Pilgrim
Senior Member
Just wondering: do any of y'all practice or consider practicing fasting from hunting (a day? weekend? an entire season?)? There are times when I become so consumed with hunting (thinking about it, replaying hits/misses, using this website, watching videos, etc) that I wonder if it might be best for me to pull back from it for a time. It seems that hunting can move from something I enjoy to something more like a 'monster' that bosses me around - telling me that I have to utilize every bit of time off by being in a deer stand. If I am not seeing deer - or regularly having shot opportunities - I become extremely frustrated. At this point I begin to despise hunting.
I don't want to bow down to my desire to hunt. If I am learning anything as a Christian, I am learning to NOT follow my heart. My heart is a poor source of guidance, a faulty shepherd, a haunted house of perverted desires. There is only one Good Shepherd, and it is not my heart. God gives us created things to enjoy - not to be ruled over by them. Thankfully, "God is greater than our hearts" (1John 3:20); that is my only hope.
Anyways.... this is a struggle of mine every year around this time of year.
I don't want to bow down to my desire to hunt. If I am learning anything as a Christian, I am learning to NOT follow my heart. My heart is a poor source of guidance, a faulty shepherd, a haunted house of perverted desires. There is only one Good Shepherd, and it is not my heart. God gives us created things to enjoy - not to be ruled over by them. Thankfully, "God is greater than our hearts" (1John 3:20); that is my only hope.
Anyways.... this is a struggle of mine every year around this time of year.