courtesy of the US Postal Service...
Five baby chicks, each of them just 2 days old.
Justin says if we want to name them, we should choose Foodie names, like Fryer and Drumstick, to remind us of their eventual purpose. I don't know that Cole really understands, because he wants to name one of them "Wheat"!
These sweet little ladies are the perfect end to my year, as God has been teaching me great things lately about the sanctity of life.
Last winter, He led me through a journey of ancient Old Testament scriptures concerning food and ritual. I was astonished to see such abundance of life in passages I had read so blindly for years. I saw the beauty of God's protection in scriptures about restriction; I found freedom in the celebration of Sabbath.
And then, unbeknownst to me, as I was praising God for loving me as a parent and giving me safe boundaries, he was creating another child within me, yet again expanding the limits of my little tent....
Teaching me ever more about trusting His timing, and having faith in the goodness of His gifts.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." --jeremiah 29:11
On a basic level, I am thankful for the food these chicks will provide. On a deeper level, although I am not looking forward to explaining their death to my boys, I am thankful for the opportunity to share that experience with my children. I hope that they begin to see, as I have, that sometimes One has to die, for us to truly live....
3 comments:
Beautiful!
I like the foodie names -- makes me hungry and want to eat 'em up! :)
Chickens! Oh how I miss them and oh how I don't! 6 would be better than 60 thousand like we would have at once! The blessing of the food they will bring will be great! A wonderful chance to for the boys to learn about the cycle of life. Enjoy your new little peeps!
Your words were very well spoken! And thank goodness for meat. I love chicken :o). We don't eat ours but my husband does the whole foodie names too, we have an Extra Crispy!
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