To Be Graceful In A Time of Panic

Okay, this may seem totally random. But hey, the word random is a prefect description of me, kinda like my parents thought it was totally random that I wanted to go to Estonia. So let's make random relevant.

Today when I was driving home from church I had to hit the breaks to prevent myself from becoming a bambi killer or as one of the guys from Blue Collar would say "making fast food from hitting a deer with his truck". There was nobody driving behind me so I just sat there and watched the deer jump off into the woods. At first, the deer had been walking slowly but when it recognized my car coming it sped up. By the time my car came to a complete stop it was off the road heading towards the trees. Like I said, I sat and observed it for a good thirty seconds until it disappeared. The deer went into a panic when recognizing my car. In the midst of panic I noticed that the deer remained graceful. I know I have probably rarely or never been graceful during trouble but what if I could act like that? What if that is how I act next time Satan attempts to stir up fear in a situation? And even is he is successful with fear, what if I stay strong with my faith and prevent it from prevailing? Graceful in panic. It makes me think of how acting this way is a perfect time to show real faith rather than cowardly running in the opposite direction or getting upset from being caught off guard. Not needing to prepare for the worse when always reacting with grace.

Some words I found associated with grace: compassion, mercy, forgiveness, clemency, beauty, and elegance.