Keeping The Right Company.....A Devotional

Mister is learning.

Remember Mister?

The one who isn't ours but 

lives here anyway?

Well, he is changing and growing.

It is more common now for me to 

let him out unleashed with the other 

two morning and evening.

He does what they do.

Hunts a good spot for his business

and then runs back to me looking

for my favor.  

Makes me smile!

Now instead of two dogs

all excited and looking for a treat

after a morning outing, there are three.

Georgia noticed the difference in him

this week and commented on how much

he has changed.

Now, I still put him in his crate when

we have visitors....and most of the time 

when he is outside he is in a large fenced area

where he is very content.  But I want him to 

learn to be a part of this "pack".

To learn from the older dogs and know his

place and the expectations here.

He is getting it.

At least once a week he takes a journey 

up the hill to visit other scents and smells

but he always comes running back to my arms....

faster each time.

Soon he won't feel the need to wander.

Everything he needs and wants will be right here.

Isn't that what it can be like in our Spiritual walk?

At first it is unfamiliar.

We see the guidelines as rules and regulations.

Sometimes we push against them

and feel a bit stifled.

But as time goes on and we mature

and grow to know the One who made the rules

we come to understand that they are there for our good.

It is a wonderful feeling to know that we have done well.

Our desire to run off to the big world to see what we 

are missing has less and less appeal because the love

of God is so real and strong in our hearts that 

nothing else compares.

The brightest lights.."out there"...

have nothing on the peace that passes

all understanding.

Just as Mister is learning to trust my voice,

so I am learning daily to lean more and more

on my Heavenly Father.

He knows what is best for me.