This week Avery spoke about filling our spiritual buckets. And you know a place that has its buckets full? Coastal! They have not just buckets, but troughs full of chicks and ducklings.

This week I was walking through Coastal and I heard the familiar peep-peeping coming from one end of the store. The sound pulled me closer until I found myself peering over the lip of one of those metal troughs. Inside I saw brown ducklings, all peeping and waddling around.

I was tempted to hurry on to the next place I was headed. Instead I paused and squatted down next to the trough to get a closer look. As I watched the ducklings, one looked up at me and I could see its tiny eye and little feathers.

And I was reminded of Jesus saying “A sparrow is so small, it isn’t worth much, yet God cares so much that he knows when each one falls. You are worth much more than a sparrow, so don’t ever wonder if God cares about you.” (Matthew 10:28-31).

My spiritual bucket was filled when I stopped my hurry for a second and considered the little things that bring so much joy. What little things are you passing up that could fill your bucket?

- Pastor Kristen