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Baby Calf, the Unknown, and a Faithful Father

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Well folks, here I sit — close to 8 weeks hanging around our farm — obeying the recommendation of our government here in the USA.

I am sad for all of the suffering and I have been on my face crying out concerning the wickedness, anger, fear, and schemes in this world of ours.   One thing I will take away from this “reset” in our nation/world is the rekindling or flaming of the FIRE OF INTERCESSION in my belly.  For this I am grateful!   I have also loved having my daughter under my roof 24/7 and having a slower pace of life.  Again, for THAT I am grateful!

There have been many lessons in this season, but one in particular I thought was a great analogy.

In October 2019, our favorite cow (named Red) gave birth to her last calf.  She had suffered with mastitis her last several births, but this last time is was horrible!  We wondered if we would lose her.  While treating the mama cow, we bottle fed her baby steer, named Charlie.

We kept the two locked up in a lot with a stall so that they could be together as Red healed and as the baby started eating grain and hay.

When that time came, my husband moved Red to a pasture across the farm to live with our goats so that the bull wouldn’t have access to her.  Most cows, especially one her age, would have been sold — but she is like a pet to us.   Baby Charlie was loosed out to pasture with the rest of the cows.

Over time, I felt so bad for Red.  She was in a pasture alone with some very rude goats.  She could see the other cows, but couldn’t join them.  My merciful heart continually told my husband that she needed another cow with her.   Through a lot of begging, my husband finally agreed to move Charlie over to the pasture with Red!

How did that move feel to the calf?  This is where the analogy comes into this story …

Baby Charlie was happy and comfortable in his NORMAL environment with the other cows.  He spent several months enjoying life with the herd.   Did he even remember Red?  He was afraid of humans because we really hadn’t spent time with him since the end of October, but we had to gather him in the lot to separate him from the others.   I prayed that God would help us and it happened seamlessly!   (He is so faithful, even in the smallest of things). Charlie was easily separated from the herd and we locked him into a stall while my husband went to get the trailer.

Charlie was unsure and afraid.  He paced the stall and was very nervous.  (Have you felt out of place lately?  Have you been taken out of your normal routine?  Unless you live on another planet, the answer is yes.  We have all experienced a change.)

Poor little thing.  My heart felt for him.  I tried to comfort him, but he was terrified.  To make matters worse, when my husband came across the pasture with our trailer, all of the gates and chains banged and clanged as it bounced over the rocks and bumps.   Poor Charlie.  I can’t imagine his level of fear over the sound alone, but then to have to ENTER a metal tomb that move around under him …  What a terrifying experience for him!   He couldn’t get a firm foundation in that moving trailer.  What was this strange thing he entered and what was going on around him?  So scary for him I know.

It was during that time that the Holy Spirit started speaking to me about what I was witnessing.  WE KNEW that moving him over with Red was saving his life!  If my daughter and I hadn’t convinced my husband to do this, Charlie would have been sold with the rest of the young ones when the time came.  This traumatic event was needed to save his life!

During the short transport, he kicked the sides of that trailer and let us know he wanted out.   (How much are we kicking in this process?)

When the trailer made it to the new pasture, Charlie quickly exited and found his mama, Red.  It was so precious and worth the trouble.  They did remember one another!    Here they are reunited after months of separation:

I bottle-fed Charlie more than the others and I think he remembered me.   He allowed me to approach him first.  Now we are feeding him a treat each day so that we can tame him.    Red and Charlie have a happy life and will have happy endings I pray.

This is me feeding Charlie a few days ago.  He will be much bigger than me soon, so now is the time to make him safe and tame.

I share ALL of this story to say that sometimes we HAVE to go through things that we don’t understand.  We don’t always see what is best for us.   Do I think God sent this horrendous Coronavirus/COVID-19?  NO.  However, I believe with all that is within me that God’s Word is true.

Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

Nothing will be wasted for His children.

I believe that as His people seek His face, the world with have a NEW NORMAL, but IT WILL NOT BE what the media wants to place on us — fear, dependency on government, dependency on organizations …  Instead, we cry out that the WORLD will DEPEND ON THE LORD!  Our NEW NORM will reflect the government of Heaven!

His Kingdom come and His Will be done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.

Seek Him my friends.  TRUST HIM.  We were born for such a time as this!

God bless you!

 

 


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