The story...
The snow was deep, the temperature was cold, and there were 18 deer outside our house - I'd seen more. They seem to be eating some plants that they didn't eat in the past - they're hungry. They're reaching higher on the bushes and even nibbling on the Myrtle ground cover. I was told that the neighbor who fed the deer died in the past year - the DNR notified her, a few months before she died, that she must stop feeding them.
There are reasons for not feeding the deer and the DNR was right for enforcing the law; yet, the problem remains. Years ago, I chose to stop getting angry at deer for eating or people for feeding. Being angry seems to just leave you angry with damage to your heart both literally and figuratively. Who wants to be an angry man? I could nag at the authorities, complain along with my neighbors, shoosh the deer away each time they threaten my landscape... I don't know what's best for the deer over-population situation and don't plan on developing my own personal opinion that I'll defend against all others. As a citizen of my Township, I did discuss the situation with authorities, learned about available solutions, and found out what deer control plans were underway.
I'm glad I took the time to "Think" about the deer problem that day. My course of action seemed reasonable and right according to the principles that I lived by - the type of decisions that seem to define us. The only church in town will live by principles revealed within the Word of God - they were established by the One who created the earth, the cold, the deer, and me too. I plan on living my life out according to those principles alongside my neighbors within the only church in town.
Just for today...
". . . when my opinion about another person's business has not been requested, I take the time to "Think" before getting involved." Courage to Change (p. 16)
"Where it goes; Nobody knows - Creator trust; Frees His." Am I a Poet?
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