Pets

I read a story the other day about a pet adoption place.  The woman who works there said that watching the pets and the people who come in to adopt them is fascinating.  She cited one instance where a black cat sat away from everyone and did not interact with even one person who came through the doors.  Then one day, it happened.  A little girl came in and the cat came alive!!  The cat wouldn't leave her alone.  The little girl put down a deposit on the cat, and that's where the story ends so far as we know.  We can only hope that these two "meant-to-bes" became pet and owner.

The top-rated ad in the recent Super Bowl game, the lab puppy and the Clydesdale, was another such example of the amazing interaction between not only pets and people but pets and pets.  The Clydesdales might be working animals but as the symbol of Anheuser-Busch they are pets as well.  All the puppy wanted was to be with the horses, and especially the one horse.  They had a bond.

This is the way it should be for us and God.  Nothing can separate us from God when we love Him.  When we pray, when we meditate, when we read the Word, we are like the lab puppy running toward God and God welcomes us each time.  Because each time we choose to pray, to meditate, to read -- re recommit ourselves.

It never gets old.  It is never trite.  Our relationship with God has the true meaning of our lives.

Somewhere in the bible it days, "I will call upon the name of the Lord."  For me it means that in all instances, in all troubles, in all sorrows, the FIRST thing I should think of doing is to call for God.  For we are His sheep; he is our shepherd. 

In Romans 10:13 it says, "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."  Powerful stuff, isn't it?

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So are you going to follow the Olympics?  The situation in Sochi doesn't sound very good.  Apparently, some of the hotels weren't finished yet and don't have, for instance, light bulbs in the sockets or running water.  Now they are talking about suicide bombers on airplanes.  I think that perhaps we should pray for all of the athletes and the visitors, the journalists, because I'm not all that sure they are safe.