Category: Bunny Loops

  • Little Grooming Ritual

    Little Grooming Ritual

    Affection is especially touching when it seems entirely at home in an ordinary moment. On the soft couch, one tiny rabbit leans toward the other and carefully grooms its cheek, while its companion accepts the attention. Their closeness makes this small ritual feel like a quiet assurance that someone is looking after someone else.

    “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
    Romans 12:10 (KJV)

    In Romans 12, Paul describes how sincere love takes shape in a community. This verse calls believers to family-like affection and a readiness to honor one another. It asks us to recognize another person’s worth and give that recognition a place in our behavior.

    The rabbits’ gentle interaction provides an endearing image of attention turned outward. In our own relationships, care often takes similarly modest forms: remembering a preference, doing a needed task, or listening without rushing to speak. These actions matter because they tell someone their comfort and presence are worth our time.

    We do not always need a special occasion to show affection. Much of a relationship’s warmth is built through the ordinary care repeated between larger moments. May we notice one small way to honor someone today and follow through with it.

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  • A Peek Behind the Curtain

    A Peek Behind the Curtain

    Sometimes the loveliest part of a meeting is the moment just before it happens. Half hidden by a white curtain, the rabbit looks toward a garden bright with roses and sunlight, taking his time at the open doors. His small, watchful presence gives the scene the charm of someone almost ready to make himself known.

    “My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.”
    Song of Solomon 2:9 (KJV)

    In this love poem, a woman describes the arrival of her beloved. The window and lattice frame a moment of recognition and anticipation: the person she longs to see has come near. The verse celebrates the happiness of affection and the particular pleasure of noticing someone dear to us.

    The rabbit behind the curtain offers a gentle visual echo of that moment. There is something endearing about a face appearing at an opening, quietly turning an ordinary view into an encounter.

    We know smaller versions of that joy when a familiar person arrives at the door or looks up to greet us. Affection often becomes visible through these modest acts of attention. May we be willing to pause, notice, and let the people we love know how glad we are to see them.

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  • Someone Rang the Summer

    Someone Rang the Summer

    A familiar sound can become delightful again when we notice someone else listening. Beneath the porch chimes, the rabbit rises on his hind legs with his ears lifted, giving the music in the air his full attention. Surrounded by summer flowers, he makes a passing breeze seem like an occasion.

    “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”
    Psalm 150:6 (KJV)

    The final psalm gathers the sounds of instruments and dancing into a great call to praise. Its last verse widens that invitation to everything that breathes. The ending feels expansive: life itself is a reason to acknowledge the God who gives it.

    The chimes and the listening rabbit offer a playful accompaniment to those words. They draw our attention to a world alive with sound, movement, and small pleasures. For us, noticing these things can become the beginning of gratitude.

    Praise may take the form of a hymn or spoken prayer, but it can also begin with the simple recognition that something is good. The breeze moves, the chimes sound, and we pause long enough to be thankful. May the ordinary sounds around us awaken a little more attention, and may that attention find its way into praise.

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  • The Little Wheel

    The Little Wheel

    There is a restful pleasure in watching something small continue its work. Beside the creek, the gray rabbit studies a wooden wheel turning in the current, surrounded by ferns and mossy stones. Water passes, the wheel answers, and the moment asks only that we notice.

    “He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.”
    Psalm 104:10 (KJV)

    Psalm 104 celebrates God’s care for the created world. In the lines surrounding this verse, the springs provide water for wild animals, and birds make their homes nearby. The water belongs to a larger picture of life sustained through a multitude of connected gifts.

    The little wheel makes one of those connections visible. Its movement depends on a current that was flowing before the rabbit stopped to watch and will continue beyond this brief encounter. The scene can turn our thoughts toward the provisions we usually take for granted.

    Our own days depend on much that happens beyond our immediate attention: the work of others, the growth of food, and the water that reaches our homes. Gratitude deepens when we begin to notice those connections. May this small turning wheel remind us to appreciate what sustains us and to care thoughtfully for what we share.

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  • Cathedral of Color

    Cathedral of Color

    An ordinary patch of sunlight can become an event when we stop long enough to notice it. As a hanging crystal scatters color across the floor and the black rabbit’s fur, his stillness lets the room’s small wonder take center stage. For a moment, light itself seems worth keeping company with.

    “Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:”
    Ecclesiastes 11:7 (KJV)

    Ecclesiastes speaks honestly about life’s uncertainty and brevity. Within that honesty, this verse recognizes the simple pleasure of being alive to see another day. The surrounding passage encourages enjoyment while also remembering that life includes darkness and that our days are limited.

    That awareness can deepen our appreciation of the present. A beautiful moment does not have to solve a problem to matter. Color on a floor, flowers beside a window, or warmth on our hands can offer a pleasure that is small but complete in itself.

    The rabbit sitting in the rainbow gives us a gentle reason to pause. We may have responsibilities waiting, yet there is still room to notice what makes this particular day beautiful. May we receive its light with gratitude while it is here.

