We have a new pet around the Everette home. Actually, he's probably been around for a while, but we only started seeing him/her a few weeks ago. He/She is our yard rabbit.
At first I wanted to shoot him because I thought he was eating my garden. I even told my boys I'd pay them $20 to kill him. But come to find out, some pesky birds were responsible for my garden nibbling.
So now I'm happy to let him live.
And this is a good thing because every time I see him hopping across my yard I pause for a minute because he makes me smile.
I think the pause is an overlooked spiritual discipline in our busy, non-stop world.
God is at work, showing off, all around us... and we miss it most of the time.
So maybe we should learn to pause, and during that pause thank God for life, rabbits and whatever else of his extravagant grace you might see.
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