Out Our Way: The Gospel Acording to Goliath: 'Going into the thorn bushes'

Mark 8:31-33

Out our way, not all trails are easy and not all places smooth and level. Sometimes it's just downright unpleasant! I recall working cows that had managed to get in some sort of scraggly, thorny trees. Someone said they were hawthorns but I don't know; I just know they had scraggly thorns that tore at my skin and clothing. Fortunately, I had leather chaps and some tough hide-covered gloves when I went in after a couple of pairs that had taken up residence in their midst.

Now why cows would want to go into such a place is beyond me, unless they really were trying to hide fro...