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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi my name is Mark and I'm the Vicar of St Oswald's and St Chad's, part of the Church of England in Middlesbrough
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So I've got a black Labrador retriever. Like most dogs, she's simultaneously the smartest dog in the world and also the dumbest animal you ever met
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Her retrieving is great, but despite my best efforts at training, her releasing what she's retrieved is pretty poor
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One trick I've learned to get her to let go is to offer her something more attractive than what she's got
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So she'll leave behind her ball the minute she knows food is on offer. I wonder if people are actually that different
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Some of Jesus' first disciples were fishermen. When Jesus called them to follow him, it says they laid down their nets and their boats
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ditched their career and followed after Jesus. What possessed them to give up their livelihood like that
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To be honest, I think ears a bit like my dog. these followers found in Jesus something that made what they previously had
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look like nothing in comparison what was a secure job compared to the security of being with Jesus
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personally I found the same thing true life is full of rich things
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but compared to Jesus are they really anything
