BBD 02.20.14 Even a Dog (Classic)
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02.20.14
Even a Dog
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of
the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of
God He created him; male and female He created them. - Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but
is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance. - 2 Peter 3:9 NKJV.
It is a story that is receiving worldwide notice, a story
about a dog saving a baby in Kenya. The baby was abandoned in a plastic bag.
The dog found the baby and dragged it across a busy road, through a barbwire
fence, and into a shed where the stray dog had its home. Children heard the
baby crying and found the baby next to the stray dog along with the dog’s own
puppy. The baby is being treated for exposure and for an umbilical cord
infection. The stray dog is also being cared for; however, her puppy has died.
Even a dog recognized the value of human life, a life
that some human being abandoned to die alone. It happens more frequently in
some countries than others because of poverty, but the abandonment of babies is
a worldwide tragedy. Even here in the state I live in there is at least one
case and sometimes more of a baby being abandoned every year. New laws to allow
mothers to leave their newborn babies at hospitals without prosecution for
abandonment is a step forward.
It is hard for me to understand how anyone could ever
leave a baby to die, whether in an African forest or an American dumpster.
Perhaps it is a lack of understanding about the value of life itself? Or, more
likely the unbelief in God? To believe in God is to believe in the value of
life, the sanctity of life.
God created human beings differently than other animals.
We can become very attached to and love our pets very much, but the value of
human life is on a higher level than that of animals and other creatures.
However, God does value all life, and you can see this in various passages of
the Bible. One of my favorite is in the book of Jonah where God says, “And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than
one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right
hand and their left--and much LIVESTOCK (Jonah 4:11)?" Human beings are different from other creatures because
we were created in the image of God.
The subject of the value of human life should not be
discussed without also discussing the value of a human soul. Not only is every
human life of great value and importance to God but their eternal soul and
destination is also of vital importance to God. God was very much concerned
about all those people in Nineveh even though they were evil people. Make no
mistake; God is concerned about every human being, regardless. It is His will
that ALL should come to repentance and it is not God’s will that ANY should
perish eternally.
Most of us would never abandon a baby, but are we like
Jonah more than willing to abandon others whom we may not feel are worthy of
God’s grace?
Copyright © 2005-2014. Ed Wrather.
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