Outdoor Truths: Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ Sept. 27th
Gary Miller ~ outdoortruths.org
By now my shirt was soaking wet and my legs were feeling the extra weight of the tree stand. I moved about 50 yards below a thicket just above the crest of the hill. When I made it to the other side I noticed a nice flat. I weaved my way through the mountain laurel until I reached the center of that small flat that was loaded with plenty of signs of deer. I made it! I knew that I was at a place that no hunter had ever been. Heck, I doubt if even ole Daniel Boone himself had ever set foot on this virgin territory. I quickly located a perfect tree where my stand would go. I set the stand up, put the stacking sticks together, and strapped everything snuggly to the tree. I climbed up, looked around, and noticed an odd shape about 40 yards away. You guessed it... another tree stand! I wished I had brought my chain saw! Sometimes in our lives we think that we too are at a place where no one has ever been. We think that we are alone in our situation or circumstance. We feel that nobody has ever faced the trouble we are now facing. The fact is, there is nothing new. Someone else has been where you are right now. But our consolation is not in the knowledge that someone else has walked in our shoes, but our consolation and comfort is in knowing that if we’ll look around, we’ll find the Lord has already been there, just waiting for us to arrive.
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