I know that we are His children and He loves us as such. But
my statement is less about this and more about our response to God.
My son said something profound the other day. He said; “To
us a dog is just a part of our world, but to a dog we are his entire world.” I
think that is very true in both dogs and the children of God. I love and lavish
attention on my dog continuously, he is totally awesome. How can you not want
to show attention to something that responds back to you with love like a dog?
I wish I could physically experience that with God right now… although, I am
pretty sure that is a part of our relationship that we will get to experience
in heaven… but I want it now!
But what I want to be to God; is more about the example of
how my dog loves me.
There is nothing I can do that will turn my dog away from
me… his entire persona lights up and changes when I come home or when I take an
interest in him. He is blindly loyal and obedient and with out question would
lay his life down for me with out a thought to it. He never wants to leave my
side, EVER and will follow me anywhere I go. He is the best example I can think
of that shows both the ignorance of his disobedience and the uncompromising
love he gives me.
The thought also comes to mind of how we treat dogs that do
not display those qualities. Who in fact are independent, disobedient sometimes
even dangerous or give an uncertainty as to its love and loyalty. Those dogs
are often put down because of their aggressive or uncertain behavior. And many
of those that are disobedient are killed because they did not listen and ate
something bad, ran out into traffic or just disappeared.
Yes in many ways I want to be Gods dog… just like my dog is
mine. My dog really has no clue as to my ultimate plans or goals but is along
for the ride and enjoys it completely no matter the destination or circumstance
of the journey… the only thing he wants is to be together.
I think that is exactly the feeling God desires from us!
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