The Cattle are Dying

The summer drought wiped out thousands of cattle in the southern states the last couple of years, and before that, a long winter in Colorado caused thousands of bovine deaths in the high range country.  Now, in South Dakota, an early snow storm is reported to have killed tens of thousands of cattle.

I had to Google search this information, then when I did get a hit or a link, I actually had to search two of the news sites themselves.  For those who have been following these reports, in some headlines it's just a part of "government shutdown" news.  But it isn't.  Cattle dying by the droves has been taking place in America for the last several years in record number.  Not only does that affect the rising cost of beef, but it's much beyond an economic hardship on "consumers."

Many ranchers are operating on borrowed money, which means, they don't have any "room" at the bottom line.  So, even if they are reimbursed by insurance, that will affect premiums across the board, and if it declared a disaster by the federal government, well we know where that will go.  One more pile of papers to argue about through the next shut down or threat thereof.

The problem will affect our future.  The price of cattle and beef is already exorbitant, but when mature cattle of the herd dies, that means fewer calves next year and the next.  If the ranchers can hang on long enough to increase their herds, it will be two years of waiting and hoping there are no other negative variables to be factored.  When the livestock is dying, there is a spiritual problem.  When the livestock die from inclement weather, not only is it a spiritual problem, it has arrived through a sign from above.

Since the ranchers are insured and government backed, I don't believe these calamities are personal against the ranchers, but rather a sign to this nation.  The fish are dying, the birds are dying, and the cattle are dying.  Clearly, we as a nation, need to make changes and I'm not talking politics.  The change needed is deeper and much more significant than Congress playing nice.  This is judgment.  Cattle are specifically mentioned in the book of Jonah, also included is a lack of discernment between right and left.  Unlike America, Nineveh fasted and repented . . .

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?  
                                                                                             Jonah 4:11 

Sustainable Development - Containment?

Agenda 21  has become Sustainable Development

I've been led to repost this dream and have included the original date it was posted.

Entry for December 10, 2008

A week ago, I had another dream or vision regarding the direction of our country, culture, or civilization. I’m just not sure if it is global or simply this country for now, but I get the overwhelming feeling that this particular condition that I “saw” was to provide our continental contribution to the global plan, and I saw containment. The sad thing was, the containment was considered convenient and safe and many of the people with which I spoke (in the vision) were content with the containment.

The vision or dream began, with us heading toward town in a wagon pulled by donkeys, and the other people we saw on the road were in the same basic mode of transportation. I remember specifically seeing a team of young donkeys harnessed together with a large draft type horse out ahead of them. The people in that wagon told us that was how they “broke” the young teams. As we approached the “town” or city, it was actually a gated metropolis in which all of the references had the prefix “mega” or the suffix “plex,” such as communi-plex, mega-mart. There were no private vehicles, only public transportation and the best way I can describe what we came to was a campus or compound containing apartments, schools, skyscrapers, and a health facility. We were there visiting our daughter and her family, but we kept running into other people we knew from days gone by. Our daughter told us how great it was there. She could take a bus directly from home to work, without riding for an hour and she could look out her window at work and see her children playing on their playground at school. She said, every night there was a “market stop” on the way home for groceries and supplies and as long as she worked every day, all her provisions and the children’s were met. There were more details as to child care and work schedule, but they are not specific to my memory, at this time, other than the fact they were mentioned. She said the only bad thing about the mega-metropolis was the fact she couldn’t come visit us any more. She said, “They” didn’t like them to go outside the gates and besides, there was no way to get to our place. Individually owned vehicles were obsolete. Now, perhaps this detail has been inspired by the desperation of the auto industry, I can’t say. All I can say, is this community, compound, campus was a contained “metro-plex,” completely functional in a sustained urban vacuum.