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The Master’s Design

January 29, 2021 By Annette1 12 Comments

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The Five minute Friday word of the week provided by Miss Kate is Design.  Conversations with my 15 year are the impetus for this post.   My goal with my lad it to leave him with questions, not just my answers.  He’s a thinker, so questions are good no?  The end result?   The Master’s Design, a poem.

The Master's Design

The Master’s Design

Do you agree
That mercy killing
of animals
Can be used as a reason
for mercy killing in people?
The question asked.

Yes, but
not for me.
I can see others saying
sure
We’d do it for
our suffering dog,
we should do it for
Suffering grandpa.
The question answered.

Shouldn’t people
be able to make the
decision though
that they want to die?
That today,
Today they have had enough?
The question continued.

It’s hard to answer
if a person should
be able to
make that decision.
That ultimate
rejection of life
given. Despite the pain.

It depends on how
you view people.
If you have a high view
that they are different
definably so
from the animals around.

For animals
Ending pain a mercy.
For people
Enduring pain
Might be a way for
them to see need for God,
or to show God,
to learn their failings
and to become more.
Think you on this?

See lad
God made people
definably different
than the animals.
If you think
we came from animals
Then… kill anyone
you want.
It makes no difference.

But if people are
different than animals
consider this:
could it be
the master’s design?
And if so
is pain a defining
reason to end life?

The Master's Design

Scripture Reveals

Genesis 1:26-27

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:7

7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 

Romans 1:24-25

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Some articles giving more information

  • Man is different than animals. 
  • God loves humans more than animals. 
  • The bible and teaching about animals. 
  • Differences between animals and people. 

Would you be interested in learning more about creation apologetics?  SchoolhouseTeachers.com currently has a sale!  $139/yr or $16/mth covering every subject, every grade, every student.   Even if you just took the apologetics course it would be worth it!  🙂 

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Me and The World

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  1. Anita Ojeda says

    January 29, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    Wow! You tackled a tough question this time! People ARE different from animals (but I don’t like killing animals, either 😉 –not even spiders). There is sanctity in life, and we should guard its sanctity by our words, actions, decisions, and thoughts.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      January 29, 2021 at 6:27 pm

      it’s still a hard question, but a fundamental one to understand as believers. I haven’t convinced him yet! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Loretta says

    January 30, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    What a brave subject to tackle. All the time i have breathe I have hope of a miracle and healing for everyone that needa it. What a great way to get the message across. Loretta visiting from fmf #4

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      January 31, 2021 at 1:16 am

      thank you for visitng Loretta. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Barb Hegreberg says

    January 31, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    Wow, kudos for handling such a tough subject and doing it so well!!!

    Barb – FMF#42 (this week)

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      January 31, 2021 at 7:13 pm

      thank you.

      Reply
  4. Sandra K Stein says

    January 31, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    This is so good, Annette. Love the way you answered a tough question.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Visiting from #35

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      February 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm

      thank you Sandra. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kym says

    February 1, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    Those are hard questions and the questions you asked in return are thought-provoking. Well done. I pray that your lad sees that the answers to all these questions can be found in Christ.

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      February 5, 2021 at 11:59 am

      oh, I hope so to, I have hope! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Lori says

    February 3, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Oh, sweet friend. What a challenge but seems you handled it well. He has to think through these things to come to the conclusion he needs. You cannot make the choices for him so he has to understand his reasoning and thoughts. I continue to pray you through these challenges!

    Reply
    • Annette1 says

      February 5, 2021 at 11:55 am

      thank you. Some questions are tough.

      Reply

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