A king can see a cat but a cat can never see a king.
This famous saying refers to the issue of perception: the cat sees a king but not as a king, the king sees the cat as a cat.
Dogs don't see kings either though they have no proverbial saying to say so. I heard a preacher refer to his dog as a ministering angel. He had been in a time of quite deep despair in which nobody he felt understood him. Except his dog. It, he said, looked at him and ministered to him as others couldn't.
Preachers think too hard sometimes. Instead of seeing the proverb in the dog he saw an angel there. The despairer saw the dog but the dog did not see the despairer.
But this is not the good news. The good news is that the One who loves us best sees us the most clearly! God demonstrates his love for us in this, that while we were sinners Christ died for us. He knows me and he loves me.
1 comment:
surprised this wasn't about rain, it is July you know!
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