We CAN Learn!

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

Colossians 3:14 

 

The photo above is of my dog, Woody Bear, who is lounging on me and being a comfort.  Why do I bring that up?  Because I want to make a point.  But first, a couple of nuggets of information.

 

In Genesis 2:19-20 we read: "So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man, Adam, to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him."

 

Adam gave names to all the animals.  And God brought all the animals to Adam because, at that time, Adam had no helper.  So Adam's companions were the animals.  Guess what? Many of us have animals as companions as well.  Did you realize that, while we can teach our companions, they can teach us?  

 

Consider this:  Woody Bear teaches me about unconditional love.  He loves my Bride and I without condition.  He also doesn't hold grudges.  When he does something wrong, he is quick to let us know he is sorry. If we correct him, he is quick to learn. He listens to me pour out my heart and only gets "mouthy" once in a great while.  He is VERY patient with us, especially if I get distracted and forget to let him back inside (he makes the best of his situation and just waits).

 

We can learn much from our companions.  I definitely believe God gave us our companions for comfort and so we can learn from them.   

God Uses Pets?

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 

I had to take my dog, Woody Bear, to the vet the other day because I found a lump under his skin.  Did you know that God uses our pets to make His point sometimes?  How do I know this? Well, Woody Bear does not like going to the vet and he shakes so badly that the car vibrates.  I pet him and talk to him and try to explain that it's for his own good that we have to go to the vet.  He probably doesn't understand what I'm trying to explain to him, but he trusts me to get him there and be there when it's time for him to come home.

Now....I look at my own life.  I don't always have any idea what God has planned for me, and if God tried to explain it to me, I would still be nervous...just like Woody Bear!  However, I trust that God will never leave me or turn His back on me because He has never let me down before and is not about to start now.  So I trust Him even, and especially when, I don't understand what's going on or why it's going on.

God uses whatever He must to reach us and teach us...even pets!