the Word, but doers of it too.
What you’ll find here:
- Christ-centred motherhood and raising a daughter in faith
- The rhythms of a peaceful home
- Simple, nourishing food
- Faith woven into everyday life
- Homeschooling as a natural extension of home life
- The quiet work of building a life with intention
I pray that Bread, Milk & Honey fills you with biblical wisdom.
“Faith without works is dead” (James 2:17)
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