Posted by giveawayboy on November 05, 2002 at 02:43:03:
In Reply to: Animal spirits - for Bill posted by Pastor Steven on November 05, 2002 at 02:20:26:
: Dearest Bill,
: In response to your question about animal spirits returning to God, I have written a short essay for you. :-)
Thanks Steve, this is great!
I wanted to comment on this part:
First notice that God takes away ruach, and sends ruach. It doesn’t say he destroys ruach; he takes it. It doesn’t say he creates ruach; he sends it. We will see this terminology in another scripture later, speaking of both “taking back” and “gathering to himself.”
This is also consistent with native American teachings about life coming from and returning to the Creator. I'll have much more to say on this, but even more than this, I'll be able to share this inofrmation w my friend Dale who's chihuahua, Aria Allegra, passed over on the eve of Samhain. He is going through the normal grieving and I think has his head on his shoulders. You can pray for Aria Allegra and for Dale.
Thanks, Bill