Today is one of those beautiful days, blue skies, fluffy white clouds, birds singing, dog running the yard with a toy. Now this toy is a stuffed dog, but, I swear, every time I look out my kitchen window, I think it is a dead animal. She’s running around the yard, holding the only foot that still has a squeaker. Then she wants me to play tug with her, growling, snarling all 11 pounds of terror.
Never thought I would be a small dog owner. It’s a wild ride having a dog think they are a warrior protecting the castle. Nothing we say can dissuade her from her job. Protect the house. Protect the people. And when able, run. Always run. Guys, nobody can tell her differently. She is our protector and takes the job seriously. She sees her reality very differently than we do.
One other quirk of Luna, she cannot read the room. If I’m reading or writing, she gets between me and my focus. She is not bothered by my little pushes away or movement away from her. I could not possibly have anything more important than spending time with Luna.
Both of these quirks of this tiny dog make me think. Both require her to avoid looking at the truth of her situation. She knows what she wants or needs to do. What I’m trying to say is I want to be like Luna here.
God tells me in his word, I am a child of God. I am an heir. I am a coheir with Christ. If I suffer with him, I will be glorified with him. (Romans 8:16-17) No matter how my present circumstances appear, there is truth that cannot be shaken. I am with Jesus. He is for me.
So the truth of my life right now is waiting. Being patient with waiting. I feel the chaos of life right now. Knowing closed doors are answers too. This is where filling my mind with truth really matters.
”O Lord, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me. Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah. But You, O Lord, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. I was crying to the Lord with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah. I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.“
Psalms 3:1-5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.3.1-5.NASB1995
So I breath in. God, you are my sustainer. You are my shield.I breathe out. I know you answer me. Rather than trying to be the answer to my current problems, I am repeating truth over and over to myself. God is my deliverance. God lifts my head.
Just because I feel it, does not mean it is the truth.
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