Hunting Season is upon us!

Well you are here! Its the official Heart of the Sportsman web log. I encourage all of you to send me stuff to post here. Stories and pictures are key. We can promote the ministry here and its a good place to get lots of information out. I'll be writing some devotional stuff here for us and hopefully you'll tune in and give a "rats rip" about it. Ask the Montana guys about Rats Rip.

So send your stuff to me via email an we'll get it on here.

Here's what happened to me today


I went out to my farm with Keith Sell today and found that someone had stolen my and Robbie's ground blinds right off my property. It must be hunting season! I'll be making natural ground blinds this year, hard to steal those.

We trekked around the property dodging spider webs and trying to dodge the heat...wow was it hot and humid. Keith's deer stand was in tact, thieves were probably too lazy to steal it. We cut some good shooting lanes for the stand. Last year 6 deer and 1 antler were taken from our property. If you haven't heard the antler story read my other blog from last December.
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Bow season starts in just a few weeks and I can sense the anticipation of cool fall evenings and brisk early mornings. Its hard to put that into reality with the weather we've had lately. The heat has driven all the deer to being late night movers. I'm looking forward to those first few fall fronts that pass through bringing on that cool crisp air. Till then we'll swelter.

Anticipation is a good thing. It means we have hope for something. Without hope, we lose heart and when we've lost heart we've lost it all. I eagerly hope for the prospects of a good hunting season. I look forward to all the times of fellowship we'll have in the woods. Its not happening now, now I'm hot and sweaty, but its coming.

Anticipation for God to break through is a lot like that. Sometimes we are in that place of stagnet, stale, humid, sweltering doldrums of a spiritual dog day summer, but God doesn't leave us there. The front is pushing through, driving out the staleness and bringing refreshment.

We know fall is coming, we know hunting season is coming. We can't see it yet except for on the calendar. We have the memories of the seasons past, so we anticipate what is coming. Lets make our walk with God the same way. We should be filled with anticipation for what God is going to do.

"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation"
Psalm 5:3