lost dog...
last weekend, i took jayden out to the back yard to play. later on, shannon stepped out onto the back deck and sat for a while, then went back in. she left the gate to the deck open, thinking jayden and i would go in that way, which we usually do. this time, though, we went in another way, not realizing the gate to the deck was still open. sometime that evening, our dog (really shannon's dog - i'm not much of a pet person) went through the gate to the deck, and back down the other side, which is not fenced in, and apparently got lost. we were gone all day sunday and didn't notice what had happened until sunday evening.
being elections were just held the week before, there were still a bunch of campaign signs all over the place. so shannon grabbed some "vote for ______" signs (i didn't vote for him so i won't mention his name) and turned them into "lost dog, golden retriever, if found please call _____" signs, and put them back in strategic locations. the next day, she made some more and put them out, too. it took some time and effort, but shannon didn't mind. her dog was missing and she was going to do what she could to find him.
what about me? it's a pretty well known fact that i'm not into pets. you might imagine i stayed busy with football scores and everybody loves raymond reruns, but you would be mistaken. this was actually important to me, too, and i did some things to help out. not because of my natural love for animals, but because of my love for shannon. see, finding the dog was a big deal for shannon, and that's what made it matter to me. i didn't complain when she talked about it, or when she made the signs. i cooked dinner one night so she could work on the signs. (ok, it was hamburger helper, but i made it). i kept jayden while she put the signs out. i drove her through the neighborhood looking for the dog. and i listened to her when she told me about the tips she got from someone who called to say she saw our dog with a kid who lived in down the road. then, when she found the dog - i didn't even complain when she kept him in the house for a couple of hours.
people who don't know Christ matter to me because they matter to Him. we all have different passions and gifts, but at the same time, we all have the same God with the same heart to find His lost creations. since it's important to Him, let's make sure it's important to us.
God, help us to worry less about ourselves, and more about the things that are important to you. and help us to prove we care about your interests by the way we live these lives you've given us.
last weekend, i took jayden out to the back yard to play. later on, shannon stepped out onto the back deck and sat for a while, then went back in. she left the gate to the deck open, thinking jayden and i would go in that way, which we usually do. this time, though, we went in another way, not realizing the gate to the deck was still open. sometime that evening, our dog (really shannon's dog - i'm not much of a pet person) went through the gate to the deck, and back down the other side, which is not fenced in, and apparently got lost. we were gone all day sunday and didn't notice what had happened until sunday evening.
being elections were just held the week before, there were still a bunch of campaign signs all over the place. so shannon grabbed some "vote for ______" signs (i didn't vote for him so i won't mention his name) and turned them into "lost dog, golden retriever, if found please call _____" signs, and put them back in strategic locations. the next day, she made some more and put them out, too. it took some time and effort, but shannon didn't mind. her dog was missing and she was going to do what she could to find him.
what about me? it's a pretty well known fact that i'm not into pets. you might imagine i stayed busy with football scores and everybody loves raymond reruns, but you would be mistaken. this was actually important to me, too, and i did some things to help out. not because of my natural love for animals, but because of my love for shannon. see, finding the dog was a big deal for shannon, and that's what made it matter to me. i didn't complain when she talked about it, or when she made the signs. i cooked dinner one night so she could work on the signs. (ok, it was hamburger helper, but i made it). i kept jayden while she put the signs out. i drove her through the neighborhood looking for the dog. and i listened to her when she told me about the tips she got from someone who called to say she saw our dog with a kid who lived in down the road. then, when she found the dog - i didn't even complain when she kept him in the house for a couple of hours.
people who don't know Christ matter to me because they matter to Him. we all have different passions and gifts, but at the same time, we all have the same God with the same heart to find His lost creations. since it's important to Him, let's make sure it's important to us.
God, help us to worry less about ourselves, and more about the things that are important to you. and help us to prove we care about your interests by the way we live these lives you've given us.
posted by Jonathan Branch at 12:00 PM
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