Lessons from (insert name here)

Once upon a time there was a kindergartener named Jeremiah. Jeremiah was a sweet little boy. One day Jeremiah saw a little chick learning to fly. He wanted a better view, so he climbed up the tree and held his hands out. All of a sudden the bird landed in his hands! What a surprise! Jeremiah wanted to show his friends! Jeremiah climbed back down the tree very carefully.

When he got to the ground, Jim (names have been changed), the school meany, came stomping over with a frown on his face. "Let me see!" he growled. Jeremiah carefully set the bird on the ground for Jim to see. The bird, now very scared, half waddled half awkwardly flew down the sidewalk. Jim spat on the ground and took after the bird. Jim easily caught up to the bird, and in a fit of rage Jim stomped on the bird's feet.

At this moment, our hero, Ryan walked over. With overwhelming compassion he carefully scooped up the bird, found a cardboard box, and made a nest for him, rescuing the bird from Jim's wrath.

This fairytale continues for another 24 hours, a which point the bird died peacefully in his sleep with a belly full of worms and still without a name. The reason i tell this story is not to sadden and depress you, but rather to highlight some spiritual meaning from this tragic tale.

In life there is this meany named Satan. He wants to step on your feet so you can't run away. But there is also a hero named Jesus who is there to scoop you up and take care of you. He wants to take you in, feed you, and nurture you back to health, and release you back into the world to do His work.

There is a second lesson we can pull from this story. When we took in "dummy", he was too shell shocked to eat. No matter how juicy the worm was that we put in front of him, he'd close his eyes and refuse to open his mouth. Jesus is sitting there with a fat, juicy worm just waiting for us to open up, but we close our hearts and think we're fine without his help.


Updates: We have added another facet to our pact, we will now be "ripped, toned, tanned, and flexible". Apparently the punishment for killing the kind of bird we recused (the state bird) is 1 year in jail, or $500 (i'll take the latter please). Yes, we got a tail of the Tropical Storm that hit the Philippines, it was mild. Thanksgiving feast ingredients have been gathered and we are nearly ready to stuff our faces with everything good, now to invite people to help with the feasting.

Stay hungry,

Tyler