Some More Thoughts About Doggie Love

A couple of weeks ago I mused about my Chloe and her unconditional love toward me.  It does, indeed, cause me to pause and think about my need for a community that demonstrates God's love toward me.

The past week the national news has been filled about doggie dilemmas.  First, have you heard about Ellen DeGeneres' doggie dilemma?  It got pretty wild and nasty.  On Tuesday, Ellen broke down during the taping of her show revealing, through floods of tears, that a dog she had adopted and then given to her hairdresser's family, had been taken back by the rescue agency he came from. On Wednesday, she continued her "public appeal" for the agency to return the dog and her "private demands" that lawsuits would soon begin to fly if they didn't. 

Also, appearing in the media last week several stories about lost dogs and what their owners were prepared to do to have their beloved pets returned---it ranged from a vacation trip to a $350,000 ransom paid for the return of a German Shepard to a family in the NYC area.

It's amazing how we all respond to different situations, isn't it?  Think about how we respond to what we are passionate about and to things that make us cry or sad----should I even musing about how we respond to things that make us angry?

Here's some Scripture for meditation:

- What are you crying over?  (Luke 7:36-50)

- What are you angry about? (Proverbs 8:13)

- What are you passionate about? (Revelation 3:15-20)

Some of us are passionate about watching sports; some about pets; some about playing golf or tennis; some about exercise (not!)---too few of us about about the purposes of God.

Donald Miller ended Blue Like Jazz with this statement, "I was watching BET one night, and they were interviewing a man about jazz music.  He said jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery.  I thought that was beautiful because, while it is music, it is very hard to put on paper; it is so much more a language of the soul...I think Christian spirituality is like jazz music.  I think loving Jesus is something you feel."  (p. 239)

Muse a minute..two..or three about your passion for the things of God and His purpose for your life.  Do you feel it; is it really in your soul; are you living your life with real purpose?  Selah

Peace,

Bob