Getting the house back in one
piece. I had to laugh this morning as I
started to step over an obstacle we used for a gate that we had placed to keep
Wanda for getting to the cats. I had
taken it down.
I always wondered about the
comments on how sheep would jump over something and those behind would continue
to jump in that spot even when the obstacle had been removed – guess it proves I
am one of the sheep!
Ozzie is out and around crying
out for her kids, wanting them to know the big bad dog is no longer with
us. They should be, and I think are aware, but
thus far are still leery about coming in.
Blaze announced to the world
this morning that he had taken back his domain and he was once more king of the
world.
Dynamics in animals are not all
that much different than ours. It is
interesting and often fun to watch interactions between them – we had no
incidents of violence, although there were a few threats for which we had to
referee.
William and Rose are doing well
at the fair, wish I could be down there with them.
Rose has a Grand Champion on her
doe and a Reserve on her auction goat.
William’s auction goat developed
a rash just before fair time and he couldn’t bring her. He did receive a blue ribbon and best in show
on his market goat. He also earned a
couple blue ribbons on his photographs.
Bit easier for ma and pa this
year, the young’ns are older and pretty independent now so they are doing all
the work.
When Rose first started showing
their trailer was out away from the main group, (4-H families tend to be long
term people so they have a lock on the position of the trailer and when someone
who has been their longer is no longer involved, they can move up to their
spot. The longer you are there, the
closer you are to the grounds.)
Now, because a long time
participant who was a coworker of Ken’s is no longer there, Ken got his spot – right next to the gate from
the camping area to the grounds. (They like having a police officer close by
just in case) and it makes it a lot easier to take care of the animals.
Since every camper goes by, you
see lots of people and can talk with them, the bad thing is you sees lots of
people and think you have to talk with them.
But Ken and Wendy enjoy it.
John 5:39-40 Search the
scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which
testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to
me, that ye might have life.
The Bible is the Word of God. Through those words we learn of God’s
Nature. We learn how He created the
World. We learn how He condemns sin and
will chastise and punish those that continue in their sins.
We learn of the history of the
Hebrews, how they became HIS chosen people and the dictates He commanded of
them. We learn how He protected them in
great conflicts when they came to Him with an open heart and reliance on
Him.
We also learn what happens when
a nation turns away from Him and the severity of the offense they have
committed.
We learn how to praise Him, how
to worship Him, how to serve Him, how to grow in Him and how to ask of Him.
We learn what is expected of us
in dealing with Him, with fellow Christians and with those in the world.
We read about the men and women
who, even though in great danger themselves served God and because of their
brave and unselfish acts the Jews were saved from annihilation.
We read how He looks at our
heart and from this He uses us based on our trust, faith and love of Him.
We learn of the prophecies
fulfilled; when we read the Bible it speaks to us, it comforts us, the words
encourage and propel us into even greater service to Him. We learn that God is God and we are but His
child, saved by Grace – only because of His great love are we able to
communicate with Him.
We read of Jesus and how He
fulfilled the prophesies about the coming of the Messiah. We learn on how He taught, how He led others,
how He made them Disciples.
We learn of the transformation
of common men and women into great leaders of the Christian faith and how they
strived and often struggled to build a strong foundation on the corner stone of
Jesus.
We learn He cares for us, He
listens to our fears, He wants to cover us and protect us from the enemy of our
soul.
We learn that there is an evil
in this world, that satan is wanting to destroy God and all He stands for,
including us.
We learn that through the
centuries people have followed satan, but in the end God was always victorious;
so we have hope today.
We gain a better understanding
of our responsibility to God and man.
But the Bible is not
salvation.
“for in them ye think ye have eternal life”
“
ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
”
The Bible directs us, we learn
of the process needed to have salvation, but the knowledge is worthless if we
have not accepted His Word that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior, the Mediator
between Him and us.
Men have studied God’s Word for
centuries, yet have not been saved. They
praise it as a great book of literature, they talk about how Jesus was a great
teacher, they may know many of the nuances of God’s Word, but they aren’t saved
with that knowledge.
A person may study to be a
doctor; he may know all about the body, how it works, how to protect and heal
it, but if he doesn’t do anything about it the knowledge is valueless. If he hasn’t gone to the next step of
actively using his knowledge and applying it he isn’t a doctor, he is just a
theorist – one who may have all kinds of ideas, but doesn’t act upon them.
It is the application of God’s
Word concerning Christ that we must USE in our life not just read.
God speaks to us through His
Word, through our prayers and sometimes through other people – but until we
accept Christ it is meaningless. It is
just another history book; it is much more than that of course, and we can be
thankful that He chose to put into writing His Words so we can draw strength
from them.
We can rely on the Word of God
for truth, perfection, discipline, teaching, reflection, assurance but, only
acting on that understanding, by accepting Christ as our personal Savior, are we
saved.
Later, Art :-)
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