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The Study of God through Angry Birds

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Angry Birds - 1st golden egg My Sweetie and I were talking about how each one of us has our own sphere of influence and how interesting relationships can be because of that. Leave it to me to find an interesting correlation between this deep topic and a fun app called Angry Birds. There is one level in particular that struck me as the most appropriate. It's the first level of the golden eggs. It goes like this... with the hand, grab a bird and slingshot it into the "arena" of bouncing balls and pigs. When the balls are hit by the birds they ricochet off of each other, the walls, the pigs, and anything else in their paths. The object is to kill the pigs by hitting them with the balls or knocking them over (the pigs stole the birds' eggs to eat them for breakfast). So, my mind heard the word sphere and went straight to the 'spheres' of this level (I'm a little whacked, what can I say?). I got to thinking about each of us being like one of these balls. S

A Perfect Gift

"Presents BIG, presents small. It's fun to give them all! But the perfect gift to give is friendship. Friendship is for everyone. You can't touch, see or feel friendship... you make it! Friendship is a really important thing to me. Offering friendship is simple." by Kayla Ketchum Pretty amazing when your daughter has a few things to teach you, the parent. Friendship does take work but it also is an offering. People will either accept you as you are - all your faults, all your quirks, all your differences - and be a friend or not. There's no "shaping or changing" of a friend. If they don't meet your needs or you don't meet theirs then you both have to decide whether you have a real friendship that says, "Ok... I'll take what you can give and love you as is," or let them go as an acquaintance... neither of which is a bad thing! No expectations, no stipulations... just love in action. Kayla, my sweet, you are so good at putting t