Dogs and God
In the last couple of weeks we've closed on a house and begun the moving process. Process is the key word. We have experienced a family "bug," complete with fever, coughing etc. We had our mothers visit. We juggled multiple kid's activities. Kendra and I attended a conference, out of town. Somewhere in there we hosted a major ministry event and helped start a new class.
Most nights I go out and visit with our dog who is a chocolate lab named Mocha. It kind of grounds me when I think of how a dog may "see" their humans. Regardless of all that has gone on and the implications, they run up, tail wagging and seem to long for your company. They have that quality that doesn't know pretense or accomplishment. What you see is what you get.
Not to be dyslexic or simplistic, God is sort of like that except it is His character. While a dog doesn't know any other way to be, God is purposefully, love. He sees us differently and knows our heart. Nothing we could do could stop His eagerness to be with us. When we spend personal time together, there is no attention given to earthly status or power. He simply loves through Jesus with a complex, sacrificial love that calls to our soul. There in those daily things my sometimes selfish reactions make me wish I had been more mind-full of God. Then, I stop and know God is bigger and His plans dwarf my week. Wow, God of the stars is so personal that all I can say or think is a worshipful wondering, "why? how? Thank you."
May 12th, 2006 at 5:27 am
When I start to realize how much He loves me, He usually shows me how much He loves the lost around me. He shows me how much it hurts Him to be denied, ignored, ill-used. May I always point those around me to Christ… to that undying, unconditional, perfect love.
May 15th, 2006 at 7:16 am
That is so true. As I was writing this I was thinking about how big God is and how to try to communicate that with words. That is hard…