15 July 2008
Just found this frm one of a website.. Enjoy...The Ultimate Blood Trail ...Opening day of deer season found me in quite possibly the best mood I’d been in since opening day last year. Deer hunting is definitely a passion of mine, to say otherwise would be an out and out lie.
As I sat in the pre-dawn darkness I closed my eyes, and drifted back in time. Vivid memories of past hunts came streaming through my mind like video clips from the outdoor channel. Somewhere in the middle of my enchanted moment I heard the unmistakable sound of deer traveling through dry leaves. It was still dark! This could not be happening. I soon could make out the dark outlines of their bodies as they fed all around me. Every time a breeze would blow, dozens of acorns would fall to the ground. My only hope, was that they would continue to feed, unaware of my presence until I could see well enough to possibly make a shot. I could hear them walking, and make out the outlines of 7 deer but that was it. They were feeding slowly around and under the tree i was perched in, not more than 30 yards away. It was only a matter of time and I would soon be busted.
My heart was racing like the last lap at Daytona, but I still couldn't see well enough to tell if any of them had antlers. Daylight was slowly taking over, when all of a sudden there he was. Adrenaline flooded every fiber of my body, I was sure the whole tree was shaking. At one point his head went behind a big oak, I stood up slowly and drew back my bow. My sites were barely visible as he stepped into view. My dad used to say “take a deep breath and let out half of it before you shoot.” At this particular moment that would not apply, I wasn’t breathing! There was no way I could wait any longer, he had just eaten his last acorn. The woods exploded, as a 125 grain Thunderhead connected with the impact of a scud missile. After a short recuperation period, I climbed down. By now it was daylight and all my surroundings seemed very different. I went directly to where I thought he had been standing when I shot. No blood. I searched for several minutes in the same vicinity, no blood, no arrow, no nothing. I kept going over the scenario, and kept coming up with the same answer. He was standing right here! I looked for nearly an hour, searching far and wide for some sort of sign as to which way he had gone. This just could not be, I I heard the whack of the arrow hitting him and even if I hadn’t, I don’t usually miss at 25 yards.
Disappointment was quickly replacing the adrenaline that had taken hold of me earlier. There had to be some blood somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. Three hours later I was still looking. My manhood was severely damaged, don’t ask me how but I had missed. It’s one thing to hunt hard all day and never see anything, but this was more than I could stand. What a pathetic sight I must have been packing up, and heading back to the truck. I was so downtrodden at that moment I believe I would have traded my bow for a lawnmower or worse yet maybe even a vacuum cleaner.
\As I walked along kicking leaves, I must have resembled a little leaguer who had just struck out to lose the game. As I stomped and kicked, I stumbled right onto the blood trail. I let out a triumphant yell from the pit of my soul. Fifty yards later, I found my trophy piled up in a laurel thicket. I had gone from miserable to totally elated in the blink of an eye. What a wonderful feeling, to have my manhood back.
A couple of years later I found myself miserable and downtrodden once again. This time it had nothing to do with hunting, it was in my everyday life. I was missing something but didn’t know what it was, or why I was missing it. I wasn’t happy though I really had no reason not to be. I was just stomping through life with hell as my final destination until the glorious day when I “stumbled across the Ultimate Blood Trail.”
The day I came to know Jesus Christ. I was a sinner, but was told in spite of all the wrong I’d done, Jesus still loved me. I had never been that bad of a person, yet I’d never been saved either.
Luke 15:7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. Jesus Christ started convicting my heart through my wife. I saw so much joy in her that it nearly made me sick. Always nice, constantly smiling, faithfully attending church, continually praying, willing to help others regardless of personal sacrifice. These were attributes I could definitely live without. Not me, I was a deer hunting, outdoor loving, trout fishing, “Man's Man.”
I pretty much believed that God didn’t want me anyway! What good could I do that would benefit Him. I rarely dress up, I speak my mind, and many times I don’t play well with others. Me, a man of God? Now that’s scary.
1 Corinthians 7:7 For I wish that all men were even as myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. God had plenty of good men to choose from, what in the world did He want with me? I fought it hard, But God’s will eventually would be done.
