Puppy is growing...soon, very soon, I think, she will need a new pot. I am on the lookout for her new bed, and think I will give her some volcanic soil at the same time as a special treat. Treat your pets well, I say.
And speaking of pets...I am really wanting a puppy of the canine variety. We found one that really "spoke to" both of us, but the breeder wanted a whopping $1450 for her. I cannot find it in me to spend anywhere near that kind of money for a dog. There are children starving throughout the world, there are families who are barely surviving, people who cannot afford clean water...etc., etc. I cannot do this thing.
I have no moral or ethical objection to it, this is a personal determination to try to use my relative wealth to help someone else. This is not to be praised, it is an obligation I feel and a choice I make to love someone else in practical ways. It does far more for me than it does for the children I support. For me, it reminds me that I am richly blessed. I am grateful to be able to do this thing and to care for little one's I have never met opens my heart to the plight of various parts of the world. To help these children, not just eat, but to receive an education that should help them become self-sufficient and able to help their families and communities in ways I cannot, is a wonderful thing. The cost is so little, it embarrasses me. It should cost more, I think. It should hurt, cause me to make choices, to deny myself something. Something worthwhile, that is, not a few cups of coffee each month, or a magazine subscription. Ah, my heart, I fear, does not love enough for more profound sacrifice. I wish it did. My sin in this is a lack of love and a love of self that must be turned away from. Lord have mercy!
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