Out Our Way: More hands needed - Matthew 9:35-38

Out our way, many ranchers have more than one pasture to prevent over grazing. We move the herd from the pasture they have been grazing all summer long down the valley to the winter pasture where the grass has had a chance to recover from last year’s grazing. In this way, summer and winter, the cattle can thrive. However, cattle aren’t the brightest critters in the universe and making the move can sometimes be quite a job.

Charlie and I were sent out in late fall a few years ago to move the herd from the summer to the winter pasture. It had been a good year for them and the land, so the upper...