Shade Tree Wisdom 10/23/13

          Ah. Its pleasant in Texas in October. Weather is moderating, the extreme heat is gone at least for the most part, fishing seems fine, deer hunting season gets underway and the harvest outlook seems OK. Dove season is also for the Fall. And it’s a special time for drivers to be on the lookout for crossing deer since its rutting time and deer are not as cautious. And we know from reports that when a car and a deer meet unexpectedly the outcome is not pleasant for either. We sighted a deer browsing in the trees back of the house, They just browse along the fringes, and unless one watches them, they disappear from sight, blending in the browse and the bushes.

          Hunting season brings to mind a nephew who hunts with some friends, and to make sure no one gets shot by accident, he lays out a plan for their positions. The result is a safe, and very often successful, hunt. 

          And that reminds me of a Scripture. It’s Psalm 119,11. “Your Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against you.” To make sure this one is walking as a Child of God should. He has memorized the Word of God. He sees and follows God’s direction and God’s commandment.

          Sadly today I see that way sneered at, derided, ignored and totally forgotten. And often so by the very people who claim to be Christian, attend church, and live, on the surface at least, fairly decent lives, productive, keeping the law, being upstanding citizens. But the word of God that one “hides in he heart” arms us against temptation (See Ephesians 6,17). Then, as we meditate on His word, we get to know God better for we have the word etched in mind and heart and can “hear” God more plainly. For that Word of God is “living and powerful” Hebrews 4,12.

          October is pleasant here in Texas.  I hope that is true of weather where you are. So, let’s enjoy it together, and, better yet, let us also “Hide that Word within our heart, that we might not sin against God.”

          God bless the day and this hour.

GPD 10/23/2013