Carla has been playing in the dirt, again.  It is time to transplant the tomatoes from the yogurt containers to the milk jugs.

We buy our milk in half gallon containers, it is perfect to cut down and put the starting soil and then the plants in them.

Today I drilled holes in the bottom and cut the jugs just below the handle of about 70 of them.  Will do some more either later tonight or tomorrow.

When she is finished she will have about 200 +/- (down from 300 a couple years ago) in her little green houses.  She has about 10 different varieties and will plant at least 25 or more plants in her garden. 

The rest she lets the girls choose which ones they want for themselves then we give them away.  Neighbors and two of my doctor’s offices love to see us coming this time of year; her plants are well started and we have never heard any complaints – course they are free, so........ 

Not sure if Teresa or Deed have anyone waiting for them, or not, but there is usually enough to go around.

2 Samuel 6:15-16   So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

¹⁶ And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Vs 20-23  Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

²¹ And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.

²² And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

²³ Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

David was excited, he was worshipping God; he was praising God for the return of the Ark and just couldn’t contain his joy.

His wife, Michal, however thought that what he had done was not dignified and not the way a King should act in front of his people.

David made it clear to Michal that he had done nothing wrong and that he would abase himself even more if he could glorify God.

As a result of her criticism and distain, Michal did not conceive a child – one of the critical ‘duties’ and pleasures of Jewish women.

We don’t know if she ever repented, but her sin forever banished her from motherhood.

I am not saying that we should shout and dance before the Lord – although there is nothing wrong in doing just that to give glory to God.

But far too many of us hide our feelings for fear of being ridiculed as Michal did to David.

David gave her the perfect response:  It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.

²² And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

For those of us that are introverts it is harder, but if we feel we should say something and do not do so because we are afraid someone will make fun of us, then we need to pray for help overcoming that fear.

We never want to be ashamed of our relationship with God – unless we are doing something detrimental.

Later, Art :-)