Today, just after daughter Katie and several of her younger children left our house, husband Danny went out to give the cows some hay, which has become necessary in this season of drought. Lo and behold! Latte’ has a new baby! Most of our cattle are registered Brangus (with chocolate names), but Latte’ is a Beefmaster/something mix, and she is white and brown, thus the name Latte’. She is a small cow, but the only one with full horns. She doesn’t know the power of those horns, because she sometimes lets the other cows . . . ummm . . . “cow” her when it comes to getting to the hay.
Anyway . . . here is her new baby, barely standing, fresh born, making its thin little “m-a-a-a-a.” Danny called me to bring out the camera and enjoy a moment of God’s miracle, which I truly did. To me, all birth and reproduction are a wonderful miracle, an amazing principle which few take the time to understand. Agriculture is the true and only source of increase there is in this world. Everything else is just rearranging of assets. The Biblical laws of sowing and reaping are a perfect articulation of this principle. One of the laws of sowing and reaping is “you reap more than you sow”. If you plant one corn seed, you will reap hundreds. One good brood cow will produce several babies to increase the herd.
This principle applies in all areas of life, whether to the negative or the positive. If you sow to the wind, you will reap the whirlwind – that sounds negative to me! I don’t need no whirlwinds in my life! Conversely, if you invest hours of time into your stubborn little two-year-old’s life, you will reap years of obedience and family peace and harmony. (BTW, how can that happen if we are farming that precious two-year-old out to a sub-contractor?)
We can even apply it to cultures or societies. If you have not read Mark Steyn’s book, “America Alone – The End of the World as We Know It”, you need to buy or borrow it and look at the plain (but extremely interesting) statistics. Europe is dying, because they refuse to sow. Muslims will be in control, because they understand sowing. America will not be far behind, unless we get our eyes opened. Thank God, many in our “circle” are willing to say, “we’re not trying to overpopulate the world, just to outnumber the idiots”.
So, the herd has increased. Bless you, little Latte’! Thank you, Lord, for Your immutable laws. We can depend on what You say to be true forever. Life!
Anyway . . . here is her new baby, barely standing, fresh born, making its thin little “m-a-a-a-a.” Danny called me to bring out the camera and enjoy a moment of God’s miracle, which I truly did. To me, all birth and reproduction are a wonderful miracle, an amazing principle which few take the time to understand. Agriculture is the true and only source of increase there is in this world. Everything else is just rearranging of assets. The Biblical laws of sowing and reaping are a perfect articulation of this principle. One of the laws of sowing and reaping is “you reap more than you sow”. If you plant one corn seed, you will reap hundreds. One good brood cow will produce several babies to increase the herd.
This principle applies in all areas of life, whether to the negative or the positive. If you sow to the wind, you will reap the whirlwind – that sounds negative to me! I don’t need no whirlwinds in my life! Conversely, if you invest hours of time into your stubborn little two-year-old’s life, you will reap years of obedience and family peace and harmony. (BTW, how can that happen if we are farming that precious two-year-old out to a sub-contractor?)
We can even apply it to cultures or societies. If you have not read Mark Steyn’s book, “America Alone – The End of the World as We Know It”, you need to buy or borrow it and look at the plain (but extremely interesting) statistics. Europe is dying, because they refuse to sow. Muslims will be in control, because they understand sowing. America will not be far behind, unless we get our eyes opened. Thank God, many in our “circle” are willing to say, “we’re not trying to overpopulate the world, just to outnumber the idiots”.
So, the herd has increased. Bless you, little Latte’! Thank you, Lord, for Your immutable laws. We can depend on what You say to be true forever. Life!
2 comments:
Yay, Latte! How is Cocoa doing these days, Bonnie?
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
Hi, Tammy! Cocoa is doing very well, thank you. Still cantankerous and not a fun cow, but a good mother anyway. This year's calf died at one day old, and she seemed inconsolable. This is the first of many calves to die for her. Yes, she has settled down from her wild "teenage" days and become a productive member of the herd. She is the herd mama.
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