For those of you are animal lovers you know how crazy you can get about your pets. They aren't just animals, they are family members. In mine and Amy's case they are our children and we love them sometimes I think too much, but I don't care. We got our first dog Charlie at the Birmingham Humane society. I remember the day that we got him. Amy had been wanting to get a dog for a while and I had been reluctant to go and look. Alas, though one day I asked if she wanted to go and just look ( famous last words eh..). When we got there we looked around and saw a lot of cute dogs but they would grow to be large dogs and we were looking for something smaller. There was a Dachshund ( Weenie Dog ) being walked around when we first got there but we assumed that he belonged to some one. We prepared to leave and asked the lady up front if they ever got any small dogs in. She told that they had just gotten the dachshund in 2 days earlier. When he licked my hand it was all over, he had to come home with us. We got our second dog Oscar, when he was just a puppy 6 weeks old. We traveled out to the middle of nowhere in Centre, Alabama and picked him out of about 4. We found out that it was a lot different raising a puppy compared to an older dog that had already for the most part been house broken. Many times we asked " So... why did we get another dog again" Now however I wouldn't give up either one of them for anything. I love these dogs so much, I can't imagine live without them. My dogs don't worry about the economy, they fret about whether I love them or not, they contribute ANY work towards the household. I take care of all of there needs, I feed them, make sure they are cleaned, I provide a warm home for them and I pay them A LOT of attention. They in return eat, sleep, and poop. If I take care of them like that and they are dogs, how much more will God take care of my needs? I have been stressed lately because work has been slow. I know that there are a lot of things that I have no control over and I have to trust that the Lord will take care of me. Why is this so hard? I want to rest in his arms like my puppies rest in mine. The lord says in Matthew 6 " Do not worry about your life , what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear.., the birds of the air do not sow or reap or stow away in barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" I realize that not worrying is much easier said than done. But we must pray that the Lord will help us grow and trust him more everyday, that the Spirit would give us peace and understanding. I want to take care of my dogs and want them to cuddle up with me..that's all. God wants us to love him and rest upon him.
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