Mm-hmm.

And the fawns, they're slower than mama, and so if mama takes them with, they're very vulnerable to being caught by a predator.

And so it's this whole strategy of she puts her fawn in a safe place.

She leaves to go get food so she can take care of her fawn, and then she comes back and nurses.

And so understanding this process is important for our kids, for our families, but then thinking about God, our Heavenly Father, He never leaves us.

He never has to leave us.

He provides for us as He's with us, as He's near us, as He's inside of us, that He is never far, but He is always with us.

Mm-hmm.

but you understand the question is like, why do we need this tech reset? How did this particular message help you and your family with your kids? It

has honestly changed my life.

And I've read your other tech books and I can say the same about all of them.

But Arlene, I was so excited when you emailed me about this book, because I kid you not, I had been thinking I need another tech book from Arlene.

Oh my God.

You were kidding.

That's hilarious.

Made to Marvel, 52 Family Devotions, Exploring the Wild Wonders of God's Creation.

So how can we point our families to God through nature? That's obviously a broad question, but we can start there.

Well, thankfully, I believe God designed it that way, that nature and Scripture go together.

natural theologians who were the original scientists, really, they were the ones looking at nature and specifically to see hints of God within it.

Like, what can we see from creation that reflects God's designs? And what they said was that God really gives us two books of revelation.

And the first, of course, is his scriptures, special revelation.

But then he also gives us natural revelation or sometimes called general revelation.

And that is what we see about God through nature.

Oh, completely.

So how can we point our families to God through nature? That's obviously a broad question, but we can

start there.

Well, thankfully, I believe God designed it that way, that nature and Scripture go together.

natural theologians who were the original scientists, really, they were the ones looking at nature and specifically to see hints of God within it.

Like, what can we see from creation that reflects God's designs? And what they said was that God really gives us two books of revelation.

And the first, of course, is his scriptures, special revelation.

But then he also gives us natural revelation or sometimes called general revelation.

Oh, completely.

Yeah

... at the end of the day I can rest.

Maybe on the weekend I can rest.

Maybe on vacation or in retirement or when the kids are grown.

But that's backwards to the biblical thinking, because think about back at creation.

So God worked for six days, and then he rested.

Not because he needed to.

So can you talk about how when y- we're like, "Oh yeah, God feeds the birds," you know? But you're like, "No, this is actually, like, a really big deal

Yeah.

"You will get very ill." And then in extreme temperatures, my husband and I, we're both from the Midwest and Wisconsin, and so we also know that some days are just downright too cold to go outside, or if you live in Arizona, too hot.

And we try as best as we can, but what about those times that we can't get outside, or if you live in a very urban environment? We spent three months in an apartment in a bad part of town in Kansas City where I couldn't even take our young boys out on a walk because it was too dangerous.

And so for one, finding those pockets of nature, like, we got to know every little pocket of nature around Kansas City during our two years there be- and we would just revisit them and get to know them so well.

But then, yeah, bringing nature indoors.

So we've done this through houseplants that kind of got a little out of control at one point, and hanging bird feeders all around, like, the windows of the house so that we're always- Able to watch the birds as we're washing dishes, as we're eating breakfast together.

And then, yeah, fish.

And you were talking about how so often kids are like, "Look at what I did," or, or, "Come..." And s- and how we can so often miss for the sake of productivity.