Christians owning pets

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I am not sure of the exact number but lets say in America we donate over $80 million dollars a year to charities for animals.

So, can a Christian justify owning a pet?

Can anyone imagine Paul and Silas in chains in prison
asking a messenger to go find out
if the dog-sitter is doing okay ?

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$80,000,000.00 per year ? Is that ALL !?

Americans spend more than that on the super bowls.
(not "supper" (sadly) - "super" )

In one hour, the pharmakeia makes that much. Go figure where peoples values are.(and evil corporations) .....

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Americans THROW AWAY ENOUGH FOOD EVERY DAY,

to feed the rest of the world.

But that's okay - it's mostly genetically altered, processed , toxic or disease causing food,
that we are giving willy nilly without a care
to our own children!
(and throwing out what's left-over)
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So, What to do ?

Seriously ? All we can do.... .... ....

Seek YHWH'S (GOD'S) WAY of dealing with our own lives,
and living as HE SAYS - DO HIS WORD -

DO what HE says to do.


Everywhere
the people did this,

HE BLESSES with abundant life ! (and along with MUCH PERSECUTION)
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[mmksparbud]

They wondered all over the place, living a nomadic life. They did not have a home. Most did not have wives. They were poor and could barely feed themselves and most were dependent on the charity of fellow believers. They did not need to learn the lessons that animals teach, it was not what they were called to do. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been asking how the dog-sitter was, they would have been asking how the dog was!
Before that, while the sacrificial system was in place, the sacrificial lamb was to be taken home -into the home itself and raised by hand. You have no idea how quickly people bond with a little lamb, esp. if there were children in the home. Then they had to take it to the priest, or to kill it themselves. It was not easy, and not meant to be easy. It truly became a sacrifice.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Did you know that 7th Day Adventists are kosher ?
Like all the believers in TORAH, OT and NT ?

i.e. no one would eat a dog, even if they were starving.

 

[mmksparbud]

No. we are not. We do not require a Rabbi to supervise food production, we do not have to buy food labeled as kosher. We do not require the separation of dairy and meat nr separate refrigerators for them nor do we require no dairy present on the same table as meat. We eat the same kind meat (animals), for those that do eat meat. They are not required to be killed in the kosher manner only. Kosher forbids an animal being stunned before it's throat is cut which some consider as cruel as the animal is allowed to bleed to death and feels the pain while doing so. The food does not need to be blessed by a Rabbi.
No---we are not kosher.

 

[Radrook]

So it all boils down to the principle that if we have the power to do good and don't do it is a sin on our part.

James 4:17King James Version (KJV)
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

John 9:41
"If you were blind," Jesus replied, "you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains."

2 Peter 2:21
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and turned away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

 

[alexier]

I must admit that I see our pets as gifts from God to us...I'm in my forties with no children and my little Pixie is such a God send. She is so lovely and when she's near, I feel such love. Probably a selfish answer but I do think when we met she was mean't for me and I for her. :0)

 

[rhawk]

Probably a selfish answer but I do think when we met she was mean't for me and I for her. :0)

Not a selfish answer at all. We are given a capacity to love and animals given to love unconditionally.

My cat ^Hamlet^ was my soul cat, and I miss him terribly to this day.

Keep loving Pixie.

 

[country woman]

God loves us and animals
I see no harm in having pets ie dogs cats or birds
I have a cat and bird, they are my family,
but wild animals should stay wild ie wolves, cougars

 

[quartzy]

I think that pets are a blessing from God for those who are disabled, those who are lonely and those just in need of some love.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I believe God puts pets in our lifes for our enjoyment and their companionship.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

We are made with a great capacity to love. It can include many people, to many animals. God didn't have to make animals, He made them before He made us and we are to take care of them along with the earth and each other. Humans can become very damaged, emotionally. Animals have an ability to love without judging that can help many people. They are used extensively to help children and adults adjust to life's difficulties both physically and emotionally. Many, sadly, too many, are so damaged that they do not know how to love anything or anyone. My husband was one of those.
He was filled with anger. He was abused, unloved as a child and had no concept of love. He could become physically violent very easily. I was raised with 3 older brothers who taught me to stand up for myself and I would not allow him to brow beat me. I lashed out at him full force and threw him in jail and would not back down meekly. It could be WW3 at times. I got a cat that was going to be out down when it's owner went to a nursing home. My husband made it clear it was my responsibility and he would have nothing to do with it, he had never had a pet of any kind. It spend the 1st 3 days under the bed. I kept it in my room when hubby was home. Cats do not take to being ignored. It jumped on his lap and put his pretty little face right up there nose to nose and purred. "why is it making that noise?"--It's called purring, they do it when they are happy---"he's happy to be on my lap??!!"Yep.--"Really?"---that was it. He got sick and I had to take him to the vet---hubby was darn near hysterical!! Is he going to die??!! He was crying. At the vets, he was so upset the vet asked him to step outside so he and I could talk. Just needed a little antibiotic for a little infection. But hubby was like a totally deranged mother hen. I said, I thought you didn't like cats--I don't, He is not a cat, --What is he?--He's my buddy!"---Thus he was introduced to love. He was only learning boundaries from me--the love he had to get from the cat! It ripped him apart when he died. He needed that also.
He was thrown a puppy while we still had that cat. It was thrown into his pickup. He brought it home. He was still sorting out anger issues and he threw her against the screen door when she peed on the rug---Let's just say I did not take that too well and after he healed he never did it again. The puppy never skipped a beat, turned around and ran up to him and begged to be picked up. "Why isn't it made at me?" Because he loves you----really?---She follows him everywhere. She is nearly 12, their breed only live to around 12. She has problems pooping and we end up having to wipe down her butt after pooping--he does it every day. We missed a couple times and she got the floor messed up---he cleaned it up without a word. He rarely gets angry anymore. He saw that when we yelled at each other the dog and cat would go outside and looked scared. So he learned to control his temper to not upset "the kids." (we have no children)---Yes, God knew what He was doing when He gave us pets.

There was another dog we lost a few mths ago. It had lost its bowel and bladder control and was dying. This man that had thrown that other puppy against the screen door for peeing, was holding this dog in his arms, with tears in his eyes, just petting him and gently saying " You just pee and poop anywhere you need to, don't worry, I'll clean it up." And he cleaned it up every day till he died. That is the power of love, and it is worth whatever it costs.

I teared up when reading these! I was really moved by reading this! It was so beautiful knowing how it changed your husband's life towards a better one after getting those pets! ((Much Hugs))