Poor Baby Deer got caught in the fence.  But with my phone taking pictures in one hand, and my fence cutters in the other, this little fellow is fixin’ to experience mercy from me, ………and FREEDOM!

As  I was driving to the log barn, I saw this fawn at the edge of the field.  He took off running,….. well, running like a deer.  But this time when the poor thing tried to cross the fence, he got caught.  Lord have Mercy!  Wait, maybe I can have mercy on this young deer myself.  I’ll help him escape.

“Lord have Mercy!”  That’s the second most common sayin’ in the South.  It’s almost up there with “Bless Her Heart”.  It ranks just ahead of “Hey, whatcha doin’?”   This deer is in dire need of some mercy.  He is stuck.  He is trapped, caught, unable to get away, and having the “worsest” day of his life. (That’s badder than bad there).  Lord have Mercy. 😉

Hebrews 4:16 NIV  Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Definitions of the word mercy:   a compassionate treatment of those in distress, it’s a kind or forgiving treatment to someone in a bad or desperate situation.

Much like this deer, I’ve been in bad situations, even desperate situations.  Just like this deer I’ve cried out!  He cried out “Baaaaaa”, as I cut the fence from around him.  I’ve cried out “Lord have mercy” even as I guess God was in a spiritual sense “cutting me free from fences”. I’m sure you yourself have been caught a time or two.  Did you approach God for His mercy?  I’m betting you did like this deer and kept trying to get out of the situation all on your own.  We struggle and struggle to get out and away, all on our own too many times.  Lord have Mercy!

So take some advice from this deer.  Approach God, allow Him to approach you when you are trapped “in your fence”.  Accept this mercy and grace from above.  We don’t deserve it, but God is more than willing to give to us.  Lord have mercy…….. and thank you Lord.

PS  The baby deer was not hurt in any way (except maybe its pride), just lost a little hair.

See Ya!  Dan Ainsworth wilderness preacher, part time hero for a baby deer