THE THREE
BULLS
The story is told of a young man who wished
to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his
permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, "Son, go stand out
in that field and I'm going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can
catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter."
The young man stood in the pasture awaiting
the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking
bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better
choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through
the pasture out the back gate.
The barn door opened again. Unbelievable.
He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life.It stood - pawing the
ground, grunting, slinging slobber - as it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was
like, it had to be a better choice than this one. He ran to the fence and let
the bull pass through the pasture, out the back gate.
The door opened a third time. A smile came
across his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull he had ever seen.
This one was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just
right and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed... but the bull had no
tail!
Life is full of opportunities. Some will be
easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult. But once we let them pass
(often in hopes of something better), those opportunities may never again be
available.
May you take advantage of the doors God
opens for you this day.
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