Peggy,

Interesting story.  Thanks for sharing.  God knows just how to speak to each
and every one of us in the way we will understand.  Sometimes getting some
of those Old Testament passages takes persistence.  And you did have a
little humor going there.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:38 PM
Subject: My guide dog story


> 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>
>
> Peggy
>
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