On a ranch or farm, where a person deals on a daily basis with animals, and their life and death, at some point there must be thought given to “what” the nature of life in animals is. Though I’m sure many will think otherwise, I feel that we humans are the only form of life given “awareness of self” by our Creator. All life is a reflection of the energy of God, but I feel only people have the awareness of pain and pleasure, of good and bad, and thereby the ability to learn, grow, and change, to become more like God, to grow toward and in his image.
How did this bit of insight give me hope? By seeing in nature the harmony and flow of both life and death, the naturalness of what we perceive as “problems”, and the beauty of our God-given ability to learn from our problems, and change. How very hopeful!
How did this bit of insight give me hope? By seeing in nature the harmony and flow of both life and death, the naturalness of what we perceive as “problems”, and the beauty of our God-given ability to learn from our problems, and change. How very hopeful!
