Hedgehogs are adorable little critters. They curl up in a ball when “hiding” or stressed‚ looking like a baby hedgehog pom pom. Hedgehogs are one of the most adorable creatures on the planet. They are cute‚ snuggly‚ and oh so tiny. Image from Flicker. When a good Samaritan found a tiny pom pom in Cheshire‚ England‚ she scooped it up. She placed it gently in a box with some kitty litter‚ cat food‚ and a hot water bottle. Knowing that baby hedgehogs will maintain their pom pom curl when stressed‚ she left the baby alone. Thinking it was an extremely shy baby hedgehog‚ she wanted to ensure it felt safe in her care. The following day‚ after noting the baby hedgehog hadn’t “moved or pooped” throughout the night‚ she took it to the veterinarian. The news she received from the vet wasn’t exactly what she was expecting. While the ending is hilarious‚ we commend the woman for her good intentions. Knowing it was a wild animal‚ she carefully picked up the baby hedgehog in a box rather than handling it. She avoided stressing it out by ensuring its comfort and leaving it alone. When she noted that the little critter hadn’t moved‚ she did the responsible thing and took it to an animal hospital. Hedgehogs are so cute — could you resist this adorableness? Image from Pexels. If I saw what I thought was a baby hedgehog pom pom‚ I would try to rescue it‚ too. Image from Wikimedia Commons. If your only knowledge of hedgehogs is from playing Sonic the Hedgehog‚ get thee to a zoo or wildlife sanctuary where you can see a baby hedgehog pom pom live and in person. Share this with others who need some baby hedgehog love in their life. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Woman Rescues Abandoned Baby “Hedgehog” Only To Realize The Hilarious Truth appeared first on InspireMore.

Since September 11‚ 2001‚ our airport security has been no joke. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) enacted stringent requirements for airport passengers. The lines are long as individuals pass through the mandatory metal detector. Who can blame the TSA agents when they opt to have a little fun with unsuspecting passengers? @pubity Bro had no idea at first Enjoy this content? Then drop us a follow as we post stuff like this all the time! #Pubity (Via: @ViralHog) ♬ original sound – Pubity The TSA agent’s maniacal laugh is more fun than watching the passenger do the robot. We might wonder who set this passenger up for the prank. It was probably the person holding up the camera recording the whole thing! Such was the case when another unsuspecting gentleman had his bag searched at a checkpoint. His travel companions set him up for this airport security joke. Unless you have TSA pre-check‚ it is recommended that you arrive at the airport at least two hours before your scheduled departure. The lines for airport security are no joke. @joycieellis I thought TSA would be a breeze on a week day! Really should’ve been at the airport two hours before my flight’s boarding time! @ATL INTL AIR #traveltips #tsaprecheck #funnytravel #atlantaairport #airportsecurity ♬ original sound – Joyce Ellis If you have used air travel recently‚ you know how tight the lines can be. The TSA is aware of the time-consuming process and is making future changes to speed things up for passengers. The TSA pre-check program is one way to skip the long lines. In Las Vegas‚ the TSA is testing new self-service screening technology. The verdict is still out on this new technology‚ but if the TSA sees positive results‚ you may see it in the near future. @cbseveningnews The TSA is testing self-service screening technology to expedite #airport security checks. The setup aims to be similar to a normal #TSA checkpoint‚ but with fewer agents and more streamlined operations. #security #technology #travel #news ♬ original sound – CBSEveningNews Until that happens‚ we have airport security jokes to lighten the mood in long lines. Meanwhile‚ this dog is practicing to be a TSA agent by searching their grocery bags with a well-trained (not) nose. He hopes to join the airport staff when he grows up. @mzdreia #TSA #SecurityDog #fyp #foryoupage #funny #doggy #cavachon #puppiesoftiktok #sillydogs #airport #airportsecurity #TSADog #Lady ♬ I am sneaking into you Pink Panther Parody – moshimo sound design If you enjoyed laughing at these airport security jokes‚ please share this. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Airport Security Has Uniquely Hilarious Request For Guest Passing Through appeared first on InspireMore.

For this mom‚ the moment she was able to buy her daughter’s leased horse was truly special. Author Bridget E. Baker watched her middle daughter‚ Emmy‚ form the most wholesome bond with a four-legged friend named Johnny. Unfortunately‚ the animal’s owner wouldn’t sell him‚ as he was the perfect lesson horse. However‚ the woman eventually changed her mind when she saw how attached this creature had gotten to Emmy. Bridget shared the most heartwarming footage of her daughter finding out that she’d been able to buy the leased horse. The little girl’s reaction was so sweet! Her eyes went wide when she heard the news. She couldn’t have looked more thrilled as she put her arms around Johnny’s neck in the most loving way. @bridgetebakerwrites If you’re a horsegirl‚ you might appreciate this post. It’s the moment my middle daughter got her horse‚ Johnny. He’s the sweetest #jumperhorse EVER. #horsetok #horsesoftiktok ♬ original sound – Bridget E. Baker There was another reason that being able to buy the leased horse was so significant for Mom‚ though. “I was a wannabe horse girl as a kid‚ but we couldn’t afford horses‚” she said in her TikTok video. “I had to love them from afar. But now I’m an author‚ and thanks to a lot of hard work and some luck too‚ I can afford the life I wanted for my three girls.” Screengrab from TikTok Emmy is so lucky that her mom was willing to buy her the leased horse she’d grown to love. This little girl must have a truly incredible bond with Johnny for his owner to give him up! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post When Little Girl Falls In Love With A Horse She’s Leasing‚ Mom’s Got The Perfect Surprise appeared first on InspireMore.

