His
Return
As a young boy I would anticipate Thanksgiving morning with
great excitement. Our family would travel to Westville, a small rural
town in North West Florida, off of old Hwy 90. It was somewhat of a
tradition in my young years to spend Thanksgiving morning hunting with my Dad
and his brother, my Uncle Von. My cousin and I would follow them through
the swamps and slews off the Choctawhatchee River. This particular
Thanksgiving morning was no different than any other. That was till my
Dad sat my cousin and me down under a large tree and said, “I need you to sit
right here and don’t get up till I return to get you. If you start moving
around I will never find you in this swamp.” I’ll never forget those
words. My cousin and I were left there under that big tree with a single
shot 22 and as we waited we could hear our Dads’ shot guns blasting in the
distance. They were harvesting “acorn ducks” or you would know them as
“wood ducks”. They returned to get us just as they said they would and I
must say I was glad to see them reappear through those woods.
Our Heavenly Father has done the same thing. He
ascended into Heaven after His resurrection, but He left instruction on what we
needed to be doing till His return. It is up to us, under the leadership
of the Holy Spirit, to be busy fulfilling the great commission till His
return. I am afraid most of us are sitting under a big tree just waiting.
Scripture of the Month:
Matthew 28:19 – Go ye therefore and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Thought of the Day:
Think about spending time with someone hunting this year
with the intent to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with them.
Hunting Tip of the Month:
This tip is only for those men who are brave enough to
ask...
You may need to ask your wife to remove all her smell good
soaps and shampoos from the shower. Let me know how that goes for you...
Yours In Christ
Mike
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