This is an update on Hope our bottle fed pygmy goat. After two months, she is finally off the bottle and being introduced to the real life of a goat. No more sleeping in front of the fireplace in her warm and fuzzy bed. The other goats are pretty rough on her as she is very, I repeat, very spoiled. She has decided that she does not want to be a goat but a cat. She lives outside with the cats, sleeps with the cats, and spends her whole day doing whatever the cats do. They are truly inseparable. When they chase mice she runs like crazy along side them but has yet to "catch" a mouse herself. Any ideas on her identity crisis?
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Work Can Be Worship
Monday, October 29, 2007
“Everything you do or say should be done to obey Jesus your Lord.”
Colossians 3:17
Have you seen the painting The Angelus by Jean-Francois Millet? It portrays two peasants praying in their field. A church steeple sits on the horizon, and a light falls down from heaven. The rays do not fall on the church, however. They don’t fall on the bowed heads of the man and woman. The rays of sun fall on the wheelbarrow and the pitchfork at the couple’s feet.
God’s eyes fall on the work of our hands. Our Wednesdays matter to him as much as our Sundays. He blurs the secular and sacred. One stay-at-home mom keeps this sign over her kitchen sink: “Divine tasks performed here, daily.” An executive hung this plaque in her office: “My desk is my altar.” Both are correct. With God, our work matters as much as our worship. Indeed, work can be worship.
Oh my Gosh, that is soo sooooo soooooo funny. That's great. I say . . . .why does she have to be a goat? LOL!!! Have a great day!
Life is Long Enough
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
“All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.”
Psalm 139:16
No person lives one day more or less than God intends. “All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.”
But her days here were so few…
His life was so brief…
To us it seems that way. We speak of a short life, but compared to eternity, who has a long one? A person’s days on earth may appear as a drop in the ocean. Yours and mine may seem like a thimbleful. But compared to the Pacific of eternity, even the years of Methuselah filled no more than a glass…
In God’s plan every life is long enough and every death is timely. And though you and I might wish for a longer life, God knows better.
I'm going to try to send you a picture of me crossing the marine corp marathon finish . . .i hope it comes to you! Much love to all, and continued prayers.
Kate
The Muck and the Mire
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
“God will show his mercy forever and ever to those who worship and serve him.”
Luke 1:50
For thirty-three years he would feel everything you and I have ever felt. He felt weak. He grew weary. He was afraid of failure. He was susceptible to wooing women. He got colds, burped, and had body odor. His feelings got hurt.
To think of Jesus in such a light is—well, it seems almost irreverent, doesn’t it? It’s not something we like to do; it’s uncomfortable. It is much easier to keep the humanity out of the incarnation. Clean the manure from around the manger. Wipe the sweat out of his eyes. Pretend he never snored or blew his nose or hit his thumb with a hammer.
He’s easier to stomach that way. There is something about keeping him divine that keeps him distant, packaged, predictable.
But don’t do it. For heaven’s sake, don’t. Let him be as human as he intended to be. Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.
That is so true. Hope all is well. I am sooooo loving this weather, it's finally fall! Cool and crisp, frost on the ground. LOVE IT! Happy Halloween!
BOO!
K8
A Love that Never Fails
Thursday, November 01, 2007
“Love never fails.”
I Corinthians 13:8 NIV
Some of you are so thirsty for this type of love. A love that never fails. Those who should have loved you didn’t. Those who could have loved you didn’t. You were left at the hospital. Left at the altar. Left with an empty bed. Left with a broken heart. Left with your question “Does anybody love me?”
Please listen to heaven’s answer. God loves you. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love. And his love—if you will let it—can fill you and leave you with a love worth giving.
So come. Come thirsty and drink deeply.
Hope everyone had a great, safe Happy Halloween. All is well here! Much love and continued prayers for all,
K8
Words To Live By - Words Of Wisdom
All The Wealth of the World Could Not Buy You A Friend.
Nor Pay You For The Loss Of One.
Who Hath A Friend With Whom To Share -
Hath Double Cheer and Half o' Care.
It is Never Right to do Wrong to do Right.
Character is what a person is in the dark
Use Things not People.
Practice Random acts of Kindness
And Senseless acts of Beauty
Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by things we do not see.
All the Best things in Life - Are not Things at all
Passion can never purchase what true love desires:
true intimacy, self-giving, and commitment.
The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen, or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
If someone betrays you once, it's his fault.
If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
God gives every bird it's food,
But He does not throw it into it's nest.
He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.
