- So yesterday, I was at the dining room table, having quiet time, and Stella, the deer that I feed, came around the bend. There were about seven other deer in the yard, feeding on the newly-fallen leaves. Stella didn't bother with those. With the cutest, confident swagger, she strutted straight to the front of the deck where she could see me sitting at the table deep inside the house. She set her feet and perked her ears up (looking her very cutest) and stared. There was so much confident expectancy... such a faith that I would respond to her silent vigil. She was unmoving. I told her I wasn't going to feed her with all those deer in the yard...that she was going to have to wait until they all left. She waited. They left. Apples came her way!


+ This, My love is a perfect picture of how I want you to be - one who breaks away from the crowd to seek me on your own. I want you to come expectantly, knowing that I love you...confident that I love to bless you...that blessing you gives your Father great Joy! 
I want you to see her - your Stella - (aptly named because she is a little star among the universe of deer that inhabit your back yard) as a picture of Mary choosing the one thing. Let Stella teach you by her single-mindedness and her quiet audacity, to seek and guard your time alone with me as your only and best source of sustenance. Learn the sweet discipline of waiting. This little deer knows how to not only  survive, but to thrive! Apples, tomatoes and corn are so much more delicious than leaves! She knows you so well! She has learned instinctively from her Papa, her Maker, Whose eye is on all his creation. Be like this little, beloved creature. Live each day in joyful expectation. All the gifts of the Father are yours to receive. Come. Wait. Be filled. This is a simple plan for thriving in this one day before you.