Fish and Peretti

A couple of months ago my sister, Hayley, started begging our parents to get her a beta fish. So, being the spoiled brat that she is, of course they gave in and got her one. She selected a nice blue one and named him Fred a.k.a. Fred da Beta, Freddie the Freeloader or Sushi(courtesy of my dad). A couple of weeks ago, Hayley weedled my dad into getting her another one along w/ a tank for two fish that comes w/ a sheet of plastic that slides in to separate the tank into two sections. This time she chose a red fish and dad picked out the name Francis. But this fish was dumb. It took him about two days to figure out that the little pellets we were putting in the water were food. Plus he was vicious, because he would swim up to the divider where Freddie was and do his little defense mechanism thing where he would flare out the skin below his mouth. Anyways, a couple of days ago, I decided to try a different tactic of feeding them. I would get their food wet and then let it stick to the plastic about half an inch above the water forcing them to jump up for it. As I watched them attempt to get the food, it became apparant to me that even fish can accurately represent the male species. Freddie would first flare at Francis, then jump for the food and if he didn't get it, he would go back and flare at Francis again almost like he was challenging him. Francis would take up the challenge by flaring back, jump up to get his own food and then flare at Freddie again. Whichever one was able to get theirs first would seem to parade around like they were boasting to the other. Anyways, I just thought that it was interesting.

So, I had decided to read several Frank Peretti books this summer. Of course, getting a job cut into my reading time a bit, so I didn't finish them all like I had planned. I used to read his Cooper Kids adventure series, which were awesome, so I figured that his books meant for an older audience would be good too. During camp meeting, I bought The Visitation at a fairly decent price, so I read that one first. I can't say that I was overly thrilled w/ it. There was a lot about speaking tongues in it, so I thought that to be a little weird. Then I read The Oath, which I definitely didn't particularly care for since it started to become obvious what Peretti's views on divorce and remarriage were. But, finally, I read the two that he became famous for, This Present Darkness and Piercing The Darkness. And I thoroughly enjoyed them both, because they give you a whole new perspective on angels and demons. I kind of like the idea of angels getting together for meetings and being assigned to different people to guard and protect. Then I read his two newer ones, Monster and House. Monster was weird and out there w/ the whole idea of sasquatches kidnapping and befriending humans. House was really more of a publicity stunt, I think, to promote Peretti and Ted Dekker, who he co-wrote the book w/. It was kind of weird and I didn't like it very much. Now, I'm in the middle of Peretti's Prophet and so far, I actually like it. So, all in all, I'm somewhat disappointed w/ my Peretti reading experience, since I only really like 3 out of the 7 books I've read of his. Maybe he should just stick to writing books that deal w/ spiritual warfare.

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