How Many Teachers Does It Take to Milk a Goat?

This is a good question to ponder. If you look at the photo, you may say that it obviously takes four - three to hold the goat and one to milk it. Or, if you know my wife and I, you would maybe think it is a trick question and answer three - three teachers and one principal. So, how many does it take? The answer is......... I don't know.

Last night at the county fair there was a friendly set of competitions between the faculties of the county schools. There was a stick horse race, a water balloon toss, a spitwad throw, and the ever popular goat milking contest. My wife and her teachers held this poor goat and one of the teachers worked and worked trying to squeeze precious drops of milk into a cup for thirty seconds. When all was said and done, there was no milk, not even a drop in their cup! All that tugging, squeezing, and pulling was for naught.

I'm still searching for the answer to the original question. I don't know how many it takes to milk a goat. Obviously three, four, and one is not the answer. Any thoughts?

Now, since my goal is to relate every post in my blog to my spiritual walk with God, I will try in this instance also. I will refer to Hebrews 5:13:

"Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness."

Paul was telling the Hebrews that milk is for the immature and those young in the faith. He was trying to clue them in on the fact that they were ready for solid food, ready to be out teaching others. Actually, he was ripping their butts for staying in their comfort zones and keeping Jesus all to themselves and not sharing. Well, there you have it! Your mission to day is to step out of your comfort zone. Stop trying to milk a goat to get some easy food. You that are mature in the word don't need the milk, you need solid food and you need to be nursing the young in the faith. Get to squeezing!