Jezebel & Co.

"Sorry we're late...." I started as we stepped into my violin teachers house. "Dolly kidded this morning." I explained.

"Oh really?" She replied. "What'd she have?"

"Two kids. Jairus, a boy, and Jezebel, a girl." I grinned happily. It was the first of the 2012 May kidding season. The day was the 11th of May.

Jezebel.

Sadly we didn't get any pics of Jairus before we sold him.

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"Jana, where is Jamella?" Mum asked me that Friday evening as we were doing the milking.

"I don't know. She's probably kidding somewhere... can you bring in Pie, please?" I grabbed Kenita and pulled her out of the garden before anyone else could shove their way in.

"Sure. But don't you think you should find Jamella before it is dark?" Mum let Pie in.

"Well, I'll finish milking Pie, and then the rest of the goats will have to wait while I find her." I replied.

When I'd gotten Pie out, I started down towards Dad's bee-shed. When I was nearing it, I saw a dark shape in the trees, and headed straight toward it. It was what I thought it was. Jamella. She had two kids. Before picking them up, I checked what they were. A boy and a girl.

Later on, with much difficulty, we decided on their names. The boy became Jehu, and the girl Jaminna.

^Jaminna.^

^Jehu.^

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"How are the goats?" The usual question coming from Mum. It was Friday morning. The 18th of May. I had just come up from milking.

"They're all good..... Oh and Chrissy kidded!" I replied merrily.

"Oh really?! What'd she have?" Both Mum and Stella looked at me expectantly.

"She had a little girl. And I'm calling her Dana (pronounced Dayna)." I smiled back at them.

Though poor Dana was a week old when Mum got to see her, and she'll be 3 weeks old when Stella gets to see her....

^Dana.^

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"I wonder when Jillee is going to kid. She was due on the 16th, and it's the 22rd now." I said to Mum.

"Hmm, yeah, I wonder too." She mused.

"She's probably waiting for us to go to Able's birthday party before she kids. Naughty little goat." I laughed thinking about. "She must've had a talk to Chrissy. Remember how Chrissy was 7 days overdue, yet she waited till Friday night before Cherith's wedding to kid?"

"I remember." Mum smiled.

It was two days later. We were home now, and I went straight down to the yards to check on Jillee. I heard a little cry. That must be a new kid.. I thought. And sure enough, as I walked into the yards, I saw her. A gorgeous little fawn coloured doe kid. She was duely dubbed Buttercup. :)

^Buttercup.^

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"Hey, look over there!" Mum said in surprise.

"What is it?" I asked. "Oh wait, it's the Floxarians! I wonder if Flicka kidded. And if so, I wonder who the father is.... look! There she is! And there's a kid with her!" I squealed. And with that, I was running down towards her. It didn't take me much effort to have the kid caught and in my arms.

"What is it?" Mum asked.

"A boy." I scowled. "But it's Zing's kid." At that I smiled.

"He's sure cute!" I had to agree.

"Mum. I know what he'll. He'll be Fling!" I grinned.

"Haha, perfect." She smiled.

^Fling.^

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"Hey Mum. Why is Dad honking his horn?" I looked out the window.

"I guess because he must want you to open the gate for him. You'd better go open it for him." She turned back to what she was doing.

I paused momentarily as I put my boots on and walked out the door. Hmmm, I thought to myself, He must have picked up some animal, and brought it home... I wonder what it is this time! I don't think it'd be a kid.... the bush goats start really kidding in Spring..... deffinitely not an emu chick.... I got to the gate and opened it. When Dad drove up to me, he paused and opened the door. There is was. Whatever "it" was.

"What is it? Where'd you get it from?" I put my hand out to touch the white little thing.

"It's a lamb. And I don't know what it is. (Gender.) I just saw it on the road. Almost ran over it. It had no mother, and I couldn't just let the poor baby get eaten." He started to close the door.

"Okay. Well I'll shut the gate and come up. I knew you had to have some animal with you, or you would've opened the gate yourself!" I laughed.

Later, I "checked" the lamb, and found that it was girl. Oh well, at least it's girl... Sadly, I'm not too fond of sheep/lambs. They all look the same! They don't even smell as nice as goats/kids! lol Oh well. I'm already getting to love her. :) She might win me over to sheep yet!

