Post by broncbuster2 on Dec 20, 2007 18:24:58 GMT -5
Bible Study Verse
Proverbs 16:23
A wise man's heart
guides
his mouth,
and his lips promote instruction.
(NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts
My husband is, in my opinion, an
outdoorsman of
magnificent proportions. His comfort in the
woods is a
wonder to me. I grew up camping, but not
hunting or
fishing; so when I married my game
warden
husband, I
had no idea the adventure upon which I
was
embarking.
Here's a memory that demonstrates the
above
Proverb in action.
We had decided to take a vacation to
Idaho, having heard that the fishing was
superb. So, we
loaded up our
Bronco with float tubes, waders, fly
rods, spinner
rods, camping gear and all necessary
snacks, and
headed out from Arizona for an Idaho
adventure.
We had scoped out many small lakes near
the
Canadian border to fish. It was late spring
and the
rivers were dangerously swollen and wild.
One
morning, I sat on the tail gate of our Bronco
fastening
my waders while my husband fiddled with
his fly rod.
We heard a crashing, clunking noise
coming
from the dense, dark woods. My heart
began to
pound as my imagination ran wild. I sat
with my heart
in my throat awaiting the revelation of the
creature.
Out walked a gangly young bull moose. He
was
perhaps ten yards from my husband and
20 yards
from me. Terrified, I screamed, turned
around and
catapulted myself through the back end of
our Bronco--over the back seat, over the
front driver's seat, hit
my head on the roof, then the steering
wheel, and
finally, came to an awkward resting place
somewhere
in between the seat and the dash . I
gathered myself
up and peeked over the front seat
expecting to see my
husband valiantly fighting off this ferocious
herbivore.
To my amazement, what I did see was
both the moose
and my husband staring at me with a
similar puzzled
and befuddled expression. My husband
looked at the
moose and the moose looked at him. My
husband
said to the moose, "Go on fella, get on out
of here
before she really hurts herself." The
moose,
seemingly glad to comply, turned and
trotted back into
the woods. As I made my
way out of
the vehicle, my husband walked over
to
inspect my bruised forehead.
"What
were
you thinking?" he
asked. (He
asks me that quite often.) I stated that I
thought the animal was going to eat
me!
"Eat you?" he said
with a poorly
concealed grin.
"Yes," I said, "I saw
on
the Discovery
Channel--how moose attack!"
He
began to
laugh. "Well sure, honey, they can attack;
but it must be
the right context."
"Oh, sure," I
said, "Like I
know the
right context!"
He then proceeded to
tell
me what
might actually provoke a moose to attack.
Let me tell
you, we have had many great laughs over
that one!
(Guest)
Action Point
When you are with a less experienced
person in
the woods, be
very careful not to belittle
them should
they respond in a seemingly silly
manner to a
natural situation. It can be a great time of
instruction
and good-natured fun. Lessons learned in
that
context are not forgotten and provide great
memories.
Pray that your heart may be filled with
Jesus' wisdom,
love, and mercy. Your lips will then follow
His lead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the
Day
An empty ice chest serves as an excellent
bathtub for small children while tent
camping.
Proverbs 16:23
A wise man's heart
guides
his mouth,
and his lips promote instruction.
(NIV)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thoughts
My husband is, in my opinion, an
outdoorsman of
magnificent proportions. His comfort in the
woods is a
wonder to me. I grew up camping, but not
hunting or
fishing; so when I married my game
warden
husband, I
had no idea the adventure upon which I
was
embarking.
Here's a memory that demonstrates the
above
Proverb in action.
We had decided to take a vacation to
Idaho, having heard that the fishing was
superb. So, we
loaded up our
Bronco with float tubes, waders, fly
rods, spinner
rods, camping gear and all necessary
snacks, and
headed out from Arizona for an Idaho
adventure.
We had scoped out many small lakes near
the
Canadian border to fish. It was late spring
and the
rivers were dangerously swollen and wild.
One
morning, I sat on the tail gate of our Bronco
fastening
my waders while my husband fiddled with
his fly rod.
We heard a crashing, clunking noise
coming
from the dense, dark woods. My heart
began to
pound as my imagination ran wild. I sat
with my heart
in my throat awaiting the revelation of the
creature.
Out walked a gangly young bull moose. He
was
perhaps ten yards from my husband and
20 yards
from me. Terrified, I screamed, turned
around and
catapulted myself through the back end of
our Bronco--over the back seat, over the
front driver's seat, hit
my head on the roof, then the steering
wheel, and
finally, came to an awkward resting place
somewhere
in between the seat and the dash . I
gathered myself
up and peeked over the front seat
expecting to see my
husband valiantly fighting off this ferocious
herbivore.
To my amazement, what I did see was
both the moose
and my husband staring at me with a
similar puzzled
and befuddled expression. My husband
looked at the
moose and the moose looked at him. My
husband
said to the moose, "Go on fella, get on out
of here
before she really hurts herself." The
moose,
seemingly glad to comply, turned and
trotted back into
the woods. As I made my
way out of
the vehicle, my husband walked over
to
inspect my bruised forehead.
"What
were
you thinking?" he
asked. (He
asks me that quite often.) I stated that I
thought the animal was going to eat
me!
"Eat you?" he said
with a poorly
concealed grin.
"Yes," I said, "I saw
on
the Discovery
Channel--how moose attack!"
He
began to
laugh. "Well sure, honey, they can attack;
but it must be
the right context."
"Oh, sure," I
said, "Like I
know the
right context!"
He then proceeded to
tell
me what
might actually provoke a moose to attack.
Let me tell
you, we have had many great laughs over
that one!
(Guest)
Action Point
When you are with a less experienced
person in
the woods, be
very careful not to belittle
them should
they respond in a seemingly silly
manner to a
natural situation. It can be a great time of
instruction
and good-natured fun. Lessons learned in
that
context are not forgotten and provide great
memories.
Pray that your heart may be filled with
Jesus' wisdom,
love, and mercy. Your lips will then follow
His lead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sportsmen's Tip of the
Day
An empty ice chest serves as an excellent
bathtub for small children while tent
camping.