For years I have been fascinated with deer. I wrote a devotional for a church for nine years and the title of the devotional was “GOOD THIRSTY MORNING” after Psalm 42. Then a few weeks ago, I live in the heart of a big Metropolis and five deer were in my back yard just three feet from me. I have been told that it is extremely unheard of for a male deer with antlers to be in the city, but they came to me. There was a daddy deer, a mama deer, and three babies. Every morning now I go to my window around 6:00 to 6:30 am to see if they are there. I haven’t seen them since and it feels like I’ve lost some dear friends. I want so much to see them again.
Another exciting factor about this is that there were five of them. I love the number five because biblical numerology speaks of five as the number for grace.
Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord GOD is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds’ feet and makes me walk on my high places. (For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.)
Psalm 18:31-33 (31) for who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? (32) The God who girds me with strength and makes my way blameless? (33) He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me upon my high places.
II Samuel 22:29-34 (29) “For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness. (30) “For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God, I can leap over a wall. (31) “As for God, His way is blameless; the word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. (32) “For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God? (33) “God is my strong fortress, And He sets the blameless in His way. (34) “He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
Psalm 42:1 “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.”
As I mentioned earlier the devotional I wrote was: “Good Thirsty Morning”, Psalm 42:1 is the scripture I named it after. Each morning our souls should thirst after The Lord our God! How thirsty is your soul?
By Terry Board ©Burnett Publishing Company 2013
Years Fascination With Deer
For years I have been fascinated with deer. I wrote a devotional for a church for nine years and the title of the devotional was “GOOD THIRSTY MORNING” after Psalm 42. Then a few weeks ago, I live in the heart of a big Metropolis and five deer were in my back yard just three feet from me. I have been told that it is extremely unheard of for a male deer with antlers to be in the city, but they came to me. There was a daddy deer, a mama deer, and three babies. Every morning now I go to my window around 6:00 to 6:30 am to see if they are there. I haven’t seen them since and it feels like I’ve lost some dear friends. I want so much to see them again.
Another exciting factor about this is that there were five of them. I love the number five because biblical numerology speaks of five as the number for grace.
Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord GOD is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds’ feet and makes me walk on my high places. (For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.)
Psalm 18:31-33 (31) for who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? (32) The God who girds me with strength and makes my way blameless? (33) He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me upon my high places.
II Samuel 22:29-34 (29) “For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness. (30) “For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God, I can leap over a wall. (31) “As for God, His way is blameless; the word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. (32) “For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God? (33) “God is my strong fortress, And He sets the blameless in His way. (34) “He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
Psalm 42:1 “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.”
As I mentioned earlier the devotional I wrote was: “Good Thirsty Morning”, Psalm 42:1 is the scripture I named it after. Each morning our souls should thirst after The Lord our God! How thirsty is your soul?
By Terry Board ©Burnett Publishing Company 2013