This is the spectacular
attraction that drew us
onto a canvas of awe. We saw a doe
in her completion of days, a mother swollen
with the willingness to fill,
and her twin fawns, duplicate
blessings still damp with the dew
of birth. That God made me
one of the hushed and hushing
witnesses was a gift. I marveled
that when this mother sought a place
of safe refuge for the labor that brings
new life, she chose the very
sanctuary where we worship.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.
(Psalm 96:9)
Photos taken the morning of Sunday, June 3, 2012. This mama deer chose to birth her twin babies into sunshine right there at our church, perhaps just an hour before we got there.
Wow. Simply wow. What a beautiful gift.
Mary Beth
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Ohhh…how beautiful! Thank you for sharing these words and photos, this moment so precious and awe-filled.
And Pastor Nick informed me this morning that they were all still there, and that the Mama even took off for a little bit with them still in the yard with her babies. What a blessing to be trusted so by a wild animal!
Oh my land. That is so unusual. What a blessing to behold!
Thanks for sharing this, miss Monica.
Monica, what is God showing us in this beautiful picture?
So beautiful!
Isn’t that amazing! We had a doe give birth about 200 yards from our back porch up in the trees near a water way and watched through the spotting scope. Loved it!
Tears, over the beauty of this.
Once in a lifetime memory. Thx.