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		<title>Deer Speak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. Job 12:7, 10 (NIV) Finding a deer bed in the mountains is fascinating to me. These critters don’t just flop down whenever they feel a nap coming on. The locations they select are very strategic for their survival, even down to the detail of which direction they face as they settle down. When I discover a deer bed, I like to take some time to &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deer and Turkey Meet- N &#8211; Greet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But the LORD said to Samuel, &#8220;Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For [the LORD does] not [see] as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.&#8221; &#8211; 1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers&#8211;being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. &#8211; Hebrews 13:2 AMP As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eye of the Deer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of light [benefiting from God&#8217;s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God&#8217;s word]. &#8220;Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness. &#8211; Luke 11:34-35 AMP This buck (male deer) had an absolute fascination with my trail cam. From the photos both before and after this one, he continued to walk back and forth in front of the camera, sometimes looking &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fawns V (&#038; Doe)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. &#8220;I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep. John 10:10-11 AMP There are times when my wife and I are in the right place at the right time. Minutes before I took the above photo, we saw this female deer (doe) giving birth to her fawn. We were on foot not too far from home, so we hurried back and I got &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jumping Fawn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall. &#8211; Malachi 4:2 AMP For many years we’ve been blessed to see deer gracefully leaping and jumping as we go on our walkabouts through our neighborhood.  Sometimes we, or other &#8220;critters,&#8221; startle the deer – and it turns and leaps to get out of the way. Other times it seems the deer are trying to get a better look at their surroundings by gaining a &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fawn IV</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all. The cow will graze near the bear. The cub and the calf will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm. &#8211; Isaiah 11:6-8 NLT That is what the Scriptures mean &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elk Bones &#8211; Dust to Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man&#8217;s nostrils, and the man became a living person. &#8211; Genesis 2:7 NLT By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.&#8221; &#8211; Genesis 3:19 NLT When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam&#8217;s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. &#8211; Romans 5:12 NLT For all creation is &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deer and the Weather IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions &#8211; Psalm 104:24 One very cold winter morning, this snow-covered young buck walked through our backyard. I think the temperature was close to single digits. The water in the black bucket at the animal’s feet was frozen solid. Deer generate internal body heat by burning energy from the food they’ve eaten. This internal heating system allows the deer to keep a relatively constant body temperature regardless of the surrounding environment. The body temperature of a healthy white-tailed deer such &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bull Elk II</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves. &#8211; Matthew 10:16 NASB20 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God&#8217;s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. &#8211; Hebrews 4:13 NIV Don&#8217;t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. &#8211; Colossians 2:8 NLT &#8220;But he who endures to the end shall be saved. &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>A New Thing II</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. The wild animals in the fields will thank me, the jackals and owls, too, for giving them water in the desert. Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so my chosen people can be refreshed. &#8211; Isaiah 43:19-20 NLT It doesn&#8217;t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. &#8211; Galatians 6:15 &#8230;]]></description>
		
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