{"id":15698,"date":"2026-03-10T12:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-day-the-cows-could-count\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:00:02","slug":"the-day-the-cows-could-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-day-the-cows-could-count\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day the Cows Could Count"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hadn\u2019t wanted to get divorced. I kept hoping my wife and I would be able to work things out eventually. But she was set in her decision. She packed up and moved with the kids to a new place, some three hours from the house we\u2019d once shared as a family. She was already dating someone new.<\/p>\n

I looked forward to seeing my two young sons every Friday. But I dreaded the reminder of the way things used to be. We would never again have movie nights on a random Thursday after school. I couldn\u2019t even see <\/em>my sons on any given Thursday. I\u2019d been relegated to picking them up from a nondescript parking lot every Friday night\u2014a journey that took me six hours round-trip.<\/p>\n

I wanted to believe that one day all of this would make sense, like they tell you in those books about finding your life\u2019s purpose. That I would heal, move on and realize my time of suffering was a miracle in disguise<\/a>. But that was impossible. My heart would never mend itself. Nice guys like me finished last. We didn\u2019t get the miracles.<\/p>\n

At least, that\u2019s what I told myself. Until one Friday.<\/p>\n

It was pouring rain that night. I\u2019d had to pick up the boys later than the usual time, close to eight o\u2019clock. My ex had been delayed. Something about having to meet up with her new boyfriend after work. The kids lugged their weekend bags from her car to mine. She barely acknowledged me before driving off into the night. We headed in the opposite direction, toward the old highway that cut through field after field of Mississippi farmland.<\/p>\n

The boys were usually chatty on this leg of the journey. They\u2019d fill me in on their week at school, play car games and compete with each other to get my attention. I loved every minute. This night, however, maybe because of the later hour, they had zonked out by the time I merged onto the highway. My youngest was in the backseat and my oldest was in the passenger seat, their heads lolling with every bump in the road.<\/p>\n

I was actually thankful for the quiet. I needed to concentrate. It was pitch black outside, and I could barely see what lay ahead because of the rain pelting the car. I thought about pulling over, waiting for the weather to let up. But there were no shoulders on the tree-lined, poorly lit four-lane. And to be honest, I just wanted to get home.<\/p>\n

How hard would it have been for my ex to meet me on time? She knew how long my drive was. Why hadn\u2019t she considered my plans, my feelings? I couldn\u2019t help but think of the future we might have had. If she hadn\u2019t left, we might be out to dinner right now, the four of us. Laughing over something silly the waiter had said. Instead, I was stuck in this Mississippi monsoon.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t see a thing. I switched on my brights. Even that didn\u2019t help. The road went up a hill. I made it to the top and headed down the other side, lightning flashing all around. Then thunder. So close and loud that I almost jumped out of my seat. I glanced at the boys. Somehow they were still asleep.<\/p>\n

I turned my eyes back to the road and nearly slammed on the brakes. Something was moving across the highway at the bottom of the hill! I got closer and gasped. Four huge somethings! Four cows <\/a>crossing the highway in the dead of night, moving from left to right. They must have escaped from a farm. They walked in a straight line and were hardly moving. And I was 50 yards away, headed straight for them.<\/p>\n

My mind jumped into overdrive. I couldn\u2019t swerve\u2014the highway had no shoulders. I couldn\u2019t honk\u2014that would do nothing. I couldn\u2019t slow down\u2014I was going too fast. If I made any sudden movement on the slippery road, we\u2019d crash into the trees framing the old roadway. It was an impossible situation. Not sure what else to do, I yelled, \u201cJesus, help!\u201d and prepared to step on the brakes.<\/p>\n

Instantly, the cows stopped moving. And I heard it. A firm but quiet voice. Deep from within. \u201cDon\u2019t hit the brakes. Grab the wheel tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

I grabbed the wheel, kept the same speed and headed straight for the line of cows. \u201cOh God,\u201d I said. \u201cOh God!\u201d<\/p>\n

It happened quickly but like a movie in slow motion. I thought I was seeing things. The cows separated\u2014 two rolled forward, two rolled backward. They didn\u2019t walk. They didn\u2019t run. No, they glided out of the way, as if they had roller skates on. Like some bovine rendition of Moses parting the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

My car rocketed through the gap, no more than 12 inches of clearance on either side. I was too shocked to stop, too terrified to glance back and take my eyes off the road again. I was grateful\u2014eternally grateful\u2014but totally freaked out too. What on earth had happened back there? The boys never woke through it all; they hadn\u2019t even stirred.<\/p>\n

We made it home, and I put the kids to bed. I couldn\u2019t sleep. I just couldn\u2019t put that strange scene on the highway out of my mind. Had those cows moved out of the way on their own? Or had something\u2014 or someone\u2014pushed them?<\/p>\n

I talked it over with a farmer friend of mine. I told him how the cows had moved forward and backward, as if levitating. \u201cYou know, David,\u201d he said, \u201ccows rarely, if ever, walk backward. What happened to you is kind of a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like how I eventually found my way back on my feet after my divorce. It wasn\u2019t easy. But every time I was beginning to despair, I thought back to that rainy Friday night on that old country highway. And of the four cows that made me believe in the impossible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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