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Thursday, May 14, 2009

companions for man







In the last blog, I wrote about how God viewed pets. And used a passage in the bible that illustrated this. How is it we humans have a love for animals ? If you observe babies and young children, they always reach out to animals. What fear they show in childhood is always taught to them by adults..who had negative experiences and who pass it on to their children. So here again, I will pick passages from the bible - in fact in the very first book of the bible - the creation verses. Yes, right from the start ! Lets look at:- 1. Genesis 1:26 ' Then God said,"Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 2. Genesis 2:18 '

Then God said" It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him". v19 and out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.'
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  1. YKMay 26, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    That was good observation! We nornally pass over this verse without stopping to think much about it!

    Here's a quote by the greatest Reformer that ever lived:

    "The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest." - Martin Luther

    (Source: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/695)

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  2. YKJune 30, 2009 at 1:32 AM

    Here's something else I came across in my reading recently...

    A Scottish minister of a previous generation recounted a dream to his congregation. He dreamed he had died and came to the Pearly Gates. To his dismay, he was denied entrance until he presented his credentials. Proudly the pastor articulated the number of sermons preached and the prominent pulpits occupied. But Saint Peter said no one had heard them in heaven. The discouraged servant enumerated his community involvement. He was told they were not recorded. Sorrowfully, the pastor turned to leave, when Peter said, "Stay a moment, and tell me, are you the man who fed the sparrows?"
    "Yes," the Scotsman replied, "but what does that have to do with it?"
    "Come in," said Saint Peter, "the Master of the sparrows wants to thank you."

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