Is that not the cutest thing ever? Even though the little thing resembles (check out the beard), that’s not his daddy. Here’s how it went down…Livi and Jon were on their way home from town last Sunday when they came across this little fella running down King Street in front of the Rocs and Sheetz stores. This small fry was dashing frantically between four lanes of traffic. Many folks were trying to help it. Jon was able to snatch it up.
Here’s the problem, the little guy’s chances of survival are slim. His survival would be miraculous. He’s only a few days old and without a mother – not good odds. So, they brought him home. Now, it’s not legal to keep wild animals without a license, so the only thing we could do was put him out in the field. His chances are pretty good out there, it’s getting on dropping time and there are a ton of deer. It’s very possible another mother will allow it to nurse and that gives it the best chance of survival. Although survival will be tough, the chance of survival is much greater in the field with other mothers than on King Street with no mother. This little fella now has a second chance, the first chance would have surely ended in death. The field is his best chance and everything deserves a chance.
You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of very kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.
Genesis 6:19-21
Do you see that? He loves His creation – remember, it was “good.” The Lord takes care of His creation. His instructions to Noah even provided food for the animals.
Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:26
And yet, look at how much more He loves us.
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
Just as that little buck has a chance at life, we too have the chance of eternal life. Ours though is not just a chance because God is not a God of chance, He is a God of choice. He chose us and we must choose Him. That’s how we survive for all eternity.
The little guy has been in the field a week and it appears as if he’s been adopted into another family. Isn’t that just like us? We’ve been adopted into the family of God – joint heirs with Jesus!