Post by broncbuster2 on Dec 10, 2007 17:50:38 GMT -5
Bible Study Verse
Romans 8:28
And we know, that in all
things God
works for
the good of those who love Him, who have
been called
according to his purpose. (NIV)
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Thoughts
My two sons, a friend, Brian, and I were
hunting pheasant in
southwest Minnesota when we spotted
several
roosters in a tree line next to an old
abandoned
homestead. We came up with a plan to
hunt these
wily birds. Brian, and my older son would
walk
the outside of the tree line and shoot birds
on their
side. My other son and I would shoot the
birds on our
side. Unfortunately, Brian didn't follow the
plan. He
shot at a bird on our side and hit me with
approximately 20 pellets. The stock on my
new Beretta
o/u was splintered. Fortunately, I was not
seriously injured. Prior to our hunting trip,
Brian was going
through some tough times. After this
accident, he was
feeling much worse. While I was healing,
Brian spent
quite a bit of time visiting me. This time
together
enabled me to talk to him about Jesus,
pray with him, and help
him through the difficulties.
Hunter safety groups later asked me to
speak about gun safety to youth. I related
the story of this accident to them; and,
needlesstosay, after hearing it and feeling
the BB's in my skin, I had their
attention.
Action Point
This was a minor accident compared to
that of Joni Erickson
Tada's, whose accident left her a
quadraplegic, and to others who have lost
loved ones. You know
how the Lord has used these people to
help comfort
others, and gives them opportunities to
share Christ. When tragedies or
persecution occurs, think of Paul's words
in 2 Corinthians 12:10: "That is why, for
Christ's sake, I delight in
weakness, in insults, in hardships, in
persecution, in
difficulties. For when I an weak, then I an
strong." Romans 8:26 encourages us with
these words: ". . . [t]he Spirit helps us in
our
weakness."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the Day
Wear safety glasses and blaze orange from the waist
up when upland bird hunting. Make sure that the
hunters stay in a line and establish rules regarding
shooting lanes.
Romans 8:28
And we know, that in all
things God
works for
the good of those who love Him, who have
been called
according to his purpose. (NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts
My two sons, a friend, Brian, and I were
hunting pheasant in
southwest Minnesota when we spotted
several
roosters in a tree line next to an old
abandoned
homestead. We came up with a plan to
hunt these
wily birds. Brian, and my older son would
walk
the outside of the tree line and shoot birds
on their
side. My other son and I would shoot the
birds on our
side. Unfortunately, Brian didn't follow the
plan. He
shot at a bird on our side and hit me with
approximately 20 pellets. The stock on my
new Beretta
o/u was splintered. Fortunately, I was not
seriously injured. Prior to our hunting trip,
Brian was going
through some tough times. After this
accident, he was
feeling much worse. While I was healing,
Brian spent
quite a bit of time visiting me. This time
together
enabled me to talk to him about Jesus,
pray with him, and help
him through the difficulties.
Hunter safety groups later asked me to
speak about gun safety to youth. I related
the story of this accident to them; and,
needlesstosay, after hearing it and feeling
the BB's in my skin, I had their
attention.
Action Point
This was a minor accident compared to
that of Joni Erickson
Tada's, whose accident left her a
quadraplegic, and to others who have lost
loved ones. You know
how the Lord has used these people to
help comfort
others, and gives them opportunities to
share Christ. When tragedies or
persecution occurs, think of Paul's words
in 2 Corinthians 12:10: "That is why, for
Christ's sake, I delight in
weakness, in insults, in hardships, in
persecution, in
difficulties. For when I an weak, then I an
strong." Romans 8:26 encourages us with
these words: ". . . [t]he Spirit helps us in
our
weakness."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the Day
Wear safety glasses and blaze orange from the waist
up when upland bird hunting. Make sure that the
hunters stay in a line and establish rules regarding
shooting lanes.