{"id":6554,"date":"2015-06-13T09:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=6554"},"modified":"2015-06-13T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T17:21:21","slug":"still-feeding-the-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/still-feeding-the-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Feeding the Sheep After All These Years\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One thing hasn&#8217;t changed much from my youth growing up on the family farm<\/strong> until now. Back then, my alarm clock would go off early each morning and I&#8217;d get up and read and study my Bible and then pray. Then I&#8217;d go downstairs (my room was in the attic of the old farm house) and I&#8217;d eat some hot cereal. After that, I&#8217;d put put on my rubber boots and \u00a0I&#8217;d go out and feed and water the sheep, goats, chickens, cows, turkeys, ducks and pigeons. Then I&#8217;d go off to school or to work around the farm pruning the fruit trees, doing other farm work, or working in my dad&#8217;s nursery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6556\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/still-feeding-the-sheep\/img_1931\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6556\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6556\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1931-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The front of Natan's converted chicken house office. Notice the rooster yard art by the front door.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1931-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1931-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1931-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front of Natan&#8217;s converted chicken house office. Notice the rooster yard art by the front door.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, I still get up early each morning, go out to my\u00a0chicken house converted into an office, read and study my Bible, then pray. Then I feed YHVH&#8217;s spiritual sheep (via this blog, YouTube, answering emails and YouTube and blog questions and comments, writing articles and preparing teachings\/sermons on Bible subjects). 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