Holy Cow!

“Holy Cow!” We have all heard it one time or another. I think it is one of my wife’s favorite exclamations, I hear her say it all the time. But where does it come from. It can be interesting to find out the origin of things. When I looked for the origin of “Holy Cow”, I almost had to chuckle. What I found was quite interesting. I found things like it came from the Batman and Robin TV show, to being a catchphrase of two or three different sportscasters, to being a popular slang term of teenagers, and thus the spread of its popularity. One of the possibly more accurate origins is that people of India who believe in reincarnation view cows as a sacred or godly being. It is said that you might hear them shout “Holy Cow”, as a warning to a motorist not to hit one of these sacred creatures in the road, much like we would yell, “Look out!” However, one on the best reasons I think I found brings us to our study this week in KidzQuest from Exodus 32 and Deuteronomy 9. Moses had gone up Mount Sinai to speak with God, but the Israelites grew restless waiting for his return. They decided to create a god of their own, kindling Gods anger toward them. I’m not the most patient man in the world, but if I had to choose between a Holy God and a holy cow, I have no doubt what I would choose.  When choices in life are bull-ying you around, grab life by the horns, knowing the one true God will never let you down.