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Rocks don't have awareness

What a beautiful post, hosepipe! The sentence above reminds me that Jesus said as He entered Jerusalem that the rocks would cry out if those who were His disciples refused to praise! So let's keep praising Him!

And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’”
So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”
And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.
Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, saying:

“‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Luke 19:29-40

The witness of John who baptised comes to mind as well, for he said to the "upstanding citizens" of his day,

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!"
Luke 3:7-8

Jesus is a Rock in a weary land! My Fortress and my Rock, in Him I trust! By Him were all things made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made! He is the Power holding all in place and everything that is is made to bring Him honor and praise! Let the earth rejoice and the mountains skip like rams! Let the trees clap their hands and the people who know their King dance for joy!

[ Jesus is a Rock in a weary land! My Fortress and my Rock, in Him I trust! ]

Indeed he(Jesus) rode his Donkey into town and the metaphor "the rocks might cry out" was a beautiful mental image.. No different than us riding our Donkeys into town... in the Donkey Rodeo we are a part of... For within our spirits/Spirit (according to the New Testament) is the same rider.. That must be "observed" and respected.. "BY US"... Surely, observation is a very important "gift"... The gift of observation..

To all "observers" in eyeball range of this post I grant "observer" status.. See and believe.. Believe not because your Donkey can see "things" but believe because the rider of the Donkey is aware.. Oh! and take care of that DonK.. its such pitiful beast.. and has no idea of what its doing.. Ride that Donkey with dignity and purpose.. The test of humans is not a test of the DonK its a spiritual test.. a test of the rider of the Donkey.. The DonK is just transportation.. So to all Donkey wranglers today I grant the "gift" of "observation".. keep yer eyes open.. Who knows what you might "observe"...