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Jonathan Edwards was just an ordinary American boy but he was different too. The country he lived in wasn't the America of today - but a new world full of adventure and opportunity. Battles and Tomahawks were just some of the thrilling adventures that his family lived through. But Jonathan also loved the small things in life too. In an age of scientific discovery, Edwards saw God's beauty displayed most perfectly through nature. His journals are filled with drawings of plants, animals, and spiders because he knew that each one of them reflected the creativity of its creator.

George Muller stared at the beggar girl. She was no older than five and was piggybacking her little brother. Her mother had died in the cholera epidemic sweeping England. Her father had never returned from the mines. Standing in the muddy street, this little girl gave a face to Bristol's countless orphans. With scarcely enough food or money for his own family, George Muller opened his heart and home. Sustained by God's provision, the Muller house "Breakfast Club" of thirty orphans grew to five large houses that ultimately over ten thousand children would call home.

Did you ever read the story where the ravens fed Elijah? Birds don't know how to feed humans. Were they supposed to feed Elijah like a mother bird feeds her babies in the nest? Imagine a raven feeding you. Would you lie down so the raven could reach your mouth? Would you stick out your tongue so the raven could place some yummy worms on it? Six Lessons on Feeding a Human tells how an angel taught Mr. and Mrs. Raven and their son Wesley to feed Elijah.