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Nature Notes
I have a few pictures of hot air balloons before they are
inflated with air. Can you tell what shape these balloons will be? Can you
tell what colors they will have?
What do the balloons need in order for us to see the balloons
all blown up and beautiful? Hot air! Yes, they need hot air to be blown into
them before they can fly.
If balloonists try to blow up their balloons with cold
air, they would be using the wrong type of air. The balloon might fill up and
look beautiful, but it won’t fly. Balloons only work if you blow them up with
hot air. Hot air always floats upward, above cold air. The type of air that’s
inside the balloon is very important if you want the balloon to fly like it’s
supposed to fly.
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Spiritual
Connection
You and I see only the outside of these beautiful hot air
balloons just like we only see the outside of other people. We tend to think
that what we see on the outside is the important part, but it’s not.
What’s really important is what is on the inside of a
person. Your thoughts and feelings are the most important part of who you
are. Your thoughts and feelings shape how you act, what you do and what you
say.
If you try to be a good person but you only think unkind
thoughts and feel unhappy feelings, you won’t be able to do what is right.
We want to do a good work for God every day, yes? We want
to do what is right, yes?
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Photos & Prints
Deflated Hot Air Balloon Images
Inflated Hot Air Balloon Images
Animal Shaped Hot Air Balloon Images
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Closure
Let’s promise God that we will be very, very careful about
our thoughts and feelings; to keep them cheerful; to protect them from wrong.
If we ask for His help, God will help us keep our thoughts and feelings
happy, that way we will be able to do good work for Him every day.
© Christine Gillan Byrne, 2013. Young
Child Ministries, 406 Polk Road 78, Mena, AR 71953 (805) 490-6055. www.youngchildministries.com.
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