Milk Fever with the Old Docs

I am told that from the time I was three the only thing I wanted to be was a veterinarian. I always tried to be at the barn when Dr. Nixon or Dr. Riggs were coming. The highlight of my day was to hold the IV bottle above the cow for them. Usually they would lean up aginst the manger or sit on a convient bale of straw. This was a common occarance as my father had a herd of Jersey cows and they are prone to having milk fever at calving. Milk fever is the common name for hypoclcemia or low calcium. Before they discovered that it was caused by too low of a calcium blood level they thought it was from a fever in the udder so they called it milk fever. Actually it is caused by a drop in blood calcium when the cow is ready to calve because she puts all of her calcium into the mik production. It is caused by not feeding them the proper ratio of calcium and phosperous during their dry period which is about 2 months long. They are not being milked and the udder needs rea rest period before they begin miliking again when they have the next calf. Or in the case of the Jersey breed, they seem to have a problem with it no matter what you feed. As the calcium level drops, the cow becomes slowly paralized and left untreated they will die as the muscles in the diaphram can no longer work. Once I went into practice, I found out the real reason for thrm letting me hold the bottle. They were resting and it is not easy to hold a 500 cc bottle for 10 minutes.

Calcium is needed for the nerves to fire to keep all mammals up and moving. Calcium is the messenger that tells the nerve to fire. If it is not there or is too low, the nerves no longer send messages to the muscles and the muscles slowly loose the ability to fire and the cow starts to wooble around, then go down and can't get up. As the calcium blood level continues to go down, the cow will no longer be able to sit up and goes to her side. Death follows soon after that happens.

In our Christian lives, we can become like that cow when we neglect God's Word.Our Christian life is slowly being paralyzed. Our Spirit is slowly getting weaker and weaker as we have lost the element that allows God to keep our spiritual life alive and moving. Just like an IV of calcium is needed to save the cow, an IV of the Word of God is needed to keep our spiritual lives up and going.

I,Saul Review

I, Saul

I have not usually been a fan of Jerry Jenkin's writing, but this book is an exception. The story draws you in and keeps you on the edge of your seat until you turn the last page. First lets talk about the first century half of the book. Saul becomes a real person, not a fictional person from a page. You feel the cold and the wet, you smell overwhelming stink of the prison.  Saul becomes a three dimensional person who is living through horrible circumstances and still says count it all joy. Luke the physician plays a prominent role along with a kind jailer in keeping Paul alive  and his writings available to us today.
Now the modern archaeologist is in the second part. Of course, the writer moves back and forth between modern times and the ancient. There is intrigue as the contact in Rome is in constant danger, there is a love story as his fiance is drawn in. Will they survive? Will they find the parchments? Will they change the history of the world?  Will what they hope to find change Christianity forever? And who are these violent people who are trying to stop them?
Over all a dynamic combination of the old and the new. I highly recommend this book for a good glimpse into Biblical history and modern archaeology.

One of the Best-Selling Novelists of All Time JERRY B. JENKINS Releases Riveting New Thriller
  
“Jenkins is a consummate novelist; his plotting is nicely sneaky, his dialogue crackling.”
  
—Publishers Weekly
  
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 23, 2013—Jerry Jenkins’s novels have sold more than 70 million copies, qualifying him as one of the best-selling novelists of all time. In his new release, I, Saul (Worthy Publishing, Aug. 27, 2013), Jenkins presents his latest masterpiece: a compelling international thriller that catapults readers from present-day Texas to a dank Roman dungeon in A.D. 67, then down the dusty roads of ancient Israel, Asia, and back to Rome.
  
An adventurous seminary professor, Augustine Knox, is drawn into a deadly race to save priceless parchments from antiquities thieves, and discovers a two-thousand-year-old connection with another who faced death for the sake of the truth. I, Saul consists of two riveting adventures in one as readers are transported between the stories of Augustine Knox and the man who would become the Apostle Paul.
  
I, Saul will keep readers turning pages as it offers new insight into the fiery early days of Christianity when Saul of Tarsus vowed to put an end to the new sect, whatever the cost. A fast-paced story filled with political intrigue, mystery, and rich historical detail, I, Saul is the thrilling tale of loyal friendships tested by life-or-death quests, set two millennia apart. With this new work, Jenkins again delivers the sort of novel that has made him a household name.
  
Jenkins artfully depicts biblical times and characters, relying heavily on research and expertise provided by noted pastor and biblical scholar, Dr. James S. MacDonald.
  
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  
Jerry B. Jenkins’s novels have sold more than 70 million copies, including the phenomenal mega-best-selling Left Behind series. Twenty of his books have reached the New York Times best-seller list, including seven that debuted at number one, as well as the USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. Jenkins has been featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine. Jerry and his wife, Dianna, live in Colorado.
  
Worthy Publishing Group (www.worthypublishing.com) is a privately held, independent voice in Christian and inspirational publishing, based in Nashville, Tennessee, comprised of three divisions. Worthy Books publishes a boutique list of trade titles across a broad spectrum of genres, including current events, biography, fiction, devotionals, spiritual and personal growth, and specialized Bibles. Ellie Claire is a line of gift and paper expressions, and Freeman-Smith is a value-priced, impulse book imprint.
  
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Potato Chip Sundays

it ws time to start going through my mom's house and clean it out. Most things were headed for the garage sale. Then we opened the cupboard and there were the 4 aluminum bowls. The memories of Sunday night after church came flooding back. The 4 of us, Mom, Dad, Sister and me, would get a bottle of pop and our favorite color of bowl to eat our Jones potato chips. That was our treat for the week. We munched and laughed at The Ed Sullivan Show.
Ok Mom, put those on the garage sale pile. NO! I JUST CAN NOT PART WITH THESE. But Mom, Peter on Clean Sweep says to keep the memories,but get rid of the stuff.

But they make me remember.Without seeing these bowls I had forgotten. Now we drink pop every day and I can have chips when ever I want. So I had no remebered the time when that was a treat.

How many things in our lives have we forgotten? Our lives are so full that we forget those things that have influenced our lives, physically and spiritally. WE need sign posts or aluminum bowls to remind us of the blessings of the past and of how far we have come in our walk as a Christian. So keep a list of answered prayer and yes I am keeping those bowls. I just might want to make some memories with my great nephews or grandkids if I am ever blessed with them.