Ferret
Ferrets are cute. They make all kinds of noises: whimpering, whining, screeching, screaming, barking, snoring. Perhaps Adam heard one sound like he was groaning and named him that. The whole earth groaned until Jesus came for us. [1] Or maybe he saw the ferret as an innocent child always wanting attention and named it ‘innocent yearning’.
Innocence is not a bad thing. It’s where we begin to learn. But if we never learn and are always ignorant, then it is a bad thing. God wants us to continue to learn about him. People will tell you that God is so great that there is a lot we could know, but if you ask them, they can’t tell you very much. Perhaps the ferret represents them.
You could start a list of things you know about God, and add to it as you learn new things. All the books in the world could not contain all that there is to know about God. It would be a good list to help you remember God.
- ferret anaqah אנקה - groaning , ‘yearning א()ה of innocence נק’
