We have a 17-month-old lab mix named Lucy. She’s a beautiful dog. She’s fast and energetic. Think Marley, but smaller and female. As much as I love her, sometimes I “dread” going out back to pet and play with her. I don’t always want to get dirty, slobbered on, and scratched (she does the latter unintentionally). Obviously, her desire is always directly opposite of this attitude. She comes running with enthusiasm. She wants to play. She wants her belly rubbed. She wants my hands. She’s learned that my love comes from my hands.
“Dear God, help me to be more like Lucy. Help me to always be excited knowing you are present (Ps. 139). Help me to remember you love me despite my sin, which dirties my soul and scratches your heart (Rom. 5:8). Help me to long for your (nail-scarred) hands (Ps. 22:16). That’s where your love is.”
Well done (and I feel a tiny bit guilty after reading this.
http://thechristianlifetoday.blogspot.com/
Go to April 18, 2006 and you will see what I wrote about my dog three years ago.
Joey, great article, feel bad about offering to kill her. John Brown, also great article. Lewis Grizzard wrote an excellent piece about his dog, Catfish years ago and I looked it up:
http://www.lewisgrizzard.com/columns/archive/MemoriesOfCatfish.html
Also, the late great Jimmy Stewart wrote a poem about his dog Beau that he read on Johnny Carson’s Tonight show. Its on YouTube under Jimmy Stewart’s poem Beau.
It is a real tear jerker.
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