The image of a grass-eating bull

Scripture: At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal; they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull. Psalm 106:19-20

Prayer: From an historical perspective, anyone worshipping the statue of a grass-eating bull seems ludicrous. Let me embrace fully my redemption and consider deeply its significance a midst exhibit halls filled with museum quality, graven images.

Response: The most lustrous graven images are those that prompt envy, anxiety, hopelessness, despair, greed, and futility. These images propel one back to a past lacking joy, forgiveness of others and oneself, resoluteness, and strength of character. These images do not comprehend the joy and love that surrounds one even when facing desperate challenges. Graven images seek to enslave.

Focusing on the luster of a golden image, the image reflected is that of someone lost in a corridor of mirrors, and not the redeemed soul called to an eternal life that pulses alive and vital within one at this moment, filled with the Lord's love, grace, joy, freedom, and protection, despite the sometimes alluring, intricate design of those grass-eating bulls in the vicinity.

See yourself on the shore of a pristine beach before an azure sea at dawn with arms raised, dancing to an eternal melody that resonates deep within you in praise of the Lord and Master, while others might gather in somber chambers bemoaning their circumstances in rote, filled with resignation and regret, chanting of a past filled with phrases of what-ifs and not what-will be in the Lord's comfort and grace. Praise the Lord.