Has your pet talked to you lately?

Do you have a pet (let's say a dog) who are very dear to you? He does everything you told him to do.  He's protective, disciplined; you trained him well, and you treat him as part to the family.

One time, a gathering held in your house, and you want to impress your visitors by showing some tricks that your pet can do.

However, instead of doing his tricks, he just stared at you and did nothing. What will you do?

I guess, the worst you can do because of the embarrassment, burst in anger and beat your pet. Of course, he'll do nothing, and maybe he will just accept everything that you might do because you're his owner, and he loves you.

What about the other side of the story? Your pet's reason why he just stared at you and did nothing.

What if God allowed him to speak and tell you the reason, then you realized and regretted that what you did to him was wrong?

This what happened to Balaam and his donkey. For the complete story, please read Numbers 22:21-39

Balaam was riding on his donkey, when the donkey turned-off the road, crushing Balaam's foot and lay down under Balaam.

So Balaam, beat his donkey three times and if had an opportunity he would kill him.

When the angel of the Lord opened the donkey's mouth and opened Balaam's eyes, he understood and realized that what his donkey did was to save his life.

Sometimes we're like Balaam when it comes to our pet, we can easily be angered and beat them. We turned on them whenever we get disappointed even in little things.

I pray that we would appreciate our pet more than what they now because we didn't know what they're doing is for our own benefit.

Credits to the owner of this pic

I believed that pets are very essential to us because they can provide an array of mental and physical health benefits. 

Dogs particularly can ease loneliness, reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, promote social interaction, encourage exercise and playfulness, and provide unconditional love and affection. Caring for a dog can help children grow up more secure and active or provide valuable companionship for older adults. Perhaps most importantly, though, a dog can add real joy to any human life. (www.helpguide.org)

"The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.  " Proverbs 12:10

Read your Bible and pray everyday and you'll grow, grow, grow

To God Be The Glory

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