Monday, April 16, 2012

The Chronicles of a Baby Calf and a Grandmother


I Chronicles 9-12

The Temple keepers are named; Saul and Jonathan die; David is crowned and the names of the 30 mighty men are recorded.  No life stories here, just recorded history.  It’s amazing how quickly our life becomes a brief recording of history.  Hard to fathom how the rich vitality of what we call life quickly turns into a concise chronicle.

Yesterday, my 97-year-old grandmother and I sat beside a fresh spring pasture in the hills of east Tennessee and watched a calf being born.  It stumbled and staggered as it tried to stand and take its first steps in its new world.  It was so unsure, frail and toppled over several times before gaining a feeble stance on its new legs.  I couldn’t help thinking about how my grandmother was in the same condition.  She is old and her body is just as unsure as she is feebly moving toward her new life in heaven.   That calf is surely prancing and dancing around that mountain pasture this morning just as surely as my grandmother will dance and prance around heaven.

We’re never a chronicle with God, but a dearly loved son or daughter who He longs to call home to Him someday.  I love you God!!!

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