Name pending. ;)

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Speak Now!

"Lets read in Proverbs this time." I suggested to my friend.

"Sure! I love Proverbs. I'd say it's my favourite book!" She replied happily.

"Okay. I chose last time. You choose this time." I said cheekily.

"Hey! You know I don't like choosing!" She retorted.

"Why don't you just pick random? Lets see..... there is 31 chapters...." I paused.

"Chapter 31 is a cool chapter." She said.

"Well, then. How about we read Proverbs 31?" I asked.

"Sounds great." She replied. And we started.

We were in the middle of our once-a-week tradition. Devotions over the phone. Reading passages of the Bible, and then discussing it. We had just read verse 8, when I stopped.

"Wow. That is so clear!" I gasped. Surprised.

"Hmm.... it is." She commented.

"It says to Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. You know what comes to my mind?" I asked her.

"No. What?" She questioned.

"Babies. They can't speak for themselves. And abortion appoints them for destruction. Here is an order to be a mouth for them. We need to speak up. Plead their cause. I'd always known it was wrong, and that we need to do something, but this is a command from God. We need, not want, need to speak up against abortion." I looked at the Bible, shaking my head softly. I'd never seen it before. Never known of this divine command.

Later in the day, I remembered something I'd started. Something that would enable me to be a mouth. A mouth for the speechless...... It was time to finish it.

Are you willing to speak for the speechless?

Take It Or Leave It

"I was reading in Exodus this morning... you know, where God was giving instructions about the building of the tabernacle. And I realised something, for the first time." My friend and I were discussing Bible passages over the phone.

"Yes?" She replied.

"Well, I realised something that many people obviously miss - God is very precise."

Really, when you look at the Bible, you'll see it. Everywhere! I guess the reason I noticed it there, was because it goes for so many chapters! But it says in Exodus 27:14-17.

(14.) "The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

(15.) And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

(16.) And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

(17.) All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass."

God is precise about everything. Including His law. When He says something, He means exactly that. No bending. Take it or leave it.

Perspiration & the Lack of Motivation = The End!

Recently I haven't had enough inpiration to write a genius blog post. Though someone did once say "Genius is 99% perspiration, and 1% inspiration." But I haven't had the motivation to use all that perspration to write a decent blog post. Hence, until my motivation returns: Goodbye!

P.S. Don't freak out - I might surprise you all.... sooner than you expect! Or I might not. :P

Wisdom & Humour Page!

Well peoples! I have a new page on my blog! Check it out, and make sure you leave feedback. Why? No particular reason.... except to know you've been. :) Thanks!! :D

Hated By God?!

"Mum! Look at this! Have you ever read this verse before?!" With that, I read it out. "The Lord trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence, His soul hateth." (Ps 11:5)

Mum looked at me. "Wow. No, I don't think so." Animated, I replied "I always figured that it must be like that.... but here it is! In the Bible. And it's so clear. There is no way you can mistake it."

"Yes," Mum agreed. "It is."

"You know Mum, I was just thinking how, you read a book, and think Oh that's so cool, but you can't be sure that it's true. You know, it's not like that with the Bible. It's always true, and you can always take it for granted."

I'd just finished doing my Bible reading. A few chapters out of 3 books of the Bible. It started out as Genesis, Job and Matthew. But now, I was further along. Every morning, when I found a verse I found particuarly interesting, I would jump out of bed (yes, I do my Bible reading in bed!), run to Mum and read it to her. I'd been reading Psalms that morning. Realising how interesting it really was. When I stumbled across this important verse.

Thinking about it. I realised how broad that can go. How many people love playing war/fighting games? How many people love watching violent, action packed movies? I've heard people have say "Action is awesome! It's what makes it worth watching." What about the books? There are many books based on violence. Okay, some aren't based on violence, but have violence in it.

You don't need to be wicked as such. But God says that if you just love violence, His soul hates you. Pretty harsh. But it's true. God is not violent. It's against His nature. And He hates it so much, that He hates them that love it.

I don't want to be hated by God. Do you?