Today I'm contributing this article to Rachel's Blog Carnvial on joy. I ran it on Lysa's blog several years ago. Love to you~
I must be honest with ya'll. I am not a big fan of pet stories.
With that being said, if you can hang with me, I have a quick nifty pet story to share...
Our 3 year old black lab named Maya usually sleeps in a crate beside our bed. The other night, we forgot to lock her in. And boy was she restless.
She'd sit on our bathroom floor for a few minutes, then walk out into the family room, then come back into our room and crawl into her crate, then back to the bathroom floor. It was a continous cycle that was beginning to drive me loony.
I was thinking that surely she should be enjoying this freedom. Surely she should want to take advantage of it. Surely she would settle down eventually. My mind was spinning lots of thoughts at 2am...
It wasn't until after I got up, put her in her crate, and closed the door that she settled down and began to slumber almost immediately.
She was happy about it.
Lysa and I were dissecting this interesting set of circumstances surrounding our ever faithful running partner.
Seems we like our boundaries developed by our Master after all perhaps?
Psalm 119:143, "I find joy in your commands."
What are your thoughts? Dissect with us and write a comment!
If you are a pet analogy lover that is...
I must be honest with ya'll. I am not a big fan of pet stories.
With that being said, if you can hang with me, I have a quick nifty pet story to share...
Our 3 year old black lab named Maya usually sleeps in a crate beside our bed. The other night, we forgot to lock her in. And boy was she restless.
She'd sit on our bathroom floor for a few minutes, then walk out into the family room, then come back into our room and crawl into her crate, then back to the bathroom floor. It was a continous cycle that was beginning to drive me loony.
I was thinking that surely she should be enjoying this freedom. Surely she should want to take advantage of it. Surely she would settle down eventually. My mind was spinning lots of thoughts at 2am...
It wasn't until after I got up, put her in her crate, and closed the door that she settled down and began to slumber almost immediately.
She was happy about it.
Lysa and I were dissecting this interesting set of circumstances surrounding our ever faithful running partner.
Seems we like our boundaries developed by our Master after all perhaps?
Psalm 119:143, "I find joy in your commands."
What are your thoughts? Dissect with us and write a comment!
If you are a pet analogy lover that is...
Lysa and I with Maya - we love our morning runs!
Thanks for hanging out with me this week everyone! I kinda feel like the new girl at school. The new girl who ran the whole way home to mama exclaiming, "I met lots of nice people and I have friends!" It just doesn't get much better than that.
Happy weekend - Lysa will be back next week!
Blessings,
~Holly
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