Make Way for Ducklings

This has got to be one of our all time favorite books. Soon, we will get to rub shoulders with the ducks that made the book famous in Boston. I think what is so endearing about this book is the way the whole city is accommodating to a family of ducklings-10 to be exact. They are fed peanuts from the tourists on the famous swan boats, and traffic is stopped to allow them to cross the busy Boston streets on their way back from the Charles River to the Public Gardens. What could be better?
Our prayer is that the people of Boston would be just as accommodating to their neighbors-to those who are “unable to fly”. We pray that we would set off at a proud waddle and the church would waddle beside us as we share the Good News of Christ-“He that knew no sin, became sin for us, so we could become the righteousness of God.” But our prayer is different from Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard set off with the idea that the people of Boston would just have to make way! Our prayer is that others would not simply make way for us, but rather that they would join in our waddle.