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Gratitude
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There is an old saying about biting the hand
that feeds us, and while this is not literally true in our case, we do
have two new dogs at our house who have not yet accepted us. Our dog
died recently and these two dogs were owned by an elderly lady who
passed away, and so we were asked to give them a new home. Hosea speaking of Israel says, ”I called... but the more I called, the further they went from me.” ”I had bent down to feed them.” (Hosea 1 1 NEB.). These two dogs refuse to come when we call, yet they eat the food we give them. We have prepared a warm bed which they accept as their own, yet they have little to do with us. Our new dogs have accepted their surroundings as belonging to them, yet they do not acknowledge the ones who have provided them their new home. Our two dogs are so very much like us. God has provided us with all we have, yet how many people eat their food without ever giving a thought to the fact that all we have has come from Him. How many crawl beneath the warm covers at night and never acknowledge that God provides sleep to refresh the soul. Day and night, warm and cold, the rain and the sunshine are all provided by a loving Father who knows that we have need of all these things. |
People are so much like our dogs. They
accept the things given them and even feel possessive of the very things
provided by others without even a ”thank you!” Of course, in the case of
our dogs, this is understandable since they are ”dumb animals” and
cannot be expected to know the circumstances that caused them to belong
to us. In our case, God gave us minds with which we can reason and we
should know that we were made in His image and our sole purpose in life
is to glorify His Name. So many continue to act as if they are the
master of their own destiny and ignore the One who created them. |
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