Rats - July 21, 2010

Daily Reading

Hosea 8-14

Daily Verse

When I fed them, they were satisfied;

when they were satisfied, they became proud;

then they forgot me.

Hosea 13:6

Daily Thought

I was pre-med. For a year.

I found out I'd be taking a lot of biology courses. A lot. I discovered I wasn't that eager to be a doctor.

I did have fun with rats that year. I learned that if you want to teach a rat something, it better be hungry.

It's the "90 percent rule." Feed a rat, weigh it, then diet it down 10 percent. Hungry rats solve mazes faster, click pedals more often to get food and generally behave better than when they are satisfied.

If they're not hungry, they're not that eager to learn.

Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
--Luke 6:21

To God's Glory,
Dave Price

Daily Prayer

Father God, May I be satisfied in Your love, and unsatisfied with anything less. You created me to live in a close relationship with You. May I hunger, no starve, when I neglect to nurture and feed that relationship. God, keep me forever eager to grow in the knowledge and love of You.

Amen