I watched a program that had to do with dogs and the way they think. There was one fundamental flaw in the way the program considered the way dogs think. They thought dogs think the way we do with a concept of the past, present, and future. I know that dogs have a memory, but I also know that most animals live in the present. They have an ability to not let the past or the future change them the way that humans do. I really think that if we could think more like animals do and keep our minds in the present, we would be much happier well-adjusted people. I know that I struggle to live in the moment as much as I can and at the same time for an animal living in the moment comes naturally.
It’s a sin of pride that anyone assumes that animals think the same way humans do. It is also a sin of pride that anyone ever assumes that God thinks the same way humans do. Although we were created in His image, He is all knowing, all powerful, and transcends time and space. His knowledge of existence goes far beyond anything that a human being is capable of understanding. That’s why faith is important. I can’t understand everything about God. He is beyond my small human mind, but I can surrender myself to Him. I can say that even if everything doesn’t make sense and I don’t understand it, I am willing to follow because of a feeling I have deep inside. That feeling isn’t from a series of chemical reactions in my brain. It comes from something greater than what’s inside my body and it connects me to everything in the universe and beyond. I’ve felt it all my life. I sometimes think it’s possible I felt it before I was born and that I just don’t remember. I have faith it will be with me eternally even if I am not aware. My spirit will always be part of this existence and part of God’s plan somehow. I don’t know how, but I have faith in His plan.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
