(So this happened a couple days ago, but I’m just posting it now… thought I’d let you know!)
So, here I am, sitting on the back porch of the cabin, reading my bible, eating an apple, chilling. Take some time to just be jealous for a moment. Done? Ok, we can move on.
When, I hear a rustling noise. I look over to the road and see a deer standing in the road. Hello! A deer!
So I’m thinking, ‘Oh my gosh. A deer.’ And then, ‘Am I about to witness this deer being hit by a car?’ that would be a little traumatic, to say the least, for me. Not to mention how upset the deer would be!
A car came and the deer gracefully leapt across the little dried up creek into the back yard of the cabin. The cabin where I live! Hello! Its like 40 feet away. Whoah.
Then it stands there a moment, looks around and walks into the woods. I’m still kinda in shock from all this when all of a sudden ANOTHER deer leaps into the yard, following his little deer buddy. This time it occurs to me to take a picture, but of course, all I have is my little camera-phone.
So I took the picture, and the deer looks tiny, but I’m hoping you can still tell what it is and fully appreciate this event in my life. I can’t believe these deer were so close up. I’m thinking alternatively, ‘Wow, God is so good, I got to hang out with deer today’, and ‘I straight up live in the woods.’ I guess both reactions are pretty appropriate.
Psalm 42:1-2 “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the Living God.”
So, here I am, sitting on the back porch of the cabin, reading my bible, eating an apple, chilling. Take some time to just be jealous for a moment. Done? Ok, we can move on.
When, I hear a rustling noise. I look over to the road and see a deer standing in the road. Hello! A deer!
So I’m thinking, ‘Oh my gosh. A deer.’ And then, ‘Am I about to witness this deer being hit by a car?’ that would be a little traumatic, to say the least, for me. Not to mention how upset the deer would be!
A car came and the deer gracefully leapt across the little dried up creek into the back yard of the cabin. The cabin where I live! Hello! Its like 40 feet away. Whoah.
Then it stands there a moment, looks around and walks into the woods. I’m still kinda in shock from all this when all of a sudden ANOTHER deer leaps into the yard, following his little deer buddy. This time it occurs to me to take a picture, but of course, all I have is my little camera-phone.
So I took the picture, and the deer looks tiny, but I’m hoping you can still tell what it is and fully appreciate this event in my life. I can’t believe these deer were so close up. I’m thinking alternatively, ‘Wow, God is so good, I got to hang out with deer today’, and ‘I straight up live in the woods.’ I guess both reactions are pretty appropriate.
Psalm 42:1-2 “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the Living God.”
I've come close to nailing a few here in the New Tampa 'burbs at night... either they're in the road or just off to the side, and when I go back to look at them, they move off into the woods.
ReplyDeleteOn a hit deer, I don't know if a dead deer gets upset because, well, it's dead... however, a car owner? From what I've heard, a deer hit is bad news dude... cool beans though.
Man, I'm definitely just a tad bit jealous. All I have to hang out with here in the mountains are larger-than-normal bugs and a few dogs. But deer? That's something cool to see in your own backyard. At least you HAVE a backyard :-P
ReplyDeleteAlex, I can honestly say with utmost confidence that Dana wasn't actually concerned about the deer being upset should it be struck by a car. It simply goes without saying that the thought process for that doesn't go anywhere beyond the initial statement. I believe the English call it a "joke." I could send you the Wikipedia link for "joke" if you need clarification (sorry, Alex, but that's not an invitation for you to actually track down the link for the Wikipedia page for "joke," just so we're clear).