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  • The Bellringer

    The Bellringer

    There is something endearing about the instant before a small creature makes a big announcement. Beside the brass bell, the rabbit extends a paw as though the quiet cottage garden is about to hear from him. That poised little gesture carries the playful suspense of a call waiting to be made.

    “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
    Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV)

    These words come to Jeremiah while he is confined and Jerusalem faces devastation. God invites him to call out, then speaks of restoration beyond the destruction surrounding him. The promise enters a situation in which the future looks severely limited by what can presently be seen.

    The bell offers a simple image for the act of calling. Prayer gives us a way to bring our uncertainty before God, including the questions we cannot resolve for ourselves. The passage does not make prayer a mechanism for obtaining whatever outcome we prefer; its hope rests in God’s knowledge and purposes beyond Jeremiah’s immediate circumstances.

    We may begin with very few words and very little certainty. Lord, help us turn toward you with what we do not understand, and remain open to the wisdom and hope we have yet to see.

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  • Up Close and Personal

    Up Close and Personal

    It is hard to remain a distant observer when a rabbit brings his nose quite this close. His white face and brown-and-gray cheeks fill the view, turning a simple approach into an encounter with a wonderfully direct little personality. There is something disarming about curiosity that closes the distance so completely.

    “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”
    James 4:8 (KJV)

    James offers this invitation within a call to humility and repentance. Drawing near to God involves bringing our conduct and motives into the light, including the divided loyalties we would rather leave unexamined. The promise of closeness belongs alongside that call to honesty: we are invited to approach God with a willingness to be changed.

    The rabbit’s eager approach gives us a playful image of coming near. For us, the first movement may be quieter—an honest prayer, an admission we have postponed, or a decision to repair something our actions have damaged. We can begin before we have found perfect words, while taking seriously what that beginning asks of us.

    Closeness grows through the attention we give and the truth we are willing to face. Lord, help us come to you with undivided hearts, ready to receive your mercy and respond to it in the way we live.

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  • One Petal Too Close

    One Petal Too Close

    Curiosity has a particular charm when the whole world still seems new. The little rabbit leans toward a daisy until scarcely a petal separates his nose from the bloom. In a field full of flowers, his attention settles on just one, making the encounter feel wonderfully personal.

    “The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;”
    Song of Solomon 2:12 (KJV)

    This verse belongs to a passage in which the beloved announces that winter has passed and invites his love to come away with him. Flowers and birdsong give the invitation its freshness and joy. The “turtle” here is a turtledove, whose voice joins the other signs of spring.

    The rabbit’s close inspection of a single flower echoes that delight in a world coming into bloom. Familiar beauty can become easy to overlook, especially when we are preoccupied. His little encounter reminds us that attention can make something ordinary feel newly discovered.

    We cannot make every season of life feel like spring, but we can remain open to what is growing within the season we have. May a small beauty catch our attention today, and may we give ourselves time to enjoy it.

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  • A Feast Meant for Giants

    A Feast Meant for Giants

    Some gifts are so generous that the only sensible response is to enjoy them. Beside a strawberry that seems far beyond his proportions, the little white rabbit settles in for one patient bite after another. The size of the feast makes us smile; his uncomplicated delight makes the moment worth lingering over.

    “The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”
    Psalm 126:3 (KJV)

    Psalm 126 remembers a restoration so wonderful that it seemed like a dream. God’s people look back on what he has done with laughter and gratitude, even as the psalm goes on to ask for renewed help. Their gladness has room for both blessings already received and needs that remain.

    That is a useful way to understand gratitude in our own lives. We do not need everything to be settled before we can appreciate what is good. A meal, a welcome, or an unexpected kindness can give us a real reason for gladness in an otherwise difficult season.

    The rabbit’s feast offers a playful reminder to receive such moments with attention. We can acknowledge the size of our troubles while still enjoying the gifts before us. May we recognize what has nourished us today and take a moment to thank God for it.

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  • The Iron Wind Passes

    The Iron Wind Passes

    The difference in scale is what makes this moment so arresting: an immense freight train rushes past a small rabbit crouched in the grass. Against the iron, noise, and wind, his stillness looks especially fragile. The scene gives a vivid shape to the feeling of being close to something far beyond our control.

    “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
    Exodus 14:14 (KJV)

    Moses speaks these words to the Israelites when Pharaoh’s army approaches and the sea lies before them. Their fear is understandable; they cannot see a way forward. The promise concerns God’s deliverance in that particular crisis, and the verses that follow also call the people to move forward when he directs them.

    Read in that context, the passage holds trust and action together. We are not being told to meet every danger by remaining motionless. We are reminded that fear need not have the final authority over how we respond.

    The rushing train offers an image of how overwhelming circumstances can feel. Sometimes we need to quiet our thoughts enough to recognize the next responsible step and accept the help available to us. Lord, steady us when events feel larger than our strength, and guide us in what to do next.

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