A Sacrifice For Me

the first calf- the would be sacrifice

That little cutie was the first calf born of our calving season. We generally prefer fall calving. Cows and calves grow well and rapidly on hay and winter rye over the winter and into early spring around our part of the world. So that little fella was the 1st calf of the year. If we were still living under the Old Testament laws, we would have needed to bring our “1st” as an offering, a sacrifice.

I have been thinking about the sacrifice a lot lately. We, even as Christians, don’t think about the sacrifice very much. Yep, it was required by Old Testament law and we don’t live under that anymore, so who cares right?

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Needing a Little Fly Protection

heifer calf with horse flies on her nose, needing a little fly protection

Look at that lovely little girl! She’s so friendly and inquisitive! But if you look closely, you will see two big, nasty horse flies that were driving her crazy! I should have videoed her. She wanted to know what I was doing and wanted to get as close to me as she could. But she was so distracted by the two horse flies that wanted to land on her face. The flies didn’t try to land on her back or sides. She would shake her head and chase them off and they would fly and land right back on her nose. She was definitely needing a little fly protection!

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Tools of the Trade

A fairly popular, trending social media post is the “Tell me you are a ___ or have a ___ without telling me.” I could easily post half a dozen photos and tell you this is a farm without saying it’s a farm! Really strange items in the dish drain, muddy boots at every door (is that mud?) and all sorts of random items, like bottles, syringes, etc on every counter and in drawers! One of the items that really points out the fact that this is a farm house to me, is the stack of boxes in the big pantry. That stack of boxes are tools of the trade around this farm!

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