deer beds and suckin' air

So yesterday was MLK day and my wife had the day off. We loaded up the kiddos and went to the pool but I really needed to be outside. When the kids finally passed out for their naps I was released to go play!

I grabbed my snow shoes (actually my wife's which are better for deep powder) and thought it would be fun to hike up Avon Mountain (a hill actually) off trail. I found that two feet of powder is sweet in only one direction. It was a hump. But well worth it.

The woods were full of every kind of animal track imaginable! Fox, deer, mouse, squirrel, birds...scat (poop for you folks), urine, gnawed saplings, acorns, a pile of feathers from someone who is no longer. I even came across two deer beddings! ...so many signs of life. And it was just off the beaten path.

So God started moving my mind as my lungs were sucking in volumes of air; Bryan, come and follow me off the beaten path and I will show you the reality of what is really going on. Get off trail, and look. What is lying beyond sight? An abundance of life just waiting to be discovered!

 This is what the LORD says:

   “Stand at the crossroads and look;
   ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
   and you will find rest for your souls.    

But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 

So today, where will you be walking? What will you be looking for?  Are you willing to put in a little effort for great rewards? And if perchance you stumble across something...what are you going to do?

Jeremiah 6:16