Friday, October 3, 2008

Puppies Aren't Products

This morning I received an e-mail from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. For those of you who do not know what that is, it is an animal sanctuary in Angel Canyon, a 33,000-acre ranch, located in Kanab, Utah. In the late 1970's, a group of friends got together to form a grass roots campaign to place "unadoptable" animals into loving homes. A few years later they raised enough money to build a sanctuary and chose the Utah mountains to build their shelter. The no-kill shelter houses about 2,000 animals a day and the National Geographic show, Dog Town, is filmed there. To learn more about Best Friends click here: http://www.bestfriends.org/aboutus/

To get back on track, Best Friends sent out an e-mail letting people know that the new Disney movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, came out today. Here is what they said:


"We all know what happens when a new “dog movie” comes out—lots of people decide they must have a dog just like the one in the movie. But what people might not realize is that shelters and groups across the country have plenty of Chihuahuas, for ADOPTION. In fact, Chihuahuas are the 5th most-posted breed of dog for adoption on Petfinder."



The chihuahua that stars in this move was adopted before it was put to sleep. If you would like to adopt a dog, and save an animal just like that chihuahua was saved, adopt and don't buy! For more information visit: http://www.dontbuypuppies.com/

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This blog was inspired after I read Timothy 4:12. The verse reads, “Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” After reading this, I realized that as a Catholic, I was not setting a good example. Yes, I went to Church regularly. Yes, I have always believed in God, that Christ died for my sins and because of His sacrifice and my acceptance of it, I would go to Heaven. However, my day to day life was anything but God-centered. I had become too much attached to this world, forgetting that I should have been focused on Christ. Instead, I had become focused on what the secular world told me what was right, what was “in”. I listened to what music everybody else thought was cool, which was mostly Top 40 and was self-centered, not realizing how blessed I really was. I now want to live for Jesus every day. I realize that I, along with you, are called by God to live as an example of Christ in ALL aspects of our lives — not just in Church or around Christians. We are to be an example of Christ everywhere. What we read, watch, listen to, think, the way we love others are all supposed to lead back to one person: Christ. I hope and pray that this blog gives you, a young Christian, the resources and information you need live a Christ-like example, “in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”

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