Fence Post Devotional “The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”

“There’s one thing I do know; I was blind but now I see”John 9:25(“The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”).


I am a Louis L’Amour fan. He brings to life stories from the old west. He writes about cowboys, Indians, gunslingers, outlaws, trail drives, and wagon trains headed for the western frontier. When I’m feeling stressed or depressed, I can pick up a Louis L’Amour book and soon I’m lost in a world of cowboy and frontier action where the good guy always wins.

Now-and-then, L’Amour, in his fancy camps along the trail with the story’s main character. Camped in the open, the cowboy, according to L’Amour, never looks directly into the fire, because it would obscure his vision of possible danger or an intruder that might be lurking in the dark shadows.

In our Scripture text, we have the story of a man whose sight was obscured; blind from birth. Unlike the cowboy whose sight was obscured by the light, Continue reading “Fence Post Devotional “The Gospel of John Cowboy Style””