Transplanted City Girl

• Tuesday, May 9, 2006 -

Hmmmm, where to start?  I know I have a lot to say, I just..... don't remember what it all is!   But I'll try. In evening devotions we're reading through Psalm 119.  Been taking us a little longer then most chapters do, but it has been so worth it.  I don't think I've ever sat down and read the whole thing before, and some nights after reading I just want to weep.  The entire Psalm is plea to God, a plea that God will write his law on our hearts and never let us turn aside, never let us forget.  It is over 100 verses of begging God to teach us right from wrong, to imprint his laws and statutes on our minds and souls.  It is so easy to apply God's laws to others, and yet within our own hearts is the true battleground, the one and only place we have any control over. Reading the blog of a friend who takes part in weekly abortion protests, I have been struck once more with not only the horror of what goes on, but the awfulness of sitting idle and doing nothing.  We turn and look the other way, agreeing with all our fellow believers that it is a sin.  Yet it is not the fellow believers who need to be told, it is the women walking into that house of murder every day!  And what about witnessing?  Every day, people pass us in the store, on the street, and on their way to hell.  Of course there is unsuitable times and manners of witnessing, but there is still so much more that most of us could do!  So many causes, so much I could, should, would do, want to focus on, to change.  Yet we must take life one day at a time, never losing sight of our earthly priorities or heavenly purpose, or the weight of the world will overwhelm our frail stength.  If we step outside of the clearly revealed word of God in order to do good, God will not prosper our efforts and without him they are nothing. As great as the need to the world is, the first and foremost duty I have is loving Chris, taking care of my home.  All else here must come second to that.  I think of Queen Mary, the wife of William of Orange.  She was in such a position to do good to nations, to be their sole ruler and make all the wise decisions for them: yet she chose honoring her husband over all else, and through her treatment of King William, he became one of the greatest Christian rulers the world has ever seen.  In the end, she did more good by keeping her priorities straight.  Got most of the Keepers articles typed up on Friday, just in time!  I believe Margaret is going through them now.  By the way, has every one seen the finished layout?  It wasn't up when the first issue was released.  Of course, all future articles will be viewable by subscribers only, as will our Princess Connection, a pen-pal feature.  We are working on figuring out how to keep this exclusive, either with password access to the subscriber-exclusive areas of the website, or hidden links.... Our web-masters are working on it now.  ANd since they are the absolute best, then...... Just when our fridge was full, someone came by yesterday and bought 5 gallons of goats milk.  Chris is feeding them more gras hay now instead of alfalfa, and that has cut back their milk production a bit.  But since I'm not selling the cheese, I can only make so much of it!  Still, that was a definite blessing to sell some of that.  My little goats are getting so big, Sprout is developing bad manners and will probably need to be disciplined, and the bull and I had what I hope was our final argument: I used the HotShot on him.  Twice.  I have been giving Ribeye, the calf, grain: but Buddy doesn't get any, and my arms were hurting from swinging a stick back and forth to keep him away, besides the fact that he stopped caring about getting his nose whacked.  So I got out the cattle prod and Presto! A bull who stays on the other side of the pen!  I really love that big guy, but I am still in the process of convincing him I am meaner and badder then he is. That's all for now.  I'll be sure and update next time I have something to tell.

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