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gmik:
Maybe Sandy does pray for people first.  From all the posts I have read of Sandy I would say she has a heart big enough to pray for those the Lord lays on her heart and for her cats that are very important to her. Ecc. does say that we are beasts too.

Isabell reading your posts you have always shown kindness and sympathy and an amazing amount of wisdom. There is room for all kinds of prayer.

I think most of my prayers are fairly selfish by nature. I am sort of confused since everything that happens is by God's will anyway so I don't pray the way I used to (before BT).

It is like praying for world peace, or someone in your family to get "saved", or for a new job, or moving to a new place.  God's will be done.

Isabell please don't take offense.  I still remember you in prayer to get back to Alaska.  And I always look forward to your posts.

hillsbororiver:
At first I wasn't going to respond to this but the fact that pets are not human beings does not mean they have no value, these creatures can teach us about loyalty, humility, faithfulness & love if we are patiently observing.

Yes, some cultures eat dogs and cats, some eat their dead's (human beings) brains or other organs and others believe in canibalism, does that ultimately reduce the value of a human being in our eyes?

Yes, some pets do have it better in the Western world than some people have it in other parts, but that is more a damnation of their corrupt leaders who pocket and squander aid money or do not distribute donated foodstuffs, prefering to let it rot on the docks than coordinate distribution.

There will always be poor (in this age) and there will always be corruption, it is a fact that pets can be a tonic to a troubled spirit and provide companionship to the lonely or even eyes to the blind and protection for the weak, they are a gift from God and should be valued and treated with compassion.

Joe

Sorin:
Joe,

I wasn't saying she shouldn't pray for her pets. I was just asking if that would be the same as praying for a chicken, but I guess pets have more value than
chickens. They can provide companionship to the lonely and so forth. My parents have a pet, and like I said I am rather fond of her, so maybe comparing a pet to a chicken wasn't a good idea. I didn't mean to offend anyone by that. My apologies.

Sorin

chrissiela:
When I was about thirteen years old and our family took a three week vacation to Alaska.... driving from Louisiana to Prince Rupert BC to catch a ferry to Juneau and then from there to Hanes... I PRAYED THE ENTIRE TRIP that the brand new puppy that I had just gotten before leaving wouldn't get out of the yard (as it was small enough to possibly squeeze through the wooden posts) and be gone (or worse) by the time we got home.

Nothing wrong with praying for your pets. And I wouldn't just assume that someone who would pray for their pet would do so at the EXCLUSION of praying for other things and people. In fact, I would assume the very opposite.

And if someone had a pet chicken (as some do) they might very well pray for that too.  :wink:

God bless you, Sandy (and your cats!)  :D

Chrissie

Daniel:
God can show us things through the natural which invoke sympathy or anger which speaks much more of ourselves then anything, for as Paul says, "Is it the oxen that God cares about"? No, it is said for us (as is this picture said to David). But it does show God understands us.

2Sam 12:1-4 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds:

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

David was enraged

This was "of David" and a wrong He committed. I believe the picture does bring up in us some natural affections and that of our own feelings through it (as God knows these). Theres nothing wrong with the caring for the needs of an animal.

Jesus used examples of the same to put a little heart back into the overly religious who passed over mercy.

Mathew 12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

Theres a few. Truthfully I don't really pray for my pets, but I know when my dog was thrown into a seizure, and it scared the crap out of me :shock:  and the first words out of my mouth (like it or not) was GOD HELP HER!

So I would be a hypocrit to tell you I never did personally. So I might look unspiritual, even ridiculous perhaps but the truth is I know "I do" in "such times". Heck, no one else to call on but Him stranded in the middle of such a time not knowing what to do.

Though I must admit they are not on "my daily prayer list" :lol: But who can blame you Sandy? Not me, nor do I judge you or condemn you for doing it. Sounds like you have a big heart and a merciful one.

Peace

Daniel

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