An Answer to Prayer

The way Abba answers prayer is abundantly more than we could ask or imagine.  When praying, I try to keep my wish list short and my listening time on high availability.  I did have a request a few months back that I simply spoke once and went on with life, trusting.  Since this is the year I'm officially building my Jacob's herd, or trying, I have a particular image of what the goats should look like.  Of course, they won't all match, because some should be striped, some spotted, and some mottled or speckled.  The other factor I'm envisioning is a particularly outstanding ear formation.  I'm aiming for a sort of airplane look.  Two breeds have very long ears, like a basset hound, while others have short perky ears.  The combination is simply adorable, with somewhat long ears that stick straight out.  The ears aren't part of the Biblical description, that's just something I like.   Now I'm getting ready to give far  more details than seem necessary.

Buck was a sturdy guy with short perky ears, but I also purchased his crossbred buckling whose mom was a Nubian, so Jr. had the airplane ears.  When I realized Buck would only be good for one breeding season, as he was already getting aggressive with the herd, I asked Abba if He'd cause Della to have a buck.  That was the only time I mentioned it.  Della is primarily Nubian, but she's not purebred.  In raising this herd according to Torah, the first kids of any and all first time mamas belong to Abba, and every tenth one after that.  I have given them in different ways.  Sometimes I provide the meat for a Feast Day and sometimes I have been blessed to gift one to new homesteaders . . . other times, I've sold them to meet a financial ministry need.  This year, I'm naming Bible names, and the only first time mama had twins.  I happened to be right there at delivery, so I know the buck arrived first.  I named him Moses, since he belongs to Adonai.  His sister is of course, Miriam.  

This week has been quite active with new arrivals, and poor Della has looked impending for a couple of weeks now, but there have been five deliveries ahead of her.  Three sets of twins had the new kid count at 8 before Della delivered twins, last evening at dusk.  That made one of them the tenth one, belonging to Abba.  She had two bucks!  One for Abba, one for me.  I asked Him which one was His.  He told me the larger one had arrived first . . .  There's probably not 3 ounces difference in their size, but their markings are distinguishable.  Neither buck is a solid color and both have the great ears!  Not only did He answer my prayer, He did it with a double portion blessing.