
Me and the Bull Story
One summer when I was ten I was enjoying hanging out with my Grandpa
on his farm in central Alberta. I remember very clearly my Uncle came
up to Grandpa informing him that their bull had escaped his pen and
was on the loose on the south field, primarily the grazing area for
the cows. Immediately my Grandpa informed my uncle to saddle up Goldie
the horse and he would take his truck(72 GMC classic Truck, very nice)
and meet him in the South field. Once there Grandpa drove up to where
the bull was. I remember this so clearly, being small I could not see
that far out of the window, I remember opening the door to follow my
grandpa out onto the field, when I opened the door and climbed out I
came face to face with this bull. Imagine this, small 10 year old
boy, 2000 pound bull, who would win that battle? He was huge, with large horns and gave me the eye and stared me right back into the truck. I did what most little kids do, screamed, got back into the truck. A few seconds later the bull was on the run again, but this time my uncle was chasing him down, the GMC truck right behind him subsequently the bull was chased into a water hole and was brought back to his pen. What a mess, my uncle was responsible for fixing three or four sections of fencing the bull ran through. This was one of those moments in life as a little kid I was faced with something huge, more powerful then me, showed no signs of mercy and I had no control over it. The only prudent thing to do was to listen to Grandpa and ensure I did not get in his way or the bulls. I came across a story this week in which Jesus had to face a bully named Satan. In this story Jesus was all alone in a desert, once there he was tempted to deny everything he represented not once but three times. Each time the bully tried to deceive him misquoting words from the bible to trip Jesus up, and in each case Jesus refuted this bully and in the end Jesus won that battle. Simply, he got on his horse and chased the bully down. All of us have to face many challenges and trials that may bring fear or temptation and in the end we must be willing to stand against it and win.