Monday, February 24, 2014

Nothing to Do With My Book - Everything to Do With God…



Before I share this story, it is important that I first say something so that no portion of this blog will be misinterpreted. Unlike many far-eastern doctrines, I do not believe in reincarnation and I do not subscribe to the possibility that I may come back as anything other than who I am right now. That said, people have often told me that if they ever had a chance to “come back as anything,” they would want to come back as my dog. I’ve always taken that as a compliment; a recognition that I treat my dog very well. However, it does make you think when you hear it more than once; it does make you re-evaluate your relationship with your dog. Is it wrong to let my dog get on the couch and sleep in my bed? Is it wrong to take my dog with me everywhere I go and to pick him up and carry him when his feet are cold? I don’t think so. I am my dog’s steward and I want to be a good steward.

What man in Christ’s image would not set his newspaper down and take notice when his dog drops his old broken and chewed-up pull toy at his feet, nudges him, pulls at his pant leg, and finally stares at him and begins to cry? So it is with God when we lay our burdens down at His feet and pray to Him with all our heart. Did not you love your dog before your dog loved you and did not God love you before you loved Him? Do you not provide all subsistence and every need for your dog and does not God do the same for you? If you want your dog to love you more than they do today, you must first love them more. Does not your dog live to be petted or to hear the words, “good boy” and don’t we live to be acknowledged of our Father or to hear the words, “well done good and faithful servant?” Is it a stretch to say that our dogs are in our image when we dress them in cloths, call them our babies, and treat them like members of our family? I don’t think so. What dog lover who truly loves their dog would not jump into a frozen river or in front of a moving car to save their dog? For that matter, what God would jump in front of the cross to save our eternal life? I can only think of one, Christ Jesus.

Is it a coincidence that dog is God spelled backwards, that we look down and see our dog, or that we look up and see our God? I don’t think so. In many ways, we are to our dogs as God is to us and our dogs are to us as we are to God. Our relationship with our dog has much to teach us about God’s relationship with us. He longs to speak with us and we have to learn to be still and listen. Click Here to listen to Wendy J Francisco's 'GoD And DoG' on YouTube


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