Ducklings

A couple weeks ago I was riding down Highway 69 by Ada Hayden in a little red car. Suddenly the driver slowed down and pointed out the window frantically, exclaiming, "LOOK! A mama duck and her ducklings!" We looked to our left, and sure enough, there they were. Five or six fuzzy, grey little ducks waddling closely behind their mother had just crossed the busy road unharmed. Of course the next few minutes were filled with our delighted surprise at just having seen the cutest things ever, and we told the story to everyone else we met that day. I love remembering that because the ducks were so cute and everything, but I'm also kind of big on symbolism, so here's what those ducklings represent to me:

We humans are baby ducks. We're all good-looking and talented, and there are even a few "ugly ducklings" that are looked down upon by some. We eat and sleep and play our little games, but we can't survive on our own. We need a parent-leader to protect us and guide us across the busy streets in life. We need someone wise to raise us and teach us how to live; to show us that the ones thought to be ugly are truly beautiful and have their own special talents. We have our moms and dads who help us immensely, but they're ultimately ducklings, too.
The One we really need is God. The God of the Bible. He is the true Leader and Teacher that we depend on. He's the wisest, most powerful, awe-inspiring being that will ever be, and He loves us. He LOVES us because He made us. That's incomprehensible, but it's the truth. God is like the mama duck in that He guides us and protects us and teaches us the way. He reveals His work in each of us and uncovers the unique abilities and purposes that He's given us. We're all beautiful in His sight, and He wants the best for us. He longs for us to know Him and follow Him so that we're out of harm's way. All we have to do is trust Him, and He makes us His children. His ducklings, if you will.

The ABC's (and every other letter) on Me

A - Available: I need to check my schedule.
A - Age: 15
A - Annoyance: unjustice

B -Best Friends: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
B- Bar: chocolate
B -Birthday: February 19

C - Crush: Orange! Except it doesn't even compare to Sunkist.
C - Candy: Pretty much any.
C - Cat: Pink Panther fo' shizzle.

D - Dead Pets Name: Fluffy, but most commonly known as Hammy
D - Dads Name: Timothy Eugene
D - Dessert: I have the most incredible sweet tooth ever.

E - Easiest person to talk to: God
E - Eggs: Over-hard
E - Email: Strong Bad's all the way.

F - Favorite color: Maybe blue. But I like brown quite a lot also.
F - Food: I'm not picky, but chicken is really good.
F - Foreign Slang: I think the only foreign slang I know is mariposa.

G - Gummy Bears or Worms: bears
G - God: I Am (I don't mean I am, I mean that's who He is. See Genesis 3:13-15)
G - Good Time: bad time? (H*R reference. 5 golden medallions if you got it.)

H - Hair Color: Brown.
H - Height: 5'3"
H - Happy: Optimists can run amuck, but it doesn't get them down!

I - Ice Cream: Cold Stone w/o a doubt
I - Instrument: Drums to the max!
I - Idol: Jesus

J - Jewelry: Right now I have on a ring, earrings, and bead bracelets.
J - Job: I want a job at Cold Stone.
J - Joke: What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor. Ba doom, ch!

K - Kids: are amazing.
K - Karate: Kid movies are kickin' yo. For cereal. (Which is the cooler spelling of sereal or serial.)K - Kite: tastic! (That really means nothing, but I might just start saying it now.)

L - Longest Car Ride: to Pennsylvania. I don't know exactly what it clocked in at.
L - Longest Relationship: God knew me before time. But I've known my mom the longest.
L - Last Person you spoke to on the Phone: Brynner

M - Milk Flavor: Chocolate
M - Mothers Name: Joy
M - Movie Last Watched: To Kill a Mockingbird

N - Number of Siblings: Tengo dos hermanas.
N - Northern or Southern: Northern
N - Name: Kimberly Bliss Leister

O - One wish: that everyone would come to know Jesus' love
O - One Phobia: arachno
O - One Goal: to be a light

P - Parents: are good.
P - Part of your appearance you like best: not having braces!
P - Part of your personality you like best: I care genuinely.

Q - Quote: "so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow...and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11
Q - Question for the next person: What's up sucka?*
Q - Where should I go next: What does this have to do with Q?*

R - Reason to smile: He has made me glad.
R - Reality TV Show: Whose Line is it Anyway?
R - Right or Left: Right is overused.

S - Song Last Heard: Love is a Number
S - Season: It's summer!
S - Sex: Female

T - Time you woke up: 6 AM
T - Time Now: 2:27
T - Time for bed: 11-11:30

U - Unknown Facts about me: I would like to bungee jump.
U - Unicorns: "It would have been nice to have unicorns."
U - U are a...?: Kimberly

V - Vegetable you hate: N/A*
V - Vegetable you love: I think all of them. Perhaps I'm forgetting something though.
V - View on Politics: I'd like to be more politically-savvy, actually, but I'll most likely be a republican.

W- Worst Habit: Going to bed too late
W- What do you wanna be when you grow up: a Super Woman
W- Where are you traveling to next?: Maybe Minneapolis.

X - X-Rays: one on my foot/ankle that I can remember
X - X-Rated Porn: I don't recommend porn.
X - Chromosome: Everyone has at least one of those.

Y - Year you were born: 1991
Y - Year it is now: 2006
Y - Yellow: bananas, sunshine, hair, lemon yogurt

Z - Zoo Animal: Penguins, are you kidding?
Z - Zodiac: Aquarius? Oh, nope. MySpace tells me I'm Pisces.
Z - Zest: citrus fruits and the soap

*I couldn't top LG's answer.