A Boy, A Deer, and Father God

Game Camera shot of two bucks on our farm, August 2013

"Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him!" (Isa. 30:18)

          Monday, while walking the fields under the power lines on the farm, our 8-year-old grandson asked, "Granddaddy, where are all the deer?"
          As soon as that question shot from his mouth, a doe suddenly shot from the nearby woods, and Phillip said, "There's a deer!"
          Silently I prayed, thank You, Father! You are the Almighty God of the universe yet, in Your grace, You delight in surprising a little boy on a farm in Alabama. O God, You're an awesome God!

          Did you know that Father God longs to be close to you, yes you, through your faith in His Son, Jesus Christ? "Thus says the Lord, your Creator...who formed you...I have called you by name" (Isa. 43:1). But your sins have made a separation between you and your God (Isa. 52:2). "Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are as scarlet, [I will make them] as white as snow" (Isa. 1:18). Jesus said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28)!
          Father God longs for you to COME close to Him today. Will you go?

"Even before [God] made the world, God loved us and chose us to be holy and without fault in His eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure. So we praise God for this glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son [Jesus]!" (Eph. 1:4-6)