{"id":1061,"date":"2017-06-15T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2017-06-15T19:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T00:09:50","slug":"1061","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/15\/1061\/","title":{"rendered":"The Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Animal Kingdom there are many species\u2026and sometimes I wonder about their personalities and behaviors and I relate them to humans\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
There\u2019s the sneaky squirrel, alert and cautious as he looks about coming down from the telephone wire onto the oak tree, runs along the branch and out onto a pole, where the bird feeder is stationed with seeds to feed the birds\u2026.He doesn\u2019t care about the birds, what he wants is the food\u2026and he will do all his amazing tricks to get to that food\u2026after all, He is of the Animal Kingdom, Sir Squirrel, of Dudley!<\/span><\/h6>\n
Then there\u2019s the sly fox. He waits until all the humans are out of sight and makes his way into the farm-yard and into the chicken coop\u2026there he steals a chicken no one will miss this one, no one will even know the fox was there. Every fox for himself\u2026 \u201cI am The Fox, mysterious and sly, no one can catch me.\u201d Or so he believes\u2026until there is a \u201cfox hunt.\u201d<\/span><\/h6>\n
Well I can\u2019t forget the peacock, he\u2019s majestic and serene. Prancing around in all his glory as he spreads his tail-feathers wide and says, \u201cLook at me, I am something grand to behold\u2026I\u2019m beautiful, am I not?\u201d Pride and arrogance he wears in a pompous display of color. King of the yard he struts.<\/span><\/h6>\n
Of course there are the peasants of the kingdom\u2026the ducks and geese and chickens\u2026the work horse and the oxen and the mules\u2026 <\/span><\/h6>\n
Oh we can\u2019t ignore the mule. They are stubborn and rebellious\u2026 \u201cYou will not make me move one inch if I choose not too!\u201d says the obstinate mule. \u201cI do all the work around here and who says thank you, no one. So I will pout and sit until I feel like moving. Heehaw\u2026heehaw!\u201d<\/span><\/h6>\n

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You could be a finicky cat, barking dog, pig, monkey or water buffalo\u2026sheep, lion, dolphin, wolf\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
Thousands of animals in the kingdom\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
But my favorite in this kingdom is the eagle\u2026He is the hunter…a loner… King of the skies…<\/span><\/h6>\n

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He soars above the storm; he takes one mate for life. He goes through a deep depression and lives on the floor of\u00a0the valley, for a season or so I’ve been told this may or not be true. (I heard this story many years ago.)\u00a0His fellow eagles, which have also gone through this process, fly over the valley and drop food for him to eat. When the time comes, he has to decide if he wants to live or die. He will have to climb out of the valley, it\u2019s difficult because his claws have grown and curled up making it hard for him to walk, little lone to climb. If he decides he wants to live he must drag himself up the mountain to a rock and beat his beak onto the rock, and scrape his claws, so he can survive. He lets out a cry so powerful he can be heard for miles. Then he dives off the mountain and flies straight up into the sky until he sees the stars\u2026and shouts, \u201c CAW\u2026CAW\u2026Just he and God alone…Thank you God for giving me wings\u2026thank you God for taking me through this trial and thank you God, for I know, I am not alone\u2026I fly with you in the heavens, and I rest with you in my nest,\u00a0you supply for my house-hold, my young ones, and my mate\u2026Thank you God you made me this way\u2026I am free\u2026I am alive\u2026I will soar! I have seen you with my eye and I have heard you speak my name\u2026I am yours and you, God, are mine!<\/span><\/h6>\n
Yes the Animal Kingdom is prolific and magnificent\u2026but more than all the Animals that God designed\u2026It was man who he made in His image. When the light of Jesus comes into a man\/woman\u2019s heart\u2026there is absolutely nothing more beautiful to God\u2019s eyes. He loves you, and me, without measure\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
Which animal personality do you see in you?<\/span><\/h6>\n
God sees you just the way you are\u2026but loves you too much to leave you in darkness\u2026that is why he sent the light\u2026His son, Jesus! It\u2019s time to climb out of the valley of despair and soar\u2026let your cry be heard in the heavens\u2026THANK YOU GOD FOR GIVING ME WINGS\u2026<\/span><\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill June 15, 2017<\/span><\/h6>\n
\u00a0Psalms 103:2-5<\/strong> – <\/em><\/span>Bless the Lord<\/span>, O my soul,
\nAnd forget not all His benefits: <\/span>Who forgives all your iniquities, <\/span>Who heals all your diseases,<\/span> Who redeems your life from destruction, <\/span>Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, <\/span>Who satisfies your mouth with good things, <\/span>So that your youth is renewed like the eagle\u2019s. (NKJV)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
Isaiah 40:31<\/strong> – But those who wait on the Lord\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>Shall renew their strength; <\/span><\/em>They shall mount up with wings like eagles, <\/span><\/em>They shall run and not be weary, <\/span><\/em>They shall walk and not faint. (NKJV)<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n

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