FULL ATTENTION

LORD, I KNOW THIS IS A STRANGE WAY TO THINK___I KNOW HOW I FEEL WHEN YOUR PRESENCE IS NEAR, AND THERE IS NO MISTAKING THAT YOU ARE THERE. I'M USUALLY SPEECHLESS AND CAN DO NOTHING BUT GIVE YOU PRAISE, FOR LACK OF WORDS.

YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING TODAY, OUR FAMILIES TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON A FEW YEARS BACK. PARKING THE CAR, I GOT OUT AND HEADED FOR THE GIFT SHOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN A SMALL DEER CAME UP BESIDE ME, CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRUSH MY HAND SWINGING AT MY SIDE. IT TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD TO KEEP FROM SQUEALING IN DELIGHT. I PRAYED THAT IT WOULD STAY WITH ME AND NOT RUN AWAY.

THEN TODAY I CAME UPON THIS PICTURE. IT'S THE WAY IT HAS STOPPED WITH FULL ATTENTION UPON WHATEVER OR WHOM-EVER IT SEES. "FULL ATTENTION"
LORD, THERE'S REALLY NO COMPARISON, BUT BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, THE DEER TO A HUMAN WILL DO.
THERE'S A CERTAIN CAUTION BETWEEN THE TWO. WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, WE ARE FROM DIFFERENT KINGDOMS, AND YET THERE IS A RESPECTFUL CURIOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO.
LORD, DON'T LEAVE, LET ME HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, FELLOWSHIP WITH ME LORD. I CAN'T HELP IT IF I LET OUT A LITTLE SQUEAL OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT, WHEN YOU ARE SO NEAR. I WILL STAND STILL, JUST THE TWO OF US HERE ON THE PATH. A CHANCE MEETING? NO, QUITE THE OPPOSITE__YOU HAVE COME TO RAVISH MY HEART WITH THE BEAUTY OF YOUR PRESENCE.
I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN I WILL HAVE A SENSE OF YOUR JOY, YOUR PLEASURE AS I BRUSH YOUR HAND.
SILLY ME, THE THINGS I THINK, SOME OF THE THINGS I SEE.