Deer can fly

Have you ever seen a deer fly?

I have.

It wasn’t because of anything I was on, but I saw a deer in the air for an extended period of time.

The deer looked like it would never come down.

You might be thinking how could a deer fly?

It’s easier then you think.

I was living up in Mount Pleasant and driving down the highway.

The sun was already most of the way down and my light were on.

I was cruising at 75 when a deer darted across the road.

I swerved to miss the deer, only to hit his best friend.

As I am spinning trying to gain control of my car.

I look up and see the deer that I hit at least 10 feet in the air.

I did about three 360’s and every time I still saw this deer in the air.

It was impressive.

Just as I got control of my car, I looked in the rear view mirror to see the deer somehow land on two of it’s feet.

I thought, “Man that deer is dead.”

As I parked my car, I went looking for the deer, I could not find it anywhere.

It took a hit like that and kept moving.

I was amazed.

Habakkuk talks about how sure a deer’s feet are in chapter 3 verse 19…

“The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like the feet of a
Deer,
He enables me to go on the heights.”

Why would he say feet like a deer?

My study Bible says it gives sure-footed confidence.

I would have never guess of good the feet of a deer were until that moment.

No matter what hit we take in life (even if it’s a car going 75 on the highway) God is our strength.

About this time last year I was so depressed.

I didn’t show it, only to those closest to me knew about it.

I was miserable.
I loved my family, the people I was ministering and the Church I was at.

But there was one thing that was draining me.

Making it nearly impossible for me to do ministry.

I hated going into the office. It made me sick to my stomach.

So many times I sat in the Church alone calling for God to intervene.

My heart ached so bad.

It got to the point it started to affect my life.

Only the people around me knew about it.

It got to the point after one such time, I stopped eating.

I was so depressed, I just went home crawled into bed and took a nap (I never, never, never take naps).

I didn’t eat dinner that night, nor breakfast the next morning.

I ended up not eating for 24 straight hours.

By the second day I called it a fast.

Why God? Why do I have to go through this?

I was a kid that came from an abusive household. I would rather go through that then what I was going through at the time.

God was over the entire situation.

He was my strength, I called out to him so many times and it wasn’t on my timing but his.

A year later I reflected over what happened and where I am at now.

I thank God.

My Spirit is never more alive then it is right now.

I go into the office with joy, happiness and no self doubt.

This is where God wants me and he delivers us out of the bad times.

God delivers and he puts people in our life that help us through rough situations.

God put some amazing people in my life to help me through that time:

Here are some of them I remember off the top of my head: Hailee, Tonya Foster, Jason and Asia Sleight, BJ and Beth George, Darin and Deanna Magley, Onna, Steve Husch, Brenda Merrifield, Mark and Eric Christian, Mark and Sara Housepian, Angie and Jake Dalton, Jeremy and Heather Banfield, James Pahl, Alvin Kuest and Peg Fox.

The list could go on (There were so many people there for me I can’t remember them all). These people were everything from a listening ear to just going out and being crazy for a night to get my mind away from what was going on.

From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to personally thank you.

God puts people in our lives to help us get back on our feet.

God is amazing.

Have a great day.