Scamper

 

SCAMPER

Raking outside in the autumn sunshine

thump thump thump was heard across the roof line.

Then a rustle in the tree’s leaves.

A branch dipped rustling the leaves.

Down one tree branch then across another,

scampering from one tree to another.

My dog’s long tail went thump thump thump

at the bottom of the tree trunk.

Was she thinking, “come play please,

mom’s too busy raking leaves.”

Scampering from one maple tree to another,

My dog followed her new friend while nuts it gathered.

Here it comes back again – up the fence post onto the tree

scampering across the branch, rustling the remaining leaves,

from one tree to another,

overhead jumps then scamper

across the roof line thump, thump, thump.

In its mouth a round hickory nut.

Preparing for winter

with the fruits of summer.

Busy everyday

for toil does pay

for men and women, boys and girls,

and for furry scampering squirrels.

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How come watching squirrels at work seems like having fun?

How come working isn’t always a lot of fun?

The Bible tells us to be happy while we work

and to also find satisfaction in our work.

This is so important the Bible tells us more than once.

Read about it in the book of Ecclesiastes.

A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink

and find satisfaction in his work.

This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

To the man who pleases him,

God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26a

So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work,

because that is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 3:22a

When God gives any man wealth and possessions,

and enables him to enjoy them,

to accept his lot and be happy in his work -

this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

So I command the enjoyment of life,

because nothing is better for a man under the sun

than to eat and drink and be glad.

Then joy will accompany him in his work

all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

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