[JMan]

Hi all - first post here. Things like this happen with me when I concentrate on them, usually as the result of prayer or a statement toward God. When I pray (intend) for something to happen, it is with all confidence, peace and knowing that it will happen, in His time.

A recent example - I was on a deer hunting trip in Eastern Washington along the Snake River. We had set out at daybreak on the wheat fields some 2 miles above the river and by noon I found myself perched on a rock outcropping half way down to the water. It was a warm day, and there were plenty of deer, but in this area only 3-points or better were legal and all we had seen were 2-points.

Around 1:00 another hunter down in a ravine had gotten a buck. I watched him for a while, as he every now and then looked up, most likely considering his hike out. Shortly after this, I figured I had better make my way back up the loose, rocky hillside 1-1/2 miles to my truck. Getting back up out of there was much more slow-going than the decent and I sure felt sorry for the guy who had to pack his deer out - at 4:00 I had not yet crested the top of the hill, with still some 200 yards of climbing to go. I was hot, sweaty, tired, and hungry (did not bring water or a snack with me!).

It was at this point that I said to God, 'OK - I'm not shooting a thing unless it's right next to my truck when I finally get out of this ravine!' That was my intent, my prayer, my message.

An hour and a half later I could finally see my truck as I crested the top of the wheat field and started walking down hill again. Then, just as requested, a 3-point buck ran up from a field on the far side of my truck, coming directly at me moving about as fast as I've ever seen a deer run! I didn't get it, missing 3 shots, one coming at me, one broadside, and one running away from me as he hauled tail back down into the ravine I had just come out of.

Like I said, things like this have happened, and I believe they can happen for anyone. This is part of what faith is about - believing in something without seeing it first.

My wife had listed out 33 things in a notebook she was looking for in a man about 3 months before we went on our first date - and I do satisfy all 33.

Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."