18 Sep, 2007
Ovard spotted two baby moose in her yard when she pulled into the driveway Tuesday. She immediately started looking for the mother moose, spotting the massive animal just before it plowed through her storm door and front door.
"There's a big gouge, and you can see where the whole front of the (moose's) body went right through it. It broke the wood frame," Ovard told the Idaho State Journal. "Try telling that to an insurance company."
Hoping to stop the moose from doing more damage, Ovard opened the sliding glass door in the rear of the home to give the animal an easier exit and then ran away as fast as she could. The moose, also frightened, turned and ran back out the front door.
A Fish and Game officer told Ovard the moose likely spotted its own reflection in a window, and forced its way into the home because it thought there was another moose nearby posing a threat to its babies.
photo courtesy images.google.com & story twincities.com, 9/15/07
Who's at your door?
Revelation 3:16-20 (NLT)
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After reading today's God's Story scripture, what does it mean that Christ is "knocking at our door"?
We find the answer in Tyndale's LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE notes:
3:20 The Laodicean church was complacent and rich. They felt self-satisfied, but they didn't have Christ's presence among them. Christ knocked at the door of their hearts, but they were so busy enjoying worldly pleasures that they didn't notice that he was trying to enter. The pleasures of this world - money, security, material possessions - can be dangerous, because their temporary satisfaction makes us indifferent to God's offer of lasting satisfaction. If you find yourself feeling indifferent to church, to God, or to the Bible, you have begun to shut God out of your life. Leave the door of your heart constantly open to God, and you won't need to worry about hearing his knock. Letting him in is your only hope for lasting fulfillment.
The woman in today's story was surprised to find a moose come through her door and into her house. Would anyone be surprised to find what you have let into your "house"?
When we keep the door of our souls open to the presence of Christ, we will be satisfied beyond belief. When worldly pleasures knock on our door, slam it shut!
- Thank God for the creative way He tells us His Story in His Word. Confess any way in which you may be living like the lukewarm church in Revelation 3. Thank Jesus for His forgiveness and for His relentless love which keeps Him knocking on our door even when we often shut Him out of our lives. Ask Jesus to give you the faith you need to find your satisfaction in Him and Him alone.
- Start every day by thanking Jesus for His presence in your life. Ask Him for the power to find your satisfaction in Him alone.
- This week, whenever you hear a knock at a door, let it remind you to evaluate whether or not you are living in Christ's presence?
How can we connect today's story and God's Story scripture and our story to others?
Catch or rent a moose and go knock on a friend's door, or on a door of one of your school classrooms, or on the door of your boss or.....on second thought, maybe not. But you could share this DAILYBIDE with a friend or your youth group or your small group and talk about how letting Jesus through your door is going to help others who need Him, see God's Story in you.
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