Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Working Together F ew sights evoke as much attention and awe, as that of a large flock of Canadian geese winging their way in their V-formation to the north or south. They speak of the changing of seasons, and also the value of teamwork. What many don’t know is that when a goose gets sick or perhaps is wounded by a shot, it never falls from formation by itself. Two other geese also fall out of formation with it and follow the ailing goose down to the ground.  One of them is very often the mate of the wounded bird, since geese mate for life and are extremely loyal to their mates.  Once on the ground, the healthy birds help protect him and care for him as much as possible, even to the point of throwing themselves between the weakened bird and possible predators. They stay with him until he is either able to fly, or until he is dead.  Then, and only then, do they launch out on their own. In most cases, they wait for another group of geese to fly overhead...

  Friday Tale ~ Lessons from Geese N ext fall when you see geese heading south for the winter... flying along in V formation...you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way:   Fact 1:         As each goose flaps its wings it creates an uplift for the birds that follow. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone. Lesson:      People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.   Fact 2:         When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it. Lesson:       If we have as much sense as...

  I n all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone. ~ John Clendenin T wo   are better than one, because they have good reward for their toil. For it they fall, one will lift up his fellow. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

A lone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~ Helen Keller M ay the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ Romans 15:5-6

W hen people walk away from you, let them go.  Your destiny is never to anybody who leaves you.   And it doesn't mean that they are bad people,    it just means that their part in your history is over. ~Unknown T herefore a man shall leave his father and     mother and hold fast to his wife, and       the two shall become one flesh.  ~Ephesians 5:31