Peggy, I love that story. lol.

Love,
Pat Ferguson

At 11:38 PM 6/3/04, you wrote:
>Okay, guys, here is my guide dog story.  When I was in college, I suddenly
>decided that I really, really, really wanted a guide dog.  I've always been
>an animal lover, and a guide dog sounded sooooo cool.  I used to daydream
>about the day when I'd have a dog of my own.
>
>One day I was reading the book of Isaiah.  I'd already gotten past the
>"good" (in quotes) chapters, and was starting on Isaiah chapter 56.  It was
>boring!  I finally stopped reading and told God so, in no uncertain
>terms.  I said, "I want something that's relevant to me, like whether or
>not to get a guide dog."  I started reading again at verse 10:  "Israel's
>watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge;  they are all mute dogs, they
>cannot bark;  they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.  (11)  They
>are dogs with mighty appetites;  they never have enough."  I stopped
>reading, right in the middle of verse 11, and marveled at the coincidence
>(what coincidende?) that I was reading about dogs when I'd been wondering
>about guide dogs.  Figuring it still might be a coincidence, but figuring I
>might as well use it as a springboard for prayer, I said, "Well, Lord, I
>don't know about the dogs being dumb.  I've heard German shepherds are very
>intelligent."  Then I started reading, right where I'd left off, in the
>middle of Isaiah 56, verse 11:  "They are shepherds who lack
>understanding;  they all turn to their own way, each seeks his own
>gain."  Now I don't think God was giving an opinion on guide dogs in
>general.  But He, knowing I was bored with what I was reading, and knowing
>that a guide dog wouldn't be right for me (despite my great love for
>animals), used the passage I was reading as a humorous way of telling me
>so.  So no one can tell me that God doesn't have a sense of humor.  <lol>
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>Peggy
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