A Thought for the Day – 044
What is better is it better to beat up someone for doing you or someone
else wrong? The natural reaction is yes, let me at them! Consider this… the one
you are beating on may be a fool and you will have wasted your time. You might
be better off to instruct the fool and make him or her understand; this would
be the better reproof and you may gain a friend. Proverbs 17:10
Comments and challenges
Our
dog Sally is a Greyhound, even though her hair is black! In all of my years I thought
that these dogs look like a very large rodent and dumb. We have had Sally for
nearly five years and she is anything but dumb, she is no doubt one of the
smartest hound dogs I have ever met, so I will take a moment or two to brag on
her; since she is not capable of bragging on herself; although if she could
talk she might very well do that.
We
have another dog whose is a male and his name is Hunter, he is a Corgi, he is
overweight and slower than frozen molasses. He normally wanders no more than
five to ten feet from the steps, but Sally on the other hand goes right to the
edge of the backyard which is about 100 feet away. For her age she would be
about fifty years old in human age and she is still lighting fast running and
when I call them in the first one up the stairs is Sally. By the time Hunter
gets his legs going Sally is half way to the finish line.
Now
the above does not make her smart, but what does is the process she goes
through to get to go out. If I am standing she sticks her nose in the cup of
one of my hands and pushes it toward the door and if I am sitting she sticks
her nose in my armpit and seeks to push me out of the chair. If ignore all of
this she goes to Hunter and they both sort of prance around and make noise. And
if I ignore this, Sally will run to Louise and tell on me.
Did
you know that the only breed of dog found in the Bible is a Greyhound? Notice if
you will that Agur the son of Jakeh explains in Proverbs 30:29-31 that there
are three that are majestic in step and that the fourth has potential. In an
animal it is part of their instinct as even the lion who is the mighty one and who
will not retreat from an attack.
The pace
of the Greyhound, the charge of the male goat, the lion who is strong and the
king whose troops support him, these are important attributes found in God’s
creation. I have seen Sally in combat too, she does not back down and I would
like to think that she is as fierce as the lion (I hope I never find out of
course), but now what about the king, he is the only one who is capable (intelligent)
enough to compromise his place of leadership.
What
about the troops who are considered by that king as second rate, what about the
inventory of growing children that are insufficient to fill in the ranks
because of abortion and because we educate our young families to produce less than
two children per family? What about a national heritage that is caving like the
borders of the country? What about a nation that promotes sexual lifestyles
that are an ABOMINATION to God who created the MAJESTIC PACE.
The
king has had training in majesty, the king has had troops, the king has had
leadership, the king has had a great nation and the king has spent all of this in
selfish tyranny, therefore when he struts, he struts alone since he has wasted
all the resources of a great nation. THIS MUST BE ANOTHER ONE OF MY PIPE DREAMS,
(although I don’t smoke the pipe) I don’t know of any nation suffering like
this; DO YOU? I think I will go back to my DOGS and enjoy their attics!
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