Outdoor Truths: Aiming Outdoorsmen Towards Christ July 9, 2015
gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org
I'm always amazed at those who can make things with their hands. I too enjoy creating, but my talents are very limited. I have seen some of the most beautiful items come from things like hickory branches, deer antlers, and turkey feathers. We all love to see furniture that is made from hewn logs and chandeliers made from elk antlers. There's just something about present conveniences being wrapped in the ruggedness of the past, or slick technology placed inside a rough exterior. I wonder sometimes who comes up with some of these ideas like making a lamp from a piece of drift wood. I don't know the answer, but I sure would like to have one. And this stuff is expensive! I was recently at one of these "outdoor" stores in Branson, Missouri. On one table was an elk antler. Nothing printed on it and nothing built into it; and not both antlers, just one. The price was over $200.00! Deer antlers were pricey as well. It's amazing how animals sometimes are valued more in their dying than in their living. We know this is true when we look at so many who poach protected animals just for what they can gain from some part of its anatomy.
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