What will you give in trade is my response to Miss Kate’s five minute Friday word prompt. This is one of those posts that started off one way and then took a turn. I like the turn but am not completely sure the theology is spot on, but at this time of night….. I don’t have the brain to rewrite. 🙂
What will you give in trade?
What will you give in trade?
Will it be for better or worse?
Is the trade one that will make
me feel good in the end, or that you
just wanted to rip me off?
Some people don’t quite understand
the value of an item and thereby offer
less than what a thing is worth.
I often have mice, rabbits, and
now guinea pigs available for new homes,
and I’ve done a number of good trades
over the years.
Maple syrup, hay, nestbox builds,
other rabbits, and such like.
Those are trades I accepted.
There have been many others I’ve
turned down like pots, pans,
old water bottles, and ratty cages.
What is the cost?
It makes me wonder about the cost paid right?
A little baby born into squalid conditions
A manger, critters around,
not the best room around for sure.
Parents were poor, from a small town,
travelled by donkey, and on foot.
Grew up having to travel around
avoiding much danger, and then
his dad settled down into a
wood-working business.
At 12 he learned more about
being about his father’s business,
not his carpenter father mind, but
in the process his mama was worried sick.
At 30 some years things got a bit tough
with false accusations, and agenda set by
men in charge. It did not, for all earthly
intents and purposes turn out well,
except for one little detail.
Three days later there was an
empty tomb. an unbelievable thing,
you see
A trade happened.
A trade that bridged a gap,
that covered the cost of grievous wrong.
Was the trade equitable?
Does it make sense
for God’s lad to die for something
I am guilty of?
Even though it was the only option,
such as when a firm price is set
on an item for sale like a casserole
dish, highball glass or more.
It is God’s mercy in action,
his sovereign plan, of redemption,
a trade/pay-off that benefits us
and rebuilds relationship.
A firm price, no trade really,
redemption set, and so the
price is fully paid. Are you
willing to make things with
the sovereign one of the universe?
So many interesting trades that you have made! Sounds like you have a range of animals like my daughter. She has chickens, rabbits, a dog and cat.
Advent is a good time to think about the trade that Jesus made in order to redeem us.
three cats, rabbits and a bunch of guinea pigs. My son’s friend wants to give us some chickens, and I want to get some quail.
A rabbit wandered through the door
of our house one day,
and said, “Dude, what I have in store
for you is simple play
with the pitbulls gathered ’round,
and the heelers, too.
Take this deal and you’ll have found
something bright and new,
a bridge between domesticated
and a world quite wild
that you’ve often contemplated
and have often styled
yourself with just that look and feel…
well, now I’m here, and now it’s real.”
True story. A rabbit did come hipppity-hoppiting in one day, and the dogs were entranced. The bunny would get on its hinds to box, and the doggies would gently box back, and when tired all would rest companionably together, and drink from the same bowl.
that would have been so fun to witness. 🙂
Love what you did with the prompt this week, Annette.
thank you Sandra. Appreciated. 🙂
so many creative ways to trade!
there are so many ways to make a trade, it’s fantastic AND fun.