When I was a teenager, I worked on a farm. And you are probably saying "yes, Beau we already know that"! But do you know that I also drove tractors. Okay, yes you probably know that too! But I don't think you have heard this story.
I think I was a junior in high school. I was working real late one evening during harvest season. Harvest is when all the corn, milo, or cotton is ready to be picked from the plant and put into storage for later use. But we did not pick the ears of corn or the cotton. There are big tractors that do that for us now. But I remember driving one of these big trators (AKA combines) and looking out into a neighboring field and seeing a lone calf who was wandering around along the edge of a group of trees. This calf probably was about 2 weeks old (his walk was still a little wobbly). I drove by this calf seeing it crying out for his mother. But there was no cow in sight. So I kept on driving not thinking about anything. And I got probably about a mile from the calf when I saw three coyotes running along the fence line. These coyotes were running in the opposite direction of where I was going, toward the calf. So I begin to panic a little because this calf is left defenseless and weak in the middle of the field. So I tell my other co-workers that I am going to hop the fence and scare of the coyotes, so the calf is not an evening meal. So I turn around and begin to go in the highest gear to the location where I remember the calf being. But when I get there the calf is gone and the coyotes are also out of sight.
I was stumped. I could not find the calf or coyotes anywhere. So I begin to wonder. Did the coyotes attack the calf and take it away? Did the calf run off and escape? I stay there a couple of minutes looking around trying to see anything. As I begin to drive off, I see out of my periphery three coyotes running as fast as could to the place I saw the come from. And they are running from two cows who are chasing with their heads down looking to knock them over. As I am watching this event take place I find myself cheering in the cab of tractor. And cheering outloud for the cows to catch them.
So as the the cows are chasing the coyotes away, I begin to see the calf a little ways back by itself again still crying out. And finally, here comes the mama cow. Then the calf begins to drink some milk from his mother. And then the other two cows return, not even to even sniff the calf to see if it was okay. They had done their job. They had run off any tresspassor who even came close to taking anything.
WOW!! You talk about having the mama's back and protecting another's baby, or protecting it's hide. It was awesome to watch that take place. Animals of the bovine nature (cattle) have that instict to automatically look out for others in their herd. Do we have that as children of God? Should we look out for others when they are in dire need of help? Do we look out for others whether they are a Christian or not? Do we look out for others when they have talked about us behind our back? Do we look out for the one who is homeless and doesn't know when their next meal will be? We should! Psalm 41:1 says "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble." So not only should we help those who are weak, but we should also look upon them with respect.
So when the coyotes come around to take the weak and defenseless, what are you going to do?
Live it,
BB
I think I was a junior in high school. I was working real late one evening during harvest season. Harvest is when all the corn, milo, or cotton is ready to be picked from the plant and put into storage for later use. But we did not pick the ears of corn or the cotton. There are big tractors that do that for us now. But I remember driving one of these big trators (AKA combines) and looking out into a neighboring field and seeing a lone calf who was wandering around along the edge of a group of trees. This calf probably was about 2 weeks old (his walk was still a little wobbly). I drove by this calf seeing it crying out for his mother. But there was no cow in sight. So I kept on driving not thinking about anything. And I got probably about a mile from the calf when I saw three coyotes running along the fence line. These coyotes were running in the opposite direction of where I was going, toward the calf. So I begin to panic a little because this calf is left defenseless and weak in the middle of the field. So I tell my other co-workers that I am going to hop the fence and scare of the coyotes, so the calf is not an evening meal. So I turn around and begin to go in the highest gear to the location where I remember the calf being. But when I get there the calf is gone and the coyotes are also out of sight.
I was stumped. I could not find the calf or coyotes anywhere. So I begin to wonder. Did the coyotes attack the calf and take it away? Did the calf run off and escape? I stay there a couple of minutes looking around trying to see anything. As I begin to drive off, I see out of my periphery three coyotes running as fast as could to the place I saw the come from. And they are running from two cows who are chasing with their heads down looking to knock them over. As I am watching this event take place I find myself cheering in the cab of tractor. And cheering outloud for the cows to catch them.
So as the the cows are chasing the coyotes away, I begin to see the calf a little ways back by itself again still crying out. And finally, here comes the mama cow. Then the calf begins to drink some milk from his mother. And then the other two cows return, not even to even sniff the calf to see if it was okay. They had done their job. They had run off any tresspassor who even came close to taking anything.
WOW!! You talk about having the mama's back and protecting another's baby, or protecting it's hide. It was awesome to watch that take place. Animals of the bovine nature (cattle) have that instict to automatically look out for others in their herd. Do we have that as children of God? Should we look out for others when they are in dire need of help? Do we look out for others whether they are a Christian or not? Do we look out for others when they have talked about us behind our back? Do we look out for the one who is homeless and doesn't know when their next meal will be? We should! Psalm 41:1 says "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble." So not only should we help those who are weak, but we should also look upon them with respect.
So when the coyotes come around to take the weak and defenseless, what are you going to do?
Live it,
BB
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