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8  The LORD is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9  He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

10  He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11  For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

12  as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

13  As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

14  For he knows our frame;

he remembers that we are dust.

Psalms 103:  8-14

6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers,  Dueteronomy 7:6-8 (ESV)

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

1 Johns 2:15-17

 21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Job 1: 21-22  (ESV)

11  I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.  Psalms 119:11 (ESV)

15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.  Mark 16:15-16 (ESV)

I know this question will drive many people crazy but the first part of this passage talks about proclaiming the gospel to the "WHOLE CREATION" when was the last time we preached to the cat or dog or birds in our yards?  Or is there something a bit deeper to that proclamation?

I'm thinking about (just my first thoughts, nothing more or less) that we proclaim the gospel through how we live as much as with our words and thus it is important to live every moment in faith/trust of the Living God, not just for the animals in the yard and the people we meet but for the celestrial beings we don't see as well.


Any thoughts?