Some of you may know that we have a dog in our family named Lucy. She is a miniature white poodle who at times can be a handful but is generally a great dog. Yesterday afternoon at some point she slipped out the front door without anyone noticing and disappeared. Several hours later I received a text from my wife, who had been frantically calling, whistling, and looking for Lucy. It was almost dark and the temperature was dropping and we both knew it was going to be a long cold night for Lucy if she was still on the street. After I got home I spent some time walking through the neighborhood and later driving around the neighborhood continuing the search for our runaway dog. It had become apparent that she was gone and Abby and I both came to grips with the fact that we may never see Lucy again.
This morning we woke up and decided to call the local pound to see if anyone had brought Lucy in. Abby was unable to locate a number so she called the police department and they informed us that they would have to get back to us later. About an hour passed before we received a call from the Pleasanton Police Department and discovered that LUCY HAD BEEN FOUND! It turns out she was right down the street just around the corner at an extremely nice gentleman’s house. Phil had seen Lucy the previous evening chasing a cat near his home. Phil had lovingly taken Lucy into his home for the night. But he did more than just take her into his home he had put a new collar on her, he’d given her a new doggie toy, and he even let her sleep in his bed for the night. Phil had no idea who’s dog it was but he assumed that it belonged to one of his neighbors and he decided to take it in.
This morning as we sat down to eat breakfast (before we found Lucy) we opened up The Living Lamp and the promise and the challenge both spoke to our hearts. The promise for today came from Matthew 6:27-30 which basically says who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life. God asks why do you worry it does no good at all, instead he encourages us to have faith. The promise is that if we have faith, God will come through. Then the challenge for today came from the book of John chapter 15 verse 17 it read “love each other. This is what I am commanding you to do.” Don’t you find it amazing how God’s word speaks to you each and every day you decide to read it? Not only did the promise for today bring encouragement to our hearts and remind us not to worry about things we had no control over, but we also saw the challenge come to life as well. Everyone knows that the golden rule is to love your neighbor as yourself and God’s Word clearly commands us time and time again to love each other. I’m so glad that we have a neighbor like Phil who, despite not knowing whose dog it was, decided to go out of his way at his own expense to care for Lucy the runaway dog. What are you worried about today? Why are you worried about it? Who can you love, what can you do to bless someone today?
This morning we woke up and decided to call the local pound to see if anyone had brought Lucy in. Abby was unable to locate a number so she called the police department and they informed us that they would have to get back to us later. About an hour passed before we received a call from the Pleasanton Police Department and discovered that LUCY HAD BEEN FOUND! It turns out she was right down the street just around the corner at an extremely nice gentleman’s house. Phil had seen Lucy the previous evening chasing a cat near his home. Phil had lovingly taken Lucy into his home for the night. But he did more than just take her into his home he had put a new collar on her, he’d given her a new doggie toy, and he even let her sleep in his bed for the night. Phil had no idea who’s dog it was but he assumed that it belonged to one of his neighbors and he decided to take it in.
This morning as we sat down to eat breakfast (before we found Lucy) we opened up The Living Lamp and the promise and the challenge both spoke to our hearts. The promise for today came from Matthew 6:27-30 which basically says who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life. God asks why do you worry it does no good at all, instead he encourages us to have faith. The promise is that if we have faith, God will come through. Then the challenge for today came from the book of John chapter 15 verse 17 it read “love each other. This is what I am commanding you to do.” Don’t you find it amazing how God’s word speaks to you each and every day you decide to read it? Not only did the promise for today bring encouragement to our hearts and remind us not to worry about things we had no control over, but we also saw the challenge come to life as well. Everyone knows that the golden rule is to love your neighbor as yourself and God’s Word clearly commands us time and time again to love each other. I’m so glad that we have a neighbor like Phil who, despite not knowing whose dog it was, decided to go out of his way at his own expense to care for Lucy the runaway dog. What are you worried about today? Why are you worried about it? Who can you love, what can you do to bless someone today?
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