Skinny Cows
Genesis 41:25-33
41:25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'Pharaoh's dream has a single meaning. God has told Pharaoh what He is about to do. 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good ears are [the same] seven years. It is one dream. 41:27 'The seven emaciated, bad cows who came up after [the first ones] are also seven years. The seven empty, wind-scorched ears will [likewise] be seven years of famine.41:28 'It is as I have told Pharaoh - God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.41:29 Seven years are coming, during which there will be a great surplus of food all over Egypt.41:30 These will be followed by seven years of famine, when all the surplus in Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.41:31 The ensuing famine will be so terrible that there will be no way of telling that there was once a surplus in the land.41:32'The reason that Pharaoh had the same dream twice is because the process has already been set in motion by God, and God is rushing to do it.41:33'Now Pharaoh must seek out a man with insight and wisdom, and place him in charge of Egypt.
My wife is the "Costco Queen." Almost every Saturday she shops for a family of 12. Which is odd b/c it is just the 2 of us with a lot of freezer space. There was a time last summer where she went on a "Costco fast" because we had so much of everything, that we had nowhere else to store stuff and had to work down the supplies.
Costco has high quality goods at good prices...as most know (except for their dry-roasted peanuts...which is strange because everything else tends to be really good. The coffee also tends to be a little below my taste--which tells you more about me being a coffee snob than anything). Have you ever had their Chicken Pot Pie? It is banging! Oh yeah, the sushi is pretty bad, also. I'm not sure one can call is sushi...it is that gross that I could contest the naming of it as illegitimate. More like tuna salad with a sickly sweetness and rice. My, my, not high on my list of faves...which is also odd and strange b/c I eat almost anything. I'm slightly more discriminating than a dog.
For awhile, she was buying ice cream sandwiches at Costco called "Skinny Cow." One hundred calories per sandwich and a pretty good taste. But, then I cut them out b/c I figured eating one a day is still a lot of calories per week. That, and I always have a Hershey chocolate product within ten seconds of my mouth. If I am going to be bad dietarily, I tend to be real bad.
The "Skinny Cow" name may come from the Bible in the verses from Genesis above. Their ribs were more bones than meat. No marbling here.
Joseph, the Dreamer, is able to interpret Pharaoh's nighttime R.E.M. revelations. Then, because Joseph has this talent from God, he is able to prescribe a course of action that is not further dreaming but doing. A dreamer, a doer. A mighty good combination...or to use the modern parlance, "skills set."
The interesting thing is that Joseph knew for may years that he would rise in prominence (in reference to his family). Little did he know that this rise was to be prefaced by many years of being brought low by malicious people: his brothers, the Ishmaelite traders, Potiphar's wife, Potiphar himself who had to know of his wife's wicked and seductive tendencies--but who let Joseph take the blame...threw him under the chariot so to speak to keep peace with his shrew of a wife, the jailer, etc. etc. etc. Yet, I have to think he was surprised when he became Pharaoh's right hand man.
This story of Skinny Cows makes me wonder about this country. Where are the Joseph's? Where are the believers who know God and are able to command enough respect through their wisdom that even Pagans seek them out and hand over the reigns of power? By the grace of God, may the only "Skinny Cows" that are in abundance for us the next 7 years be low cal ice cream sandwiches at Costco. If not, may God give us contentment in licking barbecued bones.
41:25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'Pharaoh's dream has a single meaning. God has told Pharaoh what He is about to do. 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good ears are [the same] seven years. It is one dream. 41:27 'The seven emaciated, bad cows who came up after [the first ones] are also seven years. The seven empty, wind-scorched ears will [likewise] be seven years of famine.41:28 'It is as I have told Pharaoh - God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.41:29 Seven years are coming, during which there will be a great surplus of food all over Egypt.41:30 These will be followed by seven years of famine, when all the surplus in Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.41:31 The ensuing famine will be so terrible that there will be no way of telling that there was once a surplus in the land.41:32'The reason that Pharaoh had the same dream twice is because the process has already been set in motion by God, and God is rushing to do it.41:33'Now Pharaoh must seek out a man with insight and wisdom, and place him in charge of Egypt.
My wife is the "Costco Queen." Almost every Saturday she shops for a family of 12. Which is odd b/c it is just the 2 of us with a lot of freezer space. There was a time last summer where she went on a "Costco fast" because we had so much of everything, that we had nowhere else to store stuff and had to work down the supplies.
Costco has high quality goods at good prices...as most know (except for their dry-roasted peanuts...which is strange because everything else tends to be really good. The coffee also tends to be a little below my taste--which tells you more about me being a coffee snob than anything). Have you ever had their Chicken Pot Pie? It is banging! Oh yeah, the sushi is pretty bad, also. I'm not sure one can call is sushi...it is that gross that I could contest the naming of it as illegitimate. More like tuna salad with a sickly sweetness and rice. My, my, not high on my list of faves...which is also odd and strange b/c I eat almost anything. I'm slightly more discriminating than a dog.
For awhile, she was buying ice cream sandwiches at Costco called "Skinny Cow." One hundred calories per sandwich and a pretty good taste. But, then I cut them out b/c I figured eating one a day is still a lot of calories per week. That, and I always have a Hershey chocolate product within ten seconds of my mouth. If I am going to be bad dietarily, I tend to be real bad.
The "Skinny Cow" name may come from the Bible in the verses from Genesis above. Their ribs were more bones than meat. No marbling here.
Joseph, the Dreamer, is able to interpret Pharaoh's nighttime R.E.M. revelations. Then, because Joseph has this talent from God, he is able to prescribe a course of action that is not further dreaming but doing. A dreamer, a doer. A mighty good combination...or to use the modern parlance, "skills set."
The interesting thing is that Joseph knew for may years that he would rise in prominence (in reference to his family). Little did he know that this rise was to be prefaced by many years of being brought low by malicious people: his brothers, the Ishmaelite traders, Potiphar's wife, Potiphar himself who had to know of his wife's wicked and seductive tendencies--but who let Joseph take the blame...threw him under the chariot so to speak to keep peace with his shrew of a wife, the jailer, etc. etc. etc. Yet, I have to think he was surprised when he became Pharaoh's right hand man.
This story of Skinny Cows makes me wonder about this country. Where are the Joseph's? Where are the believers who know God and are able to command enough respect through their wisdom that even Pagans seek them out and hand over the reigns of power? By the grace of God, may the only "Skinny Cows" that are in abundance for us the next 7 years be low cal ice cream sandwiches at Costco. If not, may God give us contentment in licking barbecued bones.
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