Here they are! The first goslings of 2009! Aren't they sweet? I love how they almost immediately know how to swim.
Something else I find interesting. I really enjoy watching the goose couple carry out their parenting duties. Pardon me for being old fashioned, but I love the way the mother goose teaches the babies how to eat, how to peck for food. While Mom is teaching them this essential skill, Dad stands guard against predators. Father goose is the family's protector. He stands straight and tall, sticks his neck out, and scans the surroundings. When he hears a sound, he begins to honk. I'm not sure but I think that is to warn the family or perhaps to ward off predators. While Dad is watching, Mom and babies confidently go about their tasks of teaching and learning how to survive.
I would be remiss if I didn't tie the goose family's sense of duty in with following Christ in our own families. I think we humans could learn something from the Gooses about fulfilling our duties before the Lord.
I just finished a project for the class I'm taking on Family Sprituality. I interpret sprituality in part as fulfilling our God-given destinies. What has God given us to do? Are we parents? Teachers? Doctors? Trash collectors? (This was my father's task while he was on Earth).
So how then are we to do our tasks like the Goose family? I Corinthians 10:31 gives us a clue: "... whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."
Scroll down and click to go to the next page of older posts. Find the post with the picture of Joshua from a few months ago. And then look at Josh now. He has grown so much in a few months. He is meeting all his growth tasks. He is the man!!
