I received an e-mail entitled “What Pets Write IN THEIR DIARIES..........” It has a photo of a dog with excerpts from what it would write in its diary, and likewise with a cat.
What Pets Write IN THEIR DIARIES..........
Excerpts from a Dog's Diary......
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk Bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
Excerpts from a Cat's Diary......
Are the excerpts from the Cat’s diary really necessary?
I think that for this occasion I’d rather not supply what the cat wrote.
However, the dog supplies an helpful attitude. I have encountered a few cats that display at least a somewhat similar attitude, but very few.
The dog stands as a lesson for life in this old world of sin and corruption. Even in this fallen world God still blesses abundantly. God has not stopped being gracious and loving and generous. Yet I often find myself robbed of the rich and full enjoyment of His goodness on account of my ingratitude. How often I have been less than truly happy, many times even miserable, even though God’s blessings are innumerable. His goodness is too great and wonderful even to be rightly accounted.
I think that for this occasion I’d rather not supply what the cat wrote.
However, the dog supplies an helpful attitude. I have encountered a few cats that display at least a somewhat similar attitude, but very few.
The dog stands as a lesson for life in this old world of sin and corruption. Even in this fallen world God still blesses abundantly. God has not stopped being gracious and loving and generous. Yet I often find myself robbed of the rich and full enjoyment of His goodness on account of my ingratitude. How often I have been less than truly happy, many times even miserable, even though God’s blessings are innumerable. His goodness is too great and wonderful even to be rightly accounted.
Truly there is reason for sadness, too. The continual compromises amongst those claiming to be the Church are especially grievous. Yet, where the saints gather to the pure Word and Sacraments, God’s riches continue to flow without measure. His grace, mercy, and peace are abundantly supplied in His holy Church, wherever it is found. And in this especially I find myself responding like the seemingly silly doggie. In all of the activities of the divine liturgy I find myself saying, “My favorite thing!”
God grant that this carry over into my daily walk by faith.
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