God's Amazing Creatures

Every year I fill a feeder with song bird seed. I love watching the colorful little birds sharing the seed and fluttering from tree to tree. Occasionally I would see a deer walk by and nibble on a few dropped seeds. Just enough to fill my feeder about once a week.

This year, living in a new home, I erected a brand new bird feeder and filled it with my favorite song bird feed. As often as possible, I quietly sneak out onto the deck and watch for my feathered friends to visit.

To my surprise, I found God's creatures to be a bit more crafty in this new neighborhood. Squirrels and chipmunks scurried right on up the thin, slippery, copper pipe pole and filled themselves with seed side by side with the birds. I find myself filling my bird feeder every other day in this new home.

Then early one morning I saw the most amazing thing! Just as I and my almost 1 year old Cocker Spaniel came out the front door, I saw a bunny rabbit hop off the bird feeder to the ground and hop away. I've never heard of a rabbit climbing. I wondered just how it accomplished this feat. All I know is if it was hungry enough to do so, then it was surely thankful for what it had received.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 1 Timothy 4:4

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What Do Dads Do Anyway?

I was watching my husband teach my son how to throw a football out in the front yard one day last week. I was amazed at how detailed and gentle he was in his explanation and demonstration. When my son's throw looked all wrong, I was amazed at how patient and soft spoken my husband was as he repeated his explanation with a full 2nd demonstration.

When my son was younger, it was I who taught my son to walk, talk and dress himself. I handled potty training, table manners and so many things that I often wondered, just what are a dad's responsibilities? It seemed like my husband did all the fun things like play with him, tuck him in bed at night and show him off to anybody and everybody who would look and listen.

Now I don't wonder anymore. Now I see that while all the things I taught my son were important, my husband has plenty to teach my son, on his own, in his own time, in his own way. I realize now that my husband wasn't just teaching my son how to throw a football, he was teaching him how to be detail oriented, patient, understanding, how to try again and not give up and most importantly, how to be a good dad.

The scriptures say,

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1

So let us rejoice that we have fathers, grandfathers, husbands who are fathers and for the fathers that our sons will become all because they have been blessed with a father who does so very much when the time is right.

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New! Inspirational Graduation Gifts!

Give inspirational poem, scripture and personalized Graduation Gifts that celebrate the graduate and give the graduate encouragement for the future through faith. The Inspirational Gift Gallery has just added a whole page of inspirational Graduation Gifts including graduation photo albums and picture frames, graduation jewelry, graduation crosses, graduation key chains, Daughter and Son poem in calligraphy and graduation gifts sets.

The Inspirational Gift Gallery will continue adding new inspirational Graduation Gifts over the next few days. Whether you are looking for a graduation gift for a daughter, son, best friend, boy friend, girl friend, niece, nephew, sister, brother or grand child, you are sure to find an inspirational gift that they will cherish at the Inspirational Gift Gallery.

Visit the Inspirational Gift Gallery's Graduation Gifts page daily so you don't miss out on the perfect inspirational gift for all the high school and college graduates on your list!

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A Memorail Day Flag

I remember the Memorial Day weekend after my mom had passed away. My father had decided we would do a spring cleaning and paint our bedrooms new colors. In my room I had found a small, old flag. A remnant from a Memorial Day parade we had attended years earlier.

The flag, the small type you hold and wave, had faded from years of display in my room. I remembered attending the parade. There was a crowd, music and cheers. Each of my three sisters and I had our chance to sit on my father's shoulders for a better view. As I looked upon that old flag, at the age of twelve, all I saw was a fading memory easily discarded for a new room make over.

I took my pile of discards downstairs and outside to the garbage can. My father was outside in his work clothes in the back yard. He saw the flag in my pile and nearly hit the roof! That was when I learned the true meaning of Memorial Day and the American flag.

My father explained how Memorial Day was a day to remember our fallen soldiers, a day to honor their bravery and feel their families loss. He explained the flag was never to be thrown in the garbage but held in revere, how it stands for the freedom our soldiers make possible for us. It wasn't just the words my father spoke but the emotion with which he spoke. For the first time, I truly understood. After we finished cleaning and painting, I hung my flag in my room once again where it belonged.

Many Memorial Days have come and gone. No matter where I am or what I am doing, I remember the true meaning of Memorial Day and I hang an American flag. A little American flag has been posted outside my tent on camping trips and from apartment and condo deck railings. A large American flag blows in the breeze in front of my home in the Poconos.

Thank God for our soldiers past and present! Thank God for our freedom! Stop your barbecue, beach fun or camping trip for just a moment on Memorial Day and remember its true meaning.

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Happy Mother's Day!

There's nothing better than being a mother! My son made me the cutest card at school and brought home a little pansy. This is the 1st Mother's Day card he ever made me all by himself with his own two little hands. You can bet it is going in my china cabinet where I can see it all the time!

Remember to honor your mother on Mother's Day. Being a mom myself, I realize all that moms go through to give us the proper up bringing in faith. It's a tough world out there and already, in kindergarten, I see my son battling a whole new world that sometimes he just doesn't understand. I'm proud to say when the occasion arose, he turned the other cheek and won a little battle all his own.

Enjoy the day being a mom and get those dads and kids to wait on you hand and foot. You deserve it!

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