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Hey everyone,

It’s been a minute since I’ve been heard around,rest assured I visit everyday.

Unfortunately I’ve found myself in a sad and heart straining situation.For those of you who aren’t aware,I raise chickens,and they all are like pets to me,pets that I love dearly,not more than Jesus however.

One of my “favorite” ones,Annie,has contracted something that is affecting her severely.My hypothesis is coccidiosis,a parasitic protozoan thag obstructs the intestines from absorbing food and nutrients and essentially causing chickens to starve.

I’ve been worried to death about her and I’ve been treating her extensively,providing her with the proper medication and encouraging her to eat and drink.Last night I begged and pleaded to The Lord sobbing to please save her life,to ail me Instead of her.

To make matters more difficult I’ve been having an anxiety attack worried that this trial is potential proving my faith isn’t real by some chance.Which is only fueling the fire of my concern as for those of you who know me,a deathly fear of mine is not being a child of God.

Overall this situation is overwhelming me,and I have deeply acknowledged this is all in Gods control and he is the one dictating the circumstances during it,and the breath of life my dear chicken has is his and he can do with it as he pleases.I try to look at it this way,if she remains here,she’ll have a great 10+ year life full of love and peace,and if she dies,her breath of life Goes to an even better place,back to the Father for eternity.

I asked The Lord to please not let her die,and I ask anyone here to pray on her behalf as well,I don’t see her as disposable or a $1 chicken,I see her as priceless
 

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Hey everyone,

It’s been a minute since I’ve been heard around,rest assured I visit everyday.

Unfortunately I’ve found myself in a sad and heart straining situation.For those of you who aren’t aware,I raise chickens,and they all are like pets to me,pets that I love dearly,not more than Jesus however.

One of my “favorite” ones,Annie,has contracted something that is affecting her severely.My hypothesis is coccidiosis,a parasitic protozoan thag obstructs the intestines from absorbing food and nutrients and essentially causing chickens to starve.

I’ve been worried to death about her and I’ve been treating her extensively,providing her with the proper medication and encouraging her to eat and drink.Last night I begged and pleaded to The Lord sobbing to please save her life,to ail me Instead of her.

To make matters more difficult I’ve been having an anxiety attack worried that this trial is potential proving my faith isn’t real by some chance.Which is only fueling the fire of my concern as for those of you who know me,a deathly fear of mine is not being a child of God.

Overall this situation is overwhelming me,and I have deeply acknowledged this is all in Gods control and he is the one dictating the circumstances during it,and the breath of life my dear chicken has is his and he can do with it as he pleases.I try to look at it this way,if she remains here,she’ll have a great 10+ year life full of love and peace,and if she dies,her breath of life Goes to an even better place,back to the Father for eternity.

I asked The Lord to please not let her die,and I ask anyone here to pray on her behalf as well,I don’t see her as disposable or a $1 chicken,I see her as priceless
I pray that your chicken may survive, and that God will help you cope if He has other plans for your chicken. That protozoan sounds bad, so I also pray that doctors could give her an antibiotic or something.
 
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Hey everyone,

It’s been a minute since I’ve been heard around,rest assured I visit everyday.

Unfortunately I’ve found myself in a sad and heart straining situation.For those of you who aren’t aware,I raise chickens,and they all are like pets to me,pets that I love dearly,not more than Jesus however.

One of my “favorite” yones,Annie,has contracted something that is affecting her severely.My hypothesis is coccidiosis,a parasitic protozoan thag obstructs the intestines from absorbing food and nutrients and essentially causing chickens to starve.

I’ve been worried to death about her and I’ve been treating her extensively,providing her with the proper medication and encouraging her to eat and drink.Last night I begged and pleaded to The Lord sobbing to please save her life,to ail me Instead of her.

To make matters more difficult I’ve been having an anxiety attack worried that this trial is potential proving my faith isn’t real by some chance.Which is only fueling the fire of my concern as for those of you who know me,a deathly fear of mine is not being a child of God.

Overall this situation is overwhelming me,and I have deeply acknowledged this is all in Gods control and he is the one dictating the circumstances during it,and the breath of life my dear chicken has is his and he can do with it as he pleases.I try to look at it this way,if she remains here,she’ll have a great 10+ year life full of love and peace,and if she dies,her breath of life Goes to an even better place,back to the Father for eternity.

I asked The Lord to please not let her die,and I ask anyone here to pray on her behalf as well,I don’t see her as disposable or a $1 chicken,I see her as priceless
When I was a kid, I had a pet chicken that I loved. So I can kind of guess how you feel.

I will pray that you will be given insight on how to help the chicken, and that you will be given peace and freed from guilt.

There is a man named Dean Braxton, who was very well medically documented as having been dead for one hour and 45 minutes. He had no heartbeat or respiration in that time.

He has the most comprehensive description of heaven that I have ever seen. One of the things he talks about, is how there are pets in heaven, and he saw some pet chickens that he used to have as a child. And guess what? Pets there talk!
 
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The Lord loves animals too. May He place His healing hands on Annie the chicken.
 
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I just wanted to pop in with a quick word--I once saw someone lay hands on a duck and pray for a healing, and the duck was healed. Continuing to pray for Annie.
 
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I just wanted to pop in with a quick word--I once saw someone lay hands on a duck and pray for a healing, and the duck was healed. Continuing to pray for Annie.
That is so interesting. I have had prayers answered about animals. So that’s another example where we can see that the Lord really loves animals.

When my cat was showing signs of urinary tract infection years ago, which is a commonly fatal disease, I prayed about it. The Lord inaudibly brought me the word iron.

I reality checked and saw online that low iron can be associated with urinary tract infection and cats. So I started giving her some iron and the problem went away.

Here is the answer to a prayer that shows how very sentient animals can be. I used to take my parrot, an African grey, to school with me once or twice a week, where I taught.

Of course the kids loved him. But I had no idea how much that love meant to him.

On occasion, I would notice that when I brought the parrot back home, he was very grumpy and unhappy. So I prayed to know why.

Well, it turns out that the grumpy days were the days when I wasn’t working with children, but was just doing paperwork or maybe setting up my room.

The Lord showed me that it really meant a lot to my parrot to feel the love of the children and he wasn’t getting it on those days.

So on paperwork days, I would pull some kids in from out in the hall and tell them to pat the bird. Then he went home happy.

In the Bible, in English, it says that creatures are worshiping at the throne in heaven. But the original language says not creatures, but zoon. Zoon means beasts.
 
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In the Bible, in English, it says that creatures are worshiping at the throne in heaven. But the original language says not creatures, but zoon. Zoon means beasts.
Oh I just had to look this up, and by golly...

Revelation 5:13-14
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
14The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Footnotes:
a 6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
b 10 Some manuscripts they reign

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Looks like an interesting study to dive into. Researching 'zoon' too. Thanks!
 
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Oh I just had to look this up, and by golly...

Revelation 5:13-14
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
14The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Footnotes:
a 6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
b 10 Some manuscripts they reign

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Looks like an interesting study to dive into. Researching 'zoon' too. Thanks!
☺️Thanks for including that. Also Solomon said that we do not know if human souls, or animal souls go up - that is to Heaven - or down.
 
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