"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding."
Proverbs 12:10-11
A couple of cool tidbits of wisdom here. First, that we should care about animals... they matter; their lives aren't just to be thrown away. And perhaps on a deeper level, good people are kind all the way through, even to animals, and bad people can find a way to be cruel even when offering mercy... let's work on being kind all the way through rather than justifying any sort of cruelty.
Second, we should be planning for the future, taking the time to invest labor in the present that will pay off later rather than just living in the moment and avoiding thought of what will come... so basically, think about the consequences of our choices, and what will come of them down the line.
Today, let's take this simple advice from God to heart, and work on being kind and on wisely choosing the consequences that we prefer in the long term, rather than blowing off the fact that our actions can have a big impact on our own and others' lives.
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