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Cows Wear Bells

Posted on November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 by Pam

I googled this after returning from an alpine walk. I have navigation on my phone so veered off the usual path into cow-land. What I learned is that, “In alpine regions, cows are often equipped with a bell throughout the summer season to ensure that farmers can locate their animals on the wide alpine pastures, many areas that are obstructed from view.5 Sept 2017.” They are big bells and it is true about the slopes. The reason I did not engage for a photo is cattle usually cluster and there was only one narrow rope/wire between me and five cows. Being “located” is a human need. Being lost is frightening. A few days ago I was lost. On an unfamiliar path (I had forgotten my phone) on Sunday, I heard the clippity-clop, clippity-clop, clippity-clop, of what sounded like a herd of horses galloping madly in my direction. I prayed. I need to be located and rescued – don’t we all. I finally gathered the wits to turn around and there were only two short but wide and noisy horses, each with it’s own lead, following a Swiss cowgirl who I saw again yesterday walking a very petite dog on one of those horses. The reason I recognized the horse, not even the girl, was a very colorful saddle blanket that reminded me of gypsies. I guess in a small place you will see the neighbors more regularly.

So I am picturing that we all have bells and God is always looking for us. We get off His path which is always better than our ideas but can sometimes be the same. He loves us as much as He loves Jesus. Think about it. Many ignore the one true God who is madly in pursuit. It is not vain to think He wants to find me and keep me. It speaks of His true nature: Creator, Uncreated, Eternal, Unchangeable, and Spiritual. His character is Omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Sovereign, and God is a person. If we are His image-bearers we are a lot like Him. God wants us to find Him too?

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Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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