Why Did God Make Dogs?
Why did God make dogs? I don’t think it was accidental,
so why do you suppose hounds are around?
Recently, I watched an elderly woman trying to recover
from a stroke. Her brain was damaged, and her arm was
weak, so her therapist brought, of all things, a dog to help
out. Instead of completing monotonous drills, the elderly
patient threw a bright red Frisbee across the room, and
the dog bounced over, picked it up, and brought it back,
his eyes begging, "Throw it again, please!" And she did,
over and over and over, forgetting that she was actually
working quite hard.
What possessed God to make dogs anyway? Certainly
there are exceptions, and certainly people can breed dogs
to bring out the worst in them, but in general, there is
nothing more selfless, loving or patient than a dog.
Mistreat it and it comes back to you anyway. Ignore it
and it never gives up hope that you will be its friend again.
Make it wait days to go play, and it will still be ready. It
offers you friendship and companionship and in return
asks only for food, water and an occasional scratch
behind the ears. Why would God bother to make such
a creature?
I suppose that if dogs were like people they would
eventually give up on us ... but they never do. A dog’s
love is almost impossible to destroy, because it’s not
a love you earn; it’s simply a love you are given. In
other words, dogs love unconditionally.
Unconditional love; unending patience; faithfulness to
the very end. Do you suppose, just perhaps, that God
made dogs to show us a little something about Himself?
Do you think maybe "man's best friend" is really pointing
us to the One who is truly our very Best Friend?
You could learn a lot about God from a dog.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim
the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge." (Psalm_19:1-2_NIV)
[ by: Mark Phillips (mark10.45@worldnet.att.net) -- from Bill Champion ]
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