The day began with a heavy frost on the windshield and a crispness to the air that made the moon and stars appear especially bright.  As I cleaned the building for the day, I could see some deer outside along the edge of the woods grazing in the underbrush.  They didn’t seem to mind my working inside the building as long as they were free to enjoy their breakfast.  As the night turned into a bright sunrise crawling over the tree line on the back edge of the property, the deer made their way deeper into the woods and out of sight.

Part of the morning was spent catching up on missions correspondence and bookkeeping for the church missions and for Impact Prayer Ministry.  It was good to see how God has provided and to seek Him for what the next step should look like.  As last year came to a close, I had added up the quantity of books I had ordered and was amazed that God had given me opportunities to give away nearly 2000 total copies of the books I have written.  Even knowing that, for some reason the numbers on the financial report for the year caught me by surprise.  It shouldn’t have because I know the printing costs for my books range from $2.30 – $2.90 each.  But there it was in black and white, nearly fifty-five hundred dollars in printing costs all covered by the financial support God has provided for Impact Prayer Ministry!

There were other tasks throughout the day that kept me at work longer than I had planned.  As I got in my truck late in the afternoon to leave work, directly in front of my along the edge of the woods were two deer laying out in the bright afternoon sun!  The deer on the property are my friends and they will often show up outside my office window and not seem too frightened by me.  They often serve as a reminder to me from God to not let fear dominate my thoughts and life.  I pray each day that I would fear no evil because God is with me.