It is that time of year again and I do not mean the holidays! I mean deer season! My boyfriend and I deer hunt a lot together — it is one of our favorite hobbies. Two weekends ago, I go home to see him. Well, we were sitting on the couch after eating dinner and one of his friends called. My boyfriend proceeds to say that he needs our help, usually this means building a chicken coop or doing something manly and me sitting there "supervising." This night was different. He needed us to help him track a deer! I was not prepared so I was in leggings and Crocs. We were searching for this deer in a hug brier patch. Needless to say, I got an article idea while searching for this deer.

How many times do we go searching for "the one?" We look for that special guy and track him down. This is just like deer tracking. We search for the hints or blood until we find the prize winner. A lot of times we search and search and the deer has already run away or gone onto someone else's land. This is like the people who are not for us. They are not "the one." No matter how hard we try to make them be. Often, they break our hearts and run away. Other times — rare times we find the deer. We find it and it is willing to give itself to us. To provide for us and care for us in a way the other deer couldn't. Do you see this resemblance?

The deer is the person we are looking for. If the deer is dead, it provides care and nourishment for you just as a significant other can. When we search too long for the deer and spend all our time on it to find it is gone, we have nothing. But if we use the hints to find it, we are successful! You see God leads us to the right people. We may have a bump in the road or a patch of old blood but He always leads us the right way! God always provides the people we need in our lives. We may choose wrong a couple times and spend so much time searching, but if we just follow the trail we will be lead to "the one."