You have always been Quivercly Quizzical. You always ask me question about my fertility of children and of thought. This is today's answer...

Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.



Zechariah 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.  Zechariah 11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

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echariah 11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.  Zechariah 11:11  And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

How God grafted us in, from Israel He cut! The specifics of God’s pruning method in grafting us in. The beauty of the Lord was cut in two. Bands was also cut and the gentiles were grafted between these two parts of God’s self. 30 pieces of Silver? When we care not for the poor, we are acting like the Jews did, when JEsus was crucified. He was God's most beautiful and banded branch of Himself. God cutting off of himself to let us in, is a most precious thought. I decided to try to root some of my precious plants and see, if they will reroot in good soil. Maybe?

Lessons from listening to people who speak, considering their consciences.

Kurt speech is a development of being from a big city. Straight forward and direct is an element of respect. How can we say it in as few words as possible? Get that sentence out and get to the next subject, is the highest gain, to us. Oh, how difficult it was, for me to listen to my slow speaking southern friends, who frame every sentence, with, whether or not their memories are accurate to clarity. "Did I ask you that?" I am always thinking. For the sake of brevity and for the sake of clarity and for the sake of accuracy are all different perspectives of communication. What time it was and where they were standing when it happened, were things that seemed to cloud the conversation to me. That was my difficulty with reading Hobbit. What color the tablecloth was, simply made me cringe, while trying to visualize these different types of beings that weren't human. Imagining the difference between a Hobbit and a Dwarf, was more difficult than grasping the color of the roots and the ground having curtains at the windows. Get to the point, I kept thinking.

Listening to different kinds of Christian people, some who have been taught a sensitivity to conscience, that I haven't matured to yet, has become refreshing. Is the truth something that we beat out of people in an investigatory tone? Is it a beautiful thing that a man is speaking according to his conscience and taking his time to answer, using words that are "accurate to his recollections". Do we give people that right? The right to answer the question, in good conscience. What does that mean? Are we learning in our interactions to be more honest in our dealings, or to bulldoze a man's conscience to get at truth? Some truths need a bulldozer. Some truths need a tweezer. Learn how to listen and request information that will grow you and your "inquisitee".

This is not the Spanish Inquisition!

Ananias and Saphira were killed because of their lying to the Holy Spirit and the fear of God should be developed in our use of words. When we have found a person who has great ability of speaking in good conscience, we should be more ready to listen and to hear how to do the same. Even if it takes a long time.

On the subject of Nursing motherhood...

Nursing is a wonderful experience.   You share a bond with your children that is physical and emotional and you have a wonderful opportunity to transfer essential nutrients to your children.

It is my opinion that children get immunities and long term health benefits that cannot be matched in any other form.  I read every La Leche league book that I could get my hands on in the days of "wine and roses".  I learned about the different types of babies and I watched for the symptoms that my child were either a guzzler or a nip napper, etc.  It was wonderful to see the correlation between other mothers observations of categories and my own children.   

I suggest that you read the Bible out loud during your nursing sessions and Christian literature.  Try to keep your mind in a peaceful condition while you are nursing.  Talk to your baby in pleasantries and good baby talk.  It gives a healthy gentle interaction and I think it encourages peace loving in the children.  You can talk baby talk because I think it starts a beautiful new language that is just between you and your children and it starts their ears listening for just your voice.  Perhaps God will use your voice to draw them to Himself and replace your voice with His voice, erelong.

Eat a lot of veggies. Greens give the most nutrient value to your milk.   I am certain that essential nutrients are stored in the bones and in the bottom of the feet from birth and from the early nursing experiences.  I actually decided to detox my body, one day with one of those large magnetic things on the feet.  I got a lot of dirt on it after one night sleeping with it.  I don't think you are supposed to sleep with it on.  Just an hour or two.  I got so much dirt on this magnetic strip and my feet and bones haven't been the same since.  I blame this on my preservation of the essential nutrients that I had from my mother that I shouldn't have tried to get rid of.  Metals are in the bottom of the feet that will take you through your life.  They are  a preservative.  You are giving them to your baby when you nurse.  So, choose nursing, even though I decry the losses to my own body from doing this.