Sabbath Keeping

 ~ the flock at Thistle Cove Farm ~

 "The righteous care for their animals." 

~ Proverbs 15:5 ~

My apologies: the above verse is found at Proverbs 12:10 NIVand says, in full, "the righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel." 

"God loved the birds and invented trees.  Man loved the birds and invented cages."
  ~ Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien ~

 "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." 
~ Abraham Lincoln ~

"Personally, I would not give a fig for any man's religion 

whose horse, cat and dog do not feel its benefits.  

Life in any form is our perpetual responsibility."

~ S. Parkes Cadman ~

"Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?"  ~ Pierre Troubetzkoy ~

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Immanual Kant ~
"Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel."
~ Proverbs 12:10 ESV ~

"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."  ~ C.S. Lewis ~

"Animals can communicate quite well.  And they do.  

And generally speaking, they are ignored." ~ Alice Walker ~

"A Robin Redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage."
~ William Blake, Auguries of Innocence ~

"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, 

they will be there long before any of us" 

~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~ 

"Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to." ~ Joe Gores ~


"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans" ~ James Herriot ~

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; 

and little by little, 

they become its visible soul." 

~ Jean Cocteau ~

"A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." ~ Anonymous ~

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." ~ Andrew A. Rooney ~

"I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine."

~ Psalm 50:11 ESV ~

I'm breaking with tradition and ceasing "blessings" on Sabbath Keeping. Now, there will be a "Prayer Keeping" section; if you'd like your name, or initial, added to this list, please let me know either by commenting on this post or by a private e-mail. God knows you by name and knows your needs so just your name, added to each Sabbath Keeping post, will let you be remembered in prayer. I still keep my private prayer list but will not post your name, or initial, publicly unless you request.

Prayer Keeping ~  Angela & her Daddy ~ Ryan ~ Roy ~ Tonya ~ Dave ~ me ~

Soli Deo Gloria,
Sandra