Photo by: Dee Kamp
Faith
and Strength to Leap and Land on Our Feet
On a drive down a far back country road in northeast
Washington recently we found ourselves coming to a sudden stop for an animal
crossing the road coming what seemed out of nowhere. All day I was hoping to
see wildlife to take a photo. I dreamt of elk, a bear, or maybe even a moose.
But our stop was not for a rarely seen wild life critter, but for a common
white tailed doe and her wobbly-legged little fawn. What I didn’t know then was
God was using this mother and her fawn for an uncommon surprise in my daily
lesson in faith.
The weeks old fawn took two steps forward, two steps
back following its mother, but stopped dead in the center of the road with its
little mouth open crying to its mother who had already crossed to the other
side safely. The fawn even turned and started to bolt back the way they had
come. Mercy me, Bill and I were whispering desperate wisdom to that scared
little guy.
“What is this little guy’s hesitation?” We both asked
at the same time. Well, what we couldn’t know until later after I printed up
the photo is there was a barbed wire fence between the fawn and its mother that
he must leap through to get to her!
The doe stayed perfectly still. She made no effort to
run to her fawn, but instead stayed stoic focused and unmoving. With a lift of
its head the fawn looked only at his mom and took a huge leap making it safely
to clear the fence with a perfect landing on his feet!
My lesson today was revealed in the scene of a
survival lesson before me. Of one little fawn who trusted his mom and took its
eyes off his fear and on to the one he could trust in the most.
When we keep our eyes on Jesus and not turn to our
fears―we too will find His unwavering, steadfast and trustworthy love enabling
us the faith and courage when we need it the most. Our Lord will always give us
the strength and wisdom to leap forward towards Him to land us safely on our
feet once again.
“Praise
be to the LORD,
for he has heard my cry for mercy. The LORD
is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart
leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. The LORD is the strength of his people, a
fortress of salvation for his anointed one.” Psalm 28:6-8 NIV
“Faith and Strength to Leap and Land on Our Feet” His
Hopeful Word by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© July 7, 2017
