So today my team was hanging out at the slums when I heard a heartbreaking, gut wrenching squeal from a pig. That kind of desperate squeal only means one thing - the pig is about to become dinner. I looked over to the neighbor's place to see 4 or 5 men wrestling a very uncooperative pig. It was hard to watch. It was hard to listen to, but covering my ears frantic to avoid being witness to this was no match for the cry of the one whose life was flashing before his eyes. I didn't want to watch, but you know how sometimes something is so terrible that you can't not stare? This was like that. I watched in horror as the men wrestled the pig down and tied it up. Then I noticed one of the men holding a huge knife and I looked away to safe myself from further trauma
As I've been trying to get the squeal and image of a pig in bondage out of my mind I've b. een asking the Lord what I can learn from this.
And the story of the prodigal son came to mind. I thought of the part where the son returns home and the father decides to kill the fatted calf (i figure the slaughter process is somewhat the same). And it hit me how much effort it would've taken to kill it - after all, it took 4-5 guys to wrestle down a small pig today. Now I am being blown by how much the father must have loved his son - that he would send at least 5 servants to wrestle down a calf. And my mind is reeling on how much the Father loves us. I have no more words, because in truth I am still trying to wrap my mind around all of this.
God definitely has a sense of humor - who knew a pig could bring revelation on the Word?
As I've been trying to get the squeal and image of a pig in bondage out of my mind I've b. een asking the Lord what I can learn from this.
And the story of the prodigal son came to mind. I thought of the part where the son returns home and the father decides to kill the fatted calf (i figure the slaughter process is somewhat the same). And it hit me how much effort it would've taken to kill it - after all, it took 4-5 guys to wrestle down a small pig today. Now I am being blown by how much the father must have loved his son - that he would send at least 5 servants to wrestle down a calf. And my mind is reeling on how much the Father loves us. I have no more words, because in truth I am still trying to wrap my mind around all of this.
God definitely has a sense of humor - who knew a pig could bring revelation on the Word?
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