#2388242 - 05/08/11 06:34 PM
Forrest's Last Message?
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Nimrod777
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Jeff's wife, Tammy, had prayed today, asking God for a sign of some sort. She just felt particularly in need of something to strengthen her spirit in the midst of all this loss.
After returning home from the funeral, graveside, and the fellowship meal afterwards, two of her neighbors met her at her driveway.
They said in 30 years of living there, they'd never seen anything like it before.
While we were all at the funeral today, a whitetail deer had walked up from behind Forrest's house. It walked up to the front of the house and stopped, looking towards the driveway where so much of Jeff's hunting and fishing equipment had been readied or cleaned up through the years.
After a good long look, the deer walked away and disappeared.
Though the hunter be gone, the hunt goes on. And a great "Thank You!" to God for a poignant parting shot!
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#2388246 - 05/08/11 06:39 PM
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vanleerbuckbuster
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wow
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#2388252 - 05/08/11 06:50 PM
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Allen Sullivan
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WOW is right!
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#2388262 - 05/08/11 07:23 PM
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Bone Collector
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Whoa that is crazy!
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#2388264 - 05/08/11 07:24 PM
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LA man
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holy moly. what a sign
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#2388292 - 05/08/11 08:00 PM
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Amazing!
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#2388293 - 05/08/11 08:01 PM
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RodBone75
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dang.
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#2388295 - 05/08/11 08:02 PM
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JohnG
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AMEN!!!!!!!!
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#2388303 - 05/08/11 08:07 PM
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plinker22
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God is good like that!
Experienced a similar thing many years ago with an Owl. We still take comfort in the sign.
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#2388317 - 05/08/11 08:35 PM
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#2388330 - 05/08/11 08:52 PM
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Awesome!!
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#2388348 - 05/08/11 09:03 PM
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Very cool!
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#2388355 - 05/08/11 09:06 PM
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Kevin B.
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Man, that's powerful!
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#2388380 - 05/08/11 09:29 PM
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kdxdude
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Man, that's AWESOME!!!! Brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing.
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#2388405 - 05/08/11 09:51 PM
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moondawg
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Awesome. The spirit of Jeff Bently lives!
Edited by moondawg (05/08/11 09:51 PM)
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#2388435 - 05/08/11 10:24 PM
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Bowdacious
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Cold chills. Wow. Ain't it great when God gives a sign that you cannot possibly miss???
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#2388439 - 05/08/11 10:29 PM
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TurkeyBurd
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He would have missed!
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#2388452 - 05/08/11 11:00 PM
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Whitehorse
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Very cool.
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#2388504 - 05/09/11 06:08 AM
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What a great sign.
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#2388543 - 05/09/11 07:39 AM
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cool
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#2388571 - 05/09/11 08:48 AM
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Big J
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Awesome! Simply Awesome!!
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#2388738 - 05/09/11 12:22 PM
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ferg
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God leave signs for us everywhere - we just fail to see mostly - What an awesome story - RIP Jeff -
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#2388743 - 05/09/11 12:26 PM
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slick
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HAHAHAHAHA!!! This one really got me..
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#2388744 - 05/09/11 12:27 PM
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Boodaddy
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Man that is Gods Awesome sign!!!!!!!!
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#2388881 - 05/09/11 03:33 PM
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Nice!
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