The Immortal Lives of Animals – Show #203
By Dr. Kim on Oct 7, 2008 in Animal Book & DVD Reviews, Animal Spirit, Animal-Human Bond
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This time on Animal Talk Naturally, new guest, author/publisher/songwriter and friend, Mary Buddemeyer-Porter, joins us to talk about the eternal question: will I see my pets in heaven? Do animals really live immortal lives just as we do?
The Message: To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
Websites to visit:
www.Creatures.com
www.AnimalsinParadise.com
www.PetLossBooks.com
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And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are, “Act while there is yet time”. ~Franklin P. Adams
Lady with 2 POTS
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. ‘I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.’
The old woman smiled, ‘Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?’
‘That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.’
‘For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.’
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our
Lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
Romans 1:16, Romans 8
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Romans 1:16, NIV
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Christian-focused Audio Program Sets from ATN:
ATN Presents: God’s Animal Kingdom, Vol 1
ATN Presents: God’s Animal Kingdom, Vol 2
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Celebrating the art of natural animal health, the truth of animal nature and the love of the human/animal bond from a Christian faith-based focus. Veterinary naturopaths Dr. Kim Bloomer and Dr. Jeannie Thomason, now in their fourth year of online talk radio. Bloomer & Thomason bring in a wide variety of industry experts to help share the passion Animal Talk Naturally is known for by their audience. Join them bi-weekly for an often passionate, sometimes serious, sometimes funny, and always engaging show! You and your animals can be “ears up” for the podcast at www.animaltalknaturally.com.
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