Consider God’s Creatures
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Consider God’s Creatures Setter I don’t see Irish Setters much anymore. Perhaps that’s just a matter of chance; I have my doubts. There’s the fact of fashion in choosing one’s dog, if turning from the mutts. I’ve heard they’re not very bright, and take long to house break, and bark a lot. But O that face with long snout, those brown eyes— the love they give with ears hung down. And when they run, really run, with their long bodies stretched out, the red coat rich and shining, the fur off their striding legs— feathered long backward in the wind— nature among its best.
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How to focus on the seemingly small in your history that turns out to be big.
Transcript of Consider God’s Creatures
Consider God’s Creatures Setter I don’t see Irish Settersmuch anymore.Perhaps that’s justa matter of chance;I have my doubts.There’s the factof fashion in choosingone’s dog, if turningfrom the mutts.I’ve heard they’renot very bright,and take longto house break,and bark a lot.But O that facewith long snout,those brown eyes—the love they givewith ears hung down.And when they run,really run, withtheir long bodiesstretched out,the red coatrich and shining,the fur off theirstriding legs—feathered longbackward in the wind—nature among its best.
To Ponder
1. Nature comes to us in many ways—animal, vegetable and mineral.
2. Today I focus on animal, for no reason; it just came to me like most poetry does.
3. I never owned an Irish Setter, but as a boy I lived across the alley from one—saw her first hand, almost daily.
4. I saw and heard from her how much they bark, saw her run in an open field nearby.
5. I saw that regal, graceful beauty, saw, on occasion, those sad drooped ears when I walked away from her gate.
6. Saw as well, her standing tall on her hind legs when I came the other way and reached over the gate to stroke that magnificent crown.
7. You can love any dog, but this is the one that sticks for me.
Discussion Questions 1. How about your animal, does one breed stick? Name any animal, made tangible as one near and dear to you. Do memories abound?
2. On the farm or ranch, at the zoo, in your house, or someone else’s, in a book or film, what creature touched or still touches you in a special way?
3. How would you describe that feeling? Can you put it into words? Is it worth a try?
4. On the other hand, do you have your ornery moments, as I do, when visiting friends and their pets overstep their bounds?
5. Yet these creatures, to be remembered as put on earth by God, what do they therefore mean to us?
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