This has got to be one of the most unbelievable pictures I have ever seen. It is a calf that survived the Western KS snowstorm this past weekend. It was plastered with freezing rain, and then driven snow. How it was able to survive is beyond me.
This poor little guy even made the national headlines this week when Senator Pat Roberts made a huge poster of this picture to show his fellow Senators on Capitol Hill just how severe the winter storm was, and why the state deserved to have some help from the federal government.
This picture reminded me about a story that was told in church this past Sunday about the Hereford breed of cattle being the "perfect breed" (stay with me, this really has a pretty good meaning). It is said that in a storm, most cattle will turn their backs to it and retreat along with the wind until they end up piled against a drift or fence, oftentimes leading to their demise by suffocation. The Herefords on the other hand, face into the wind and work their way into the teeth of the storm until it passes. Somehow, this instinct has proven to dramatically lower the mortality rate when confronted with nature's fury.
The moral of the story? FACE LIFE'S STORMS HEAD ON. With God leading the way, guiding and protecting us, even when we can't even see where we are going, we can be assured that we are being led to a safe place where we can weather the storm until it passes by.
De Colores
2 comments:
Wow, I've never seen anything like that around here. Very sad, indeed. And your thoughts of facing problems head on--very true! It's so easy to think I have faith, another thing entirely to practice it...but I'm moving in that direction. And in the future I'll remember to be "like the Herefords!"
I liked the illustration Sieb used. With all the angus folks out here they may just be thinking about making some changes. Regarding Dawn's comments - "moving in the right direction" - that's what it 's all about. Any wide door's opening up while on the move?
P.R.
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