Post by broncbuster2 on Nov 16, 2007 19:19:18 GMT -5
Bible Study Verse
Proverbs 22:6
Train a child in the
way he should go, and
when he is old he will not turn from it.
(NIV)
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Thoughts
When I was a very young boy, my father
started taking
me on hunting trips with him in the desert.
First, it was
on bird hunts--I was the retriever; then,
deer hunts. My
earliest recollections of deer hunting
involve
countless hours of driving around the
desert on two-track roads and washes
searching for deer tracks; and
sometimes followed by countless hours of
tracking ones that were fresh and looked
like
a large buck. My dad would track a deer
across the
desert pavement as if it were a blanket of
newly fallen
snow. After a few miles, I would soon lose
interest in
this pursuit; become very weary of the
hike, and wonder when we were going
back to the
Jeep. Just when I'd least expect it, dad
would
freeze and take a shot at a buck that
seemed
to materialize out of nowhere. This
intrigued me, and I
eventually started taking this tracking
business a little
more seriously. As I grew older, I learned
the art of
tracking from him and have utilized those
skills to this day, whether I'm tracking a
wounded elk in
the forest or an elusive buck in the desert.
Never underestimate the importance of
tracking in your bag of hunting tricks. It
can give you great clues as to when and
where animals are traveling, nearly as
accurately as a game camera.
(RC)
Action Point
Tracking game animals is a learned skill,
not
something you're born with.
Neither are our children born with
Christianity.
First and foremost, we
must set the
example and teach them to walk as
Jesus
did. As in tracking, they are never too
young to learn these things. When they
are young is also a great
time to teach them about the
importance that God
places on wildlife. Then God
said, "Let the
land produce living creatures according to
their kinds:
livestock, creatures that move along the
ground, and
wild animals, each according to its kind."
And it was
so. (Genesis 1:24) Our appreciation for
God's creation
should not be
limited to whether or not we are successful
at a kill,
but that He gives us the opportunity to
simply
experience the hunt.
Proverbs 22:6
Train a child in the
way he should go, and
when he is old he will not turn from it.
(NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts
When I was a very young boy, my father
started taking
me on hunting trips with him in the desert.
First, it was
on bird hunts--I was the retriever; then,
deer hunts. My
earliest recollections of deer hunting
involve
countless hours of driving around the
desert on two-track roads and washes
searching for deer tracks; and
sometimes followed by countless hours of
tracking ones that were fresh and looked
like
a large buck. My dad would track a deer
across the
desert pavement as if it were a blanket of
newly fallen
snow. After a few miles, I would soon lose
interest in
this pursuit; become very weary of the
hike, and wonder when we were going
back to the
Jeep. Just when I'd least expect it, dad
would
freeze and take a shot at a buck that
seemed
to materialize out of nowhere. This
intrigued me, and I
eventually started taking this tracking
business a little
more seriously. As I grew older, I learned
the art of
tracking from him and have utilized those
skills to this day, whether I'm tracking a
wounded elk in
the forest or an elusive buck in the desert.
Never underestimate the importance of
tracking in your bag of hunting tricks. It
can give you great clues as to when and
where animals are traveling, nearly as
accurately as a game camera.
(RC)
Action Point
Tracking game animals is a learned skill,
not
something you're born with.
Neither are our children born with
Christianity.
First and foremost, we
must set the
example and teach them to walk as
Jesus
did. As in tracking, they are never too
young to learn these things. When they
are young is also a great
time to teach them about the
importance that God
places on wildlife. Then God
said, "Let the
land produce living creatures according to
their kinds:
livestock, creatures that move along the
ground, and
wild animals, each according to its kind."
And it was
so. (Genesis 1:24) Our appreciation for
God's creation
should not be
limited to whether or not we are successful
at a kill,
but that He gives us the opportunity to
simply
experience the hunt.