Beautiful young people are acts of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
The tongue weighs practically nothing,
But so few people can hold it.
Words of Wisdom, we can all use them. Much love and continued prayers to all.
K8
Our Ultimate Dilemma
Monday, November 05, 2007
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.”
John 11:25 NIV
Her words were full of despair. “If you had been here…” She stares into the Master’s face with confused eyes. She’d been strong long enough; now it hurt too badly. Lazarus was dead. Her brother was gone. And the one man who could have made a difference didn’t. He hadn’t even made it for the burial. Something about death makes us accuse God of betrayal. “If God were here there would have been no death!” we claim.
You see, if God is God anywhere, he has to be God in the face of death. Pop psychology can deal with depression. Pep talks can deal with pessimism. Prosperity can handle hunger. But only God can deal with our ultimate dilemma—death. And only the God of the Bible has dared to stand on the canyon’s edge and offer an answer. He has to be God in the face of death. If not, he is not God anywhere.
Hey Myles! Hope all is well. Ran this weekend with your cousin Brian. We did well. Both got 2nd in our age division. Brian for the young men, and K8 for the old ladies. LOL! We actually ran with an 'elite' runner, it was cool. Brian said, he ran next to her for a split second. It was a great weekend to get out, and enjoy the beautiful weather in Northern Virginia. Leaves are beautiful, and the air was crisp and cool. Have a great day!
Much love, and continued prayers.
Aunt K8
HAHAHAHA! That's the funniest thing I think I've ever heard. It's sad, because she needs to do goat things, but it's too funny. Maybe you should call her a gat...or maybe a coat...no, no, definitely not a coat, go with gat.
Still praying!!
The photos are very inspiring. Thank you for keeping the updates going. Here's to a wonderful Thanksgiving and altogether holiday season.
Best wishes...
Anana & Mali in San Diego
The Shepherd Leads
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
“He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.”
Psalm 23:2 NKJV
In the second verse of the Twenty-third Psalm, David the poet becomes David the artist. His quill becomes a brush, his parchment a canvas, and his words paint a picture. A flock of sheep on folded legs, encircling a shepherd. Bellies nestled deep in the long shoots of grass. A still pond on one side, the watching shepherd on the other. “He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.”
Note the two pronouns preceding the two verbs. He makes me…He leads me…
Who is the active one? Who is in charge? The shepherd selects the trail and prepares the pasture. The sheep’s job—our job—is to watch the Shepherd.
Myles,
Hey Jenna's note is so funny. A Gat . . . That is too too funny. It's raining in northern virginia today, and I am loving it. The leaves are provided some weight, and are now falling from the trees. The smell of rain with the mix of leaves, wow, take a deep breathe, can you smell it? It's FALL!!
Much love and continued prayers for ALL.
Aunt K8
Courteous Conduct
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
“Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers.”
Colossians 4:5
Those who don’t believe in Jesus note what we do. They make decisions about Christ by watching us. When we are kind, they assume Christ is kind. When we are gracious, they assume Christ is gracious. But if we are brash, what will people think about our King? When we are dishonest, what assumption will an observer make about our Master? No wonder Paul says, “Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity. When you talk, you should always be kind and pleasant so you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should” (Col. 4:5-6). Courteous conduct honors Christ.
It also honors his children. When you surrender a parking place to someone, you honor him. When you return a borrowed book, you honor the lender. When you make an effort to greet everyone in the room, especially the ones others may have overlooked, you honor God’s children.
Hello to all! All is well on this side of the coast. Loving this unbelievable weather. Much love and continued prayers for all!!
Aunt k8
In the Beginning…
Thursday, November 08, 2007
“In him there was life, and that life was the light of all people.”
John 1:4
I’ve always perceived the apostle John as a fellow who viewed life simply. “Right is right and wrong is wrong, and things aren’t nearly as complicated as we make them out to be.”
For example, defining Jesus would be a challenge to the best of writers, but John handles the task with casual analogy. The Messiah, in a word, was “the Word.” A walking message. A love letter. Be he a fiery verb or a tender adjective, he was, quite simply, a word.
And life? Well, life is divided into two sections, light and darkness. If you are in one, you are not in the other and vice versa.
Next question?
WOW!, Can't be any more simple that that. Hope all is well. You are loved and prayed for!
k8
Hey Myles, This is Bonnies friend Miranda and I haven't been on your blog for EVER! Your goat is so cute! I remember when Tuet and Arron brought it over to Suzys, It was so cute. Thats funny that it likes to sleep with your cats. My cat likes to sleep with the dogs!!!
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