First of all, Scott had a blast this morning playing "Farmer" for some friends of ours who have an organic farm in Pontotoc. Due to an emergency, they needed someone to go to the Oxford farmers market and Scott was ready and willing to help. He enjoyed especially talking to a local dairy farmer who had 5 or 6 Jerseys that he milked everyday and sold the milk.
He brought home some for us to try.
I would not be surprised if we heard some mooing sounds soon coming from our backyard :)
We are also in the market for a puppy for Kiki for her birthday. Anyone got a cute puppy to give away in the next couple of weeks?
As for coop yesterday, it went very well. All the kids enjoyed their classes and I am looking forward to a great year of learning with the other families there.
We are having a special speaker at our church this weekend and last night he challenged us from Nehemiah 9. The Israelites did not have near as many blessings and revelations as we do in having the entirity of God's Word to read, but yet in this passage they covered themselves with ashes, fasted and prayed and stood for a whole day while the Law was read to them.. How many of us have been so desperate for God's intervention that we did as much as that? I know I have never.
We have been given so much and much much is expected . We , on the other side of Christ's incarnation, have so much information and so many spiritual blessings IN Christ that our response should be so much greater than that of the Israelites of old.
And then our speaker gave the warning that even as God's chosen people, the Israelites were cut off for their unbelief and we Gentiles were grafted in and how much more we could be cut off as well for our continued unbelief. How, if we are indeed members of the Great Kingdom of God, our response to Him should be so urgent, fervent and consistent and how our thoughts, actions and lives should be spent in promoting and glorifying our Loving King and His Kingdom instead of pursuing our own interests. And, how flabby, complacent and caught up in the silly passing world we are and how we should fear - if God cut off the Israelites for unbelief, could He not do the same to us who are not the natural branches?
It was a sobering message and I look forward to hearing more from him tonight.