Take Me To Post Comment Form Who’s got your back when your child is faced with insurmountable odds?

As a Parent we are called upon to lead our children along in life, to guide them, protect them, and to provide life sustaining nourishment. I was introduced to this video over the weekend at a men’s retreat. On the surface it is your typical “National Geographic type video reinforcing the natural order of wildlife. But sometimes the order of things or outcome can be changed when you take a different approach to life. A nature paradigm shift? The symbolism found within this video is quite incredible as I relate it to life and it's challenges. But before I share my own insights please view the video in it’s entirety. The images are disturbing, but so relevant to what I am about to share with you, so watch it in it’s entirety there is a “Happy ending. Highlight the following link and place in your browser to view it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Once you have viewed the video return to this blog and read on below.

As I watched the buffalo I couldn’t help but relate this video to my own life. As a parent my job is to lead the way and provide my kids with life sustaining nourishment both spiritually and physically and to protect them from harm. Along the path of life there are life’s predators lurking in the brush. You can become an easy target trying to do things all on your own. It's easy to get distracted to take your eye of the ball. When you see the warning signs or the danger itself do you still proceed forward and pretend it’s not there possibly endangering their lives? What do we do when these forces pounce on those we love and devour them in front of our eyes as we run or stand helplessly by (it could be drugs, or other destructive influences, etc). What would you do if your child’s faced with the baby buffalo’s insurmountable odds. Would you watch or stand by in horror as a loved one is in the clutch of death being smothered to death in the powerful jaws of a lion, and just when you think that’s bad enough an alligator appears out of nowhere and joins the attack on your child. How can your child battle all of these odds alone as you stand helplessly by in fear while this is going on. Do you just throw your arms up as parents, lose hope, blame God, and give up on a “lost cause. I’m too late, all is lost, I have lost my child or loved one to the lions I am powerless to do anything about it. I’m afraid, what could I do, it’s obviously hopeless? How can I alone release my child from the grip and slow suffocation of these powerful forces?

Fortunately there are groups of “buffalo warriors we can rely on to help fend off attacks from the jaws of death. More importantly we can have a relationship with God. We are not alone when faced with insurmountable odds. A group of men meet every Saturday morning to discuss how to be a better Father, a better Husband, a stronger man. We share good news, where the safer watering holes are, and come to the aid of those who are in trouble. It is never too late, all is not lost, there is no insurmountable obstacle or odds that cannot be overcome. It is not weak to band together and overcome these obstacles as you witnessed, you can be bold, strong, take things head on, and overcome all challenges we face in life when someone has your back. Do you presently have the means, the resources to send a lion running in fear? It may not always be a happy ending in life. You can do it, but you can’t do it alone.

Who’s got your back?

May the source be with you.

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