Happy Cows

One day, while riding home from a Women’s Aglow meeting with friends, we passed a dairy farm.

It was a hot Florida day, and I noticed that most of the cows were obviously cooling off in a small lake, with the water up to their udders.

I said, “Look at those happy cows!”

My friends started laughing. One said, “Nancy, how do you know those cows are happy?”

Sometimes we don’t realize it, but the eyes of our emotions can affect how we observe situations. When we are depressed we don’t often find humor around us.

After five months of sharing the Gospel around the world, and watching God transform the hearts and souls of thousands of people, I was still ‘high’.

My recent experience affected everything I saw. So that day, from the highway, I saw happy cows.

So often we judge others through the veil of what we are feeling. We can go through life seeing sad cows, angry cows, frustrated cows, passive cows, lustful cows, or happy cows.

If you are seeing life only as the evening news sees it, please do two things. Say a simple prayer… “Jesus, give me a happy heart”.

Number two…fill your heart with God’s word…let the Scriptures replace whatever has stolen your joy.

From Nancy, saying, “Jesus loves You”!