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LOLOLO! SO funny, dear Tams (mornin', peace to you, and to you all!). But I'd like to use this very endearing situation to share some truth, if I may? NOT to take ANYTHING away from your lovely account (which had me ROTFL!), but the opportunity is prime, IMHO, so THANK you!
K, Y'all know I think my puppies are brilliant so I am not surprised at all! LOLOL! Many... most... take animal intelligence (or what they think is a lack of it) for granted, attributing much simply to "behavior"... rather than thought processes limited by their particular vessels' (in)ability to carry them out. If your dear pup COULD have done it, he would have gotten his own food (they have to in the wild/on the streets!). He would have told you what he wanted if he could speak.
But they're like children when we domesticate them/force them to live in captivity: almost totally dependent. And so, as with children... AND Christ (yes!)... we have to learn to "LISTEN" to them! Not as their physical mouths speak but in the OTHER ways they "speak" to us. It is kinda our job, as humans, to learn how to LISTEN to others, regardless of whether or NOT their speech is VOCAL.
One if the things associating with the WTBTS does is HANDICAP folks in their HEARING... which involves SO much more than the physical ears. If y'all remember, I once shared how the eyes "speak," too. The WTBTS, golden calf that it is, in demanding and teaching folks look at THEM... ALSO train folks to NOT listen... to almost anything else: other beliefs, other people, children, animals... and most importantly, Christ. By being a golden calf, and such a LARGE one in their members' lives, it also teaches that it the LARGE things in front of our faces and before our eyes that are important and count, not the SMALL things.
But that is NOT the case before JAH. It is Christ's SMALL voice... the "SMALL children"... the "LITTLE dogs"... the things UNSEEN (versus seen)... and the LEAST things that matter most to Him. We can be cognizant of all that our physical eyes and ears see and hear... and yet, NOT hear Christ or see the kingdom.
Point: it's paying attention to the things that are not necessarily before/apparent to our physical eyes and ears, but that which we ALLOW ourselves to DISCERN... with our SPIRITUAL eyes and ears. If our flesh is our main focus... and main tool we use TO hear and see... we stand to miss a LOT.
Just some things to consider during the quest to hear... better.
Again, peace to you ALL... and hug your children and animals (pets or not) often! (Well, okay, it might take awhile if you're, like, a dairy farmer... and may not be a good idea if you, say, run a large cat or primate refuge... so maybe extea snacks in those cases - LOLOL!)
YSSFS of Christ,
Shellamar
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