The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:19 NKJV

……….. yesterday was rough. The day before too. Geez.

Life will bring ups and downs. Things you see and hear can bring happiness or sadness to your heart.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:1‭-‬2‭, ‬5 NIV

Of course we are all for the good stuff. No one wants to feel pain, hurt or go through hardships but they ultimately work out for our good when we trust the Lord. We cannot always have sunny days expecting to see rainbows without a storm.
Oh but how faithful is God! He’s always with us. How blessed I feel when words, sights and wonders are shown to comfort my heart when I don’t understand or comprehend the actions of others. Now it’s not that I personally was affected ,but that my heart was hurting for innocent children and the lack of care by others regarding them.

I am thankful for being created in the image of God because the characteristic traits I have been given allows me to work as His hands and feet for those in need. I use to ask myself as a young girl why do I care so much or even why I cry or become bothered in my spirit when someone is hurting or suffering. No one else I seen acted like me/wore their heart on their sleeve/gave two bits about how others were being treated. I felt like I was the ‘odd man out’ when around them at times.

I digress. But let’s move on.

Lately the Lord has brought butterflies of plenty across my path as reminders that I am transformed in Him. Yesterday it was a majestic looking deer. Can you believe it?!! How I wish that I could have snapped a pic of it as I was driving home with 2 of my daughters. Oh well. At least I was left with a vivid memory of what this beast looked like. Joy flooded my heart as I heard a word from the Lord come to the forefront of my mind. Amazing!

OH DEER!

My daughters were obviously tickled pink by my vocal expression of delight in seeing this deer as it seemingly pranced across one side of the woods onto the other while giving me time to observe it. It actually stood there for a moment the closer I drove near it. I. was. in. awe. 

Such beauty and strength this deer has. I simply cannot put into words how I felt in that moment. My heart was refreshed. A spring of heavenly water washed over me. I was not feeling as if I was thirsting in a dry land anymore… wondering what would happen next in the situation that weighed my heart down.

My heavenly Father has already worked it out. I have to trust and believe that. I pray for those walking in darkness to one day come into His precious Light. All I really can do is pray from a distance and be a light and helping hand when present as well as from afar.

So what am I saying to you dear hearts?

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 3:5 NKJV

I encourage you to seek the Lord for that refreshing and flowing water that never ends. It will spring up a well that causes you to dance, to sing unto Him and praise his name. He knows all and sees all before it ever takes place. Nothing is new under the sun. Nothing shocks him. Does it hurt His heart to see wrongdoing? Yes it does. If he cares then so should we. At the end of the day we all have choices and I pray that one day we come to a full realization that God loves us and wants us to live a life pleasing to Him with passion and purpose loving one another and taking care of each other.

He loved us enough to send His Son down to show us and teach us about right and wrong. How we should live and treat one another. He intimately paid the price for his love and actions by going to the Cross to die for our sins. But He rose from the grave with victory! Nothing and no one could keep him down. Hallelujah! He left us with a Comforter to lead and guide us, to bring comfort and support when we need it.

The Word of God is our blueprint. We can navigate through circumstances that will leave us inspired, encouraged with hope and  refreshed in our souls when it’s feeling dry. It will lead us to those quiet waters to take in and become energized once again. We can and we will be strengthened in the Lord like the majestic deer if we continue to trust and allow Him to take the lead through life’s forests and the terrains you may walk across.

God bless you. I will keep you in my prayers day and night.

With a Jesus love from my heart to yours,

Terra 

Enjoy this wonderful song that I just love and allow it to fill you up! Have a happy and blessed day in Jesus.