Are
you frustrated with your life? Are things not moving in the right direction for
you? Perhaps this might help…
My granddaughter is fascinated with cows. Every time she
comes to visit, a trip to the pasture is in order. Yesterday I drove
two-year-old Layla in my Jeep to see her favorited bovines and stopped at a
spot where I was sure she could see them from her car seat. I lowered the
window. “See the cows, Layla?” I pointed toward the small herd.
Her eyes widened. “What cows doin,’ Grandma?"
“They’re eating grass. See them?”
“Cows walking.”
“Yes, they are
walking,” I said, surprised that she had noticed something I hadn’t.
Huddled together, the cows chomped at the blades and
then simultaneously moved forward toward the next nourishing mouthful. Chomp, step,
chomp, step, chomp, step.
I thought about this curious rhythm and wondered, Is this the way God wants us to move?
“Move like a cow?” you may ask, “That doesn’t sound like
something I wish to emulate.”
Bear with me. We need to eat, too.
