May 18, 2012 - Scatter The Buzzards

What a beautiful morning to sit outside, enjoy my waterfall, and listen to the birds. Life is great! The rain has caused everything to have LIFE again and the beauty of color and rich green leaves brings a calm to my spirit. I didn't realize until Monday how much I FIGHT for life. I always knew that I couldn't watch those animal shows where the mean guys pick the weak one and eventually take it down for their meal. My husband continues to say, "that's just nature." But my heart wants to slap the mean guys while the weak one struggles in those final few moments. I don't care if that's "NATURE" or not - I want to help the weak one and feed it tenderly until it's back to health. Now, I really do understand the food chain, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Monday, while at my mom's, we heard this moaning sound behind their property and determined it was a cow in distress. Within a short amount of time, a group of buzzards gathered. Mom would go out and scream, "let her alone," and I would pace looking for a gun to kill the birds. (wow, this is deep but I am going somewhere) The cow was NOT dead and the mockers/consumers had already arrived for their lunch. The louder mom screamed (and they WOULD scatter) the more frustrated I got and the more insight downloaded. Finally, I convinced my step-father to go find the owner of the land or the sheriff or someone and HELP her so these buzzards didn't start their clean-up while she was still suffering. I said over and over again, "I cannot believe they arrived BEFORE she died." But isn't that the way life is sometimes? Jealousy or intense envy CAN cause others to look upon our decision to "kill our flesh" and become mockers or critically negative. I have had more than a few people "pronounce" that I cannot "maintain" this type of "diet" indefinitely. I used to try to defend myself (scream at the buzzards) but eventually realized I would FIGHT for life and let my LIFE scatter the buzzards. I don't defend healthy eating any more, I just smile and nod at all those who say, "you can't." I go meal by meal and day by day standing on truth and declaring LIFE to my body. Eating healthy is not a diet......it's my LIFE. The longer I walk in health and the more LIFE I portray, the more scattered the buzzards! Check it out - while others may desire to change the way they eat and become healthy, often the journey is too difficult and they may choose to give up. Then, sometimes in their frustration and failure they, OUT OF THEIR OWN HURT, may want us to join them in their decision to accept defeat. We CANNOT! I applaud MANY of you who have battled difficult life situations, as have I recently, maybe jumped off plan a wee bit, but have turned and fought your way BACK to what you know is TRUTH. I want to encourage you - keep screaming at the buzzards regardless of whether they look like people or problems. Scream LOUD! You deserve to LIVE. Good news - Mr Bill went and found help, the cow was rescued, and the buzzards left hungry. I LOVE IT! We won't quit, give-in, or compromise and join the rank of the defeated. We choose LIFE! PK