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When we brought Luna home, we were not prepared for a puppy. I mean, we had the toys, the leash, etc., but we were not prepared for the energy and craziness. As she began to realize that there were things she could do, she also realized she had boundaries as well. We taught them. Starburst taught her as well. When we came home after saying goodbye to Starburst, there was a couple of day of confusion for Luna.

Last night we put together a memory box of pictures, her paw print and collar. Luna came running over to smell her collar. She sat down expectantly. Where was the one who scent she had missed for so long?

Luna is a different dog from the one we brought home. She sits when she is told. She is learning to roll over. Wait at the door. Sit before she eats. NO accidents in the house. She is balm as I come home. She is so excited when people come over or come home.

Paul, in Romans 6, is discussing the new life in Christ and I can’t help but think on this as I watch Luna. Her little personality has been honed by training and love. My life is changing because of discipline and the love of Christ. We don’t want a dog that doesn’t listen or behave. I don’t want to think on or continue to sit in old behaviors and feelings.

Romans 6:12-14 NASB

”Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.“
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.12-14.NASB1995

I make choices all day long. So do you. Am I going to dwell on worries, blame and shame? Will I continue to allow the deeds of the flesh to reign over me? I say no. I say it is a battle that has already been won.

I’m memorizing Matthew 6 and in this from Sermon on the Mount, Jesus talks to his audience about worry.

Matthew 6:25-27 NASB

”“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?“
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.25-27.NASB1995

This mortal body will be held by my Heavenly Father. My worries and concerns are already known by Him.. I do not want my body to be carried by sin, but rest in the truth. This is an active participation on my part. It is, in the middle of the night, holding out my hand to stop this train of thought and move onto prayer and Scripture.

It is in the middle of pain, to keep my mind active on the things of God and not on what I wish or desire. Pain is constant, but God is even more faithful. I don’t have to compare my life to anyone else.

This is not the race I am on. I walk alongside my family and friends encouraging and uplifting. I do not need to look at the lives of those around me and wish for what is not mine. Friends, this is the battle of the mind. This is continuing to train my mind towards prayer and verses memorized. This is listening to the voice of God in my life and obeying it.

I want to sit at the door and wait until God calls me to my next step. (Just like Luna. Haha) I don’t want to move ahead of Him or make decisions apart from the truth. So I submit to live my life according to His word.

Peace and love, friends.