Even on hot, humid North Carolina Summer mornings Sadie
is still eager to go on a walk with me in the nearby fields. But she does get
hot and by the end of the walk I’m sweating and she’s panting. That’s how it
was this morning.
As we were nearing the end of our walk, Sadie thought it
would be a good idea to stop and try to lick some dew off the grass. I knew that licking dew off the grass wouldn’t
do much to cool her down and that cool, refreshing water was waiting at home
for both of us. Usually Sadie is very
compliant. But in this case she put up
some resistance when I began to pull her away from licking the grass. All
her resistance was only making both her and me hotter. I said, “This would go a lot better if you
would just trust me.”
It was then that the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart, “That’s
right.”
As
the deer pants for streams of water,
so
my soul pants for you, my God.
(Psalm
42:1b NIV)
The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me
beside quiet waters,
he
refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.
(Ps.
23:1-3 NIV)
Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others . . .
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