I gave my life to the Lord, in a Pastors office, on a Tuesday evening. Dressed in sweat pants and a camouflage shirt, I became a child of the King. At that point, I started to understand what “Fire for God” was all about. For the first time in my life I had a very real yearning to read the Bible, and learn about the Lord that I now served. Jesus Christ’s life seemed to me like the “Ultimate Blood Trail.” It started with his birth, and ended at the cross. God sent His only Son to earth to teach us the way’s of His truth and righteousness but mostly to die as a sacrificial offering to bridge the gap between man and God, caused by our sinful nature.. When His teachings were finished here on earth He was killed.
The crucifixion was not an easy death. Jesus was betrayed by a friend. Then He was falsely accused and condemned to die. He was beaten beyond recognition. Spit on, ridiculed, and stripped nearly naked in the street. Whipped with rawhide that had small pieces of bone and pottery woven into it, which cut Him deeply. A crown of thorns was woven together and thrust upon His head. Then He was made to walk to where he was to be killed, all the while carrying the cross he was to be nailed to. He laid Himself down and allowed those nails to be driven in His hands and feet. Then the cross was erected, where He now hung dying. If enough hadn’t been done already, a sword was thrust deep into His side. This is the perfect Son of God, who had done nothing wrong! Suffering a horrible death for what? I’ll tell you for what! For you and I, that’s the only reason Jesus gave His life was to atone for our sins. There was no other way to fix our relationship with Almighty God. Don’t think for one second that since Jesus Christ was God in human form that He didn’t feel what was done to Him. He suffered terribly. He not only died for great men of God and committed Christian followers, he died for murderers, rapists, and thieves as well just to name a few. All we have to do to become a sinner is to be born! Whether we are saved or not falls on the grace of God, and our own decision on whether to walk in the light or stay in darkness.
The nails were not what held Jesus on that cross, it was His love for you and I. The Roman soldiers are not who killed the perfect Son of God, it was mankind and it’s sinful nature. Jesus gave all that He had, and all that He was so you and I could be forgiven by God. Without Jesus, Heaven would be no more than an imaginary place, for none of us would see it. Heaven is real thank God, but so is hell. The Bible tells us in
1 Corinthians 2:9 No eye has seen, no ear has heard and no mind has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him. If Heaven is going to be this awesome, can you stop and think for a minute what hell will be like. I do know this: it will be total darkness, with the only sounds being that of sheer horror, fire will burn from the outside and worms will eat from the inside. Yet you will never die. You will have to endure horrific agony forever. The only good news about hell, is that you don’t have to go.
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine that you are kneeling at the foot of the cross, while Jesus is hanging there dying. His warm salty blood is dripping down on your head and back, covering you totally. Now open your eyes and realize that you were there, and you are covered with His sin cleansing blood for eternity
The only way Jesus Christ died for nothing, is if you won’t accept Him as Lord and Savior of your life. Christ gave His life, it was not taken. And on the third day of His death He rose to be reunited with God the Father in Heaven. Jesus defeated death, hell, and the grave for everyone of us who believe He is the Sovereign Son of God. Call on Him to save you. Jesus Loves You, always has, always will. John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. No one is promised tomorrow, Please consider asking Jesus into your heart today. It’s the most important decision you’ll ever make !!
Just The Girl @
5:38 PM
HiHi.. some random pictures... past 2 weeks... hehe...
alot of things happened today... firstly, we got this particular mass lecture in the morning... And then got back my st.. wah sai, just pass only.... i wonder how can i do for coming Os.... but poa retest got back 29/30. hehe... but yue ming was better... she got back 29.5/30...... wa..... but anyway, the highest was 30.... very obvious.. >,<
=( second thing, recess... the canteen food... as usual, "nice" heh, but i thank God for wad he gave me... And then when i was about to go back to class and then choing for my physic, but suay suay saw this((retard)) boy. And he was scary to me.. My heart almost drop out when i suddenly saw him in front of me.... Wah peng, i heard from councillors that some lower sec classes will join us during recess.... Siao liao... =((((((((((
but, sigh, just hope that he'll mind his own business and dun come disturb my friends....
Third thing, today cl listening compre.... Oh man.... gonna get a very shocking results back!!!!!!! the LC was so hard.... =( sigh... i need more inspiration for my art to come out for my final design.....
arr... 97 more days... and u can date me out ppl. haha
Just The Girl @
4:29 PM
Me & jo 
heh... just came back from school... =O tired day...