chasing squirrels

ahhhh ricky spindler. great ncu memories, if you didn't know him, he was one of the craziest, most passionate men of God I have ever met, and as one of his weird habits, he would occasionally chase squirrels in Elliot Park.

so where did that come from you may ask, well, i'll tell you.

this past friday i was sitting down to read (i know, be very scared) and one of our condo friends stopped by, the porch squirrel. so as my a.d.d. insists, i stop and stared at it. and i became in awe.

it just sat there and began cleaning itself and grooming itself right there on my porch, not 5 ft from me. then i began to think of it as not an animal, but as another one of Yahweh's creations. it is amazing to watch and think at the same time. it has emotions, it can be frightened, excited, happy, and most likely sad. it can prepare and predict by saving food supply for horrible minnesota winters. it also has the sense to live and can do what it takes to protect life.

amazing.

even in a simple creation as that, what we would label as more or less a rodent with a big tail, it has many of the traits that we use and value highly as the food chain kings. if such simple creatures have such needed traits, how much more were we thought of when we were made??? i just hope i value life as much as my friend the squirrel does.