Why did you put a picture of a deer on your website? That is all I want to know if you can help me with this answer would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n\t
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?<\/em>” (Psalms 42:1-2).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There is nothing really mysterious about the selection. When I was redesigning the site many years ago, I looked for a base picture that I thought would represent both the area and what the church was about. We are in the great plains and deer is plentiful in the more wooded areas. I found the picture and it reminded me of Psalms 42, so we’ve been using it ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Why did you put a picture of a deer on your website? That is all I want to know if you can help me with this answer would be greatly appreciated. Answer: “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God. 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