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Nature Notes
Did you know that God made an animal whose job is to be the
morning time alarm clock? That’s right! Jesus made roosters to be nature’s
morning alarm clocks. Roosters are boy chickens so they look and act a little
different from girl chickens, called hens. They wake up when the sun is just
getting ready to rise and they begin crowing, crowing, crowing! Can you crow
like a rooster?
Roosters crow for lots of reasons: To keep the flock of
chickens together, to announce where food is, or to let others know where his
home territory may be. There’s another important reason why rooster’s crow:
If they feel threatened or if there is danger near, the rooster will crow to
warn his lady hens.
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Spiritual
Connection
There is a rooster in the Bible, did you know? Indeed,
Jesus told His disciple, Peter, that before the rooster would crow twice,
Peter would deny (or speak against) Jesus, the Son of God, three times! Mark 14:30, 66-72
Yes, after Jesus had been arrested, Peter was afraid and
ashamed. He did not want other people to know that he loved and obeyed God so
he said bad words and spoke against Jesus. Peter said: “I do not know Him!”
Three times Peter did this! Then… he heard the rooster
crow. That’s when he remembered how Jesus had warned him. Jesus had warned
Peter to watch and pray, so that Satan’s temptations would not cause him to
behave badly. Jesus had warned Peter to watch and pray, so that Satan’s
temptations would not cause him to say bad things.
Such a sad story. If only Peter had listened to the
rooster’s crow, he would have been reminded to watch and pray. Then he would
have never said those bad words; he would never have spoken badly about
Jesus.
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Closure
Roosters are very important. Not only do they help keep
the lady hens safe but they wake us up every day. Jesus warned Peter to watch
and pray. That warning is for us, too!
Roosters wake us up very early so we will have time to watch
and pray. We watch and pray by spending time prayer and studying our Bible
stories to learn more about Jesus.
The more we study about Jesus, the more we will love Him.
The more time we spend praying to Jesus, the closer He will be to us. And the
closer we stay to Jesus, the safer we will be from Satan’s temptations.
Isn’t God good to give us roosters who help remind us to
get up early so we can pray and read our Bible’s?
Let’s say our memory verse together…
© Christine Gillan Byrne, 2012. Young Child Ministries,
P.O. Box 27, Ojai, CA 93024 (805) 490-6055. www.youngchildministries.com.
Used with permission.
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