What a precious day we had today experiencing the joy of God's Creation with all its goodness. While raking the yard this morning, I came across a toad taking up residence there and showed him to my 5 year old. He was fascinated...which I found surprising as I was expecting him to be fearful and reluctant to observe closely...but fascination overcame those.
"Can I take him inside?" he asked "Can I keep him as a pet?"
"No." I replied "He lives out here in our yard. Why don't you go put him in our garden and see if he likes it there."
My son carried him in the big plastic bowl out to our garden and let him go.
"I've named him Daddy." he said as he stood bent over at the waist and looking at the toad in the dirt.
"What have you named him?" I asked
"His name is 'Froggy'" he responded
"You know he's a toad, not a frog." I thoughtfully corrected.
"I know Dad. He's a toad. His NAME is 'Froggy'" he corrected back.
What a day we spent in that yard today. Our small tiny piece of His awesome creation became a place for us to share a special moment of discovery. When creation touches me so, I often read through Psalm 104 and I did again this evening. "I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live." We promise to look out for Froggy if we see him as good stewards should.
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