In 2016‚ our church plant consisted of a small core team. We wanted to reach our community‚ but we knew that when God sent us to plant‚ he had his eyes on the nations. We wanted to participate in his global mission as early as we could. When a potential supporting church asked how they could help us‚ we asked if we could join them on their upcoming mission trip. We were too young‚ and I was too busy with the details of church planting‚ to handle the logistics of—or even know where to start with—an international partnership. That trip led to a relationship with a translator in Southeast Asia‚ which led to a cooperative effort for church planting and strengthening on the island of East Timor. After a few years of annual trips‚ we began to dream about what God might do. We’d met a young man named Julio who aspired to pastoral ministry‚ though he had little opportunity for training. On a flight‚ I wrote in my missions journal‚ “What if our little church [fewer than 100 members] could sponsor Julio to come to America on a student visa?” He could learn English for a year‚ enroll at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary‚ experience our church community‚ and go through our pastoral residency. It seemed like a crazy idea. But God blessed it. Small Church‚ Big God Fast forward to May 2023. We’re weeping‚ hugging‚ laying hands on Julio‚ and sending him back to East Timor after three years of training in biblical studies‚ ecclesiology‚ and pastoral ministry. After sitting under expositional preaching for the first time and experiencing a healthy church community‚ he’s better equipped to minister in his country. Just last month‚ Julio worked with a team to translate the book of Titus into Makasae—one of many tribal languages in East Timor without a Bible. Titus is now the first completed biblical book in Makasae. Last week‚ a team from our church left for East Timor to reunite with Julio to encourage and help train his church. We’re still not a big church‚ but we’ve seen God work wonders from our little neighborhood in South Louisiana to an island in Southeast Asia. Here are a few tips for small churches considering a more global reach. 1. Think relationally. Missional partnership is about relationships. Find like-minded people you can trust and whom you want to support. The translator we met on our first trip was reading the same books as we were. She was passionately evangelistic. She was a joy. We wanted to know who’d discipled her—and we wanted to support that man’s work wherever it led. His heart led us to the need in East Timor. Find an opportunity to do a trip‚ perhaps tagging along with another church or organization. Prayerfully watch for colaborers your church can support with full confidence. The best kind of cooperation is relational. 2. Spend wisely. Many smaller churches can’t afford to meaningfully engage in short-term missions‚ but some can’t afford it because they’ve prioritized other things. For church ministry‚ you need God’s Word‚ a place to preach it‚ and people who gather to listen and respond. Most other things are extra—not bad‚ but extra. What’s in your budget that’s more for preference than mission? Did your church plant drop $100‚000 on a soundboard—but you can’t afford a budget line for vision trips to scout missions partners? We shouldn’t be legalistic‚ but we should all heed the Lord’s exhortation: “Consider your ways” (Hag. 1:7). 3. Dream big‚ but stay focused. The world is big. The need is big. But God is bigger. Your small church could play a big part in one strategic place. Lift your eyes to the potential. Allow yourself to pray big prayers and dream big dreams that may require big sacrifices—but as you do‚ stay focused. Don’t establish a Great Commission committee that feels pressure to embrace multiple partnerships at once. Jesus’s intention isn’t for small churches to spread themselves thin in loose partnerships just so their missions portfolio could be filled. Pray big prayers and dream big dreams that may require big sacrifices—but as you do‚ stay focused. Just as one member can’t do all the work in a church‚ one church can’t do all the work in the world. You can’t be everywhere and do everything‚ but you can meaningfully partner in one or maybe even two places. Your little church can pour itself out for one unreached people group and perhaps‚ over the years‚ make a real difference. Small Churches Needed Too Let’s not leave the Great Commission only to big churches and organizations. Let’s not limit missions involvement to an annual offering. Let’s not lose touch with God’s heart for the nations. Even for littler churches‚ global missions can have a face and a name and a place. God is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think. Through the faithful ministry of small churches‚ God loves to show that the surpassing power belongs to him and not to us.

I remember asking Tim Keller why he never wrote a book with his wife‚ Kathy‚ about parenting. After all‚ they wrote one of the most helpful books on marriage‚ The Meaning of Marriage. I interviewed them twice for this podcast. So why didn’t they write the book? They didn’t feel like they’d been good parents‚ despite how their three boys turned out. The boys have families‚ and they’re in the church. One of them even followed in his dad’s footsteps as a pastor. The Kellers looked at friends they thought had been better parents. But they didn’t see the same positive outcomes with those kids. The Kellers‚ then‚ didn’t think they could give parenting counsel that would deliver what so many of us want: assurances our kids will turn out OK. Melissa Kruger doesn’t promise that our kids will turn out OK. But her new book‚ Parenting with Hope: Raising Teens for Christ in a Secular Age (Harvest House)‚ reflects so much of what I admire about her and her husband‚ Mike. She grounds us with hope in the gospel: we can trust God with our kids‚ that his purposes can never be thwarted. And she grounds us with wisdom: we can grow in our parenting to better help our children flourish. Melissa serves as vice president of discipleship programming for The Gospel Coalition. She’s the author of many books‚ including Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood‚ Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests‚ Wherever You Go‚ I Want You to Know‚ and His Grace Is Enough. I know we have a lot of women who listen to and watch Gospelbound. You can hear Melissa when you register for The Gospel Coalition’s 2024 Women’s Conference‚ June 20 to 22 in Indianapolis. She’ll be recording a live Risen Motherhood podcast episode with Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler.  She’s probably our most popular guest on Gospelbound‚ and she returned to answer all my questions on parenting. 

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