Tender Mercy

The other day I received an email from my mother with a really sweet story that I've been meaning to share with y'all. Enjoy!

I saw this on face book and really liked it. I wanted to share it with you. I don't know who wrote it. Love mom.

I just had a tender mercy moment tonight. I went out to feed my dogs and my horse (in the dark), and the neighbor's calf was out in the field on the wrong side of the fence. He was crying for his mama. (Calves bawling is a pretty sad sound!!) He wanted to be with her SO badly, and he was wandering around frantically pacing the fence line trying to figure out how to get to her... but he just couldn't figure out how. So I opened the nearest gate that went into a pen next to his mama. I had to move the cute lil guy down the fence-AWAY FROM HIS MAMA- to eventually get him into the same pen as her for a sweet reunion. I learned from this experience that sometimes God watches us frantically "pacing the fence line" of something we want the most. He sees us lost in the cold and the dark. He wants us to get to the place we want to be more than anything because He loves to see us happy. And so He opens gates for us, then leads or pushes us to them and even leads or pushes us through them. Is it painful to walk away from the things we want the most? Absolutely. But if we just put our trust in Him and let Him lead us, we will find we end up where we wanted to be-or even somewhere better than we ever imagined. God is SO good.  I testify of that!