I was never a dog person. [never a cat person either]but if
I did ever get a dog, it would be a dauschhund (doxin)…an ankle bitter. Never
a big dog.
In the jungles of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, there was a dog. A
pit-bull. It was a fair sized dog. I don’t have a picture of it, and I wanted
to, but I never got one :/ this picture would have been PERFECT for this blog…but
oh well…you don’t take advantage of opportunities, they just pass you by.
Anyways, the dog, the pit-bull named Mai. Nobody really
liked the dog, he was sort of a nuisance because he was looking for love and
attention from any of us. This dog
carries around boulders instead of sticks. So as time goes on, I start throwing
rocks and he chases them. [wouldn’t a tennis ball be great? Haha] Now, this dog
LOVES me and follows me EVERYWHERE. I throw rocks and boulders down this path
between the two tapioca fields and play tug-of-war with towels and old shirts.
If Samson ever had a dog…this would be his dog. He was built.
Anyways, there are so many more stories that I can tell. And
I can also say that now I’m a dog lover. I finally understand why people call a
dog a man’s best friend. If anyone would try and harm me, Mai would have died
for me [long story to go along with that…yeah, he is a protector.]
Anywayssss, how do I love Mai? Well, I spend time with him
and not time just sitting there with him, he wants to play with me. He wants me
to throw rocks for him to fetch. He wants to play tug of war with an old shirt.
He wants to DO STUFF!
And that is what I realized: if I want to love this dog, I have to do stuff
with him. Now how do you love a cat? Well, just sit there with it. Pet it. Get
out some catnip. So you love each animal differently. A parakeet? A rabbit? A snake? Pick any animal you want…an ant-eater, chimpanzee, shark, goldfish, sloth, koala…etc
Same with us. Each of us
feel love differently. I feel loved when I’m DOING STUFF. Other people feel loved when they
just hang out. Here is my point: God loves me by: giving me STUFF to do. Am I working
for His love? NO!! I
just enjoy doing stuff! Now for other
people, they rather just be with God and hang out with Him. That’s fine 🙂 that
is how they feel loved by God! Now, do I rest in the Lord’s presence? Of course
I do! Mai, the dog, loved to sit at my feet or jump up on me or get a back rub
from me. But, he also loveddddd to run after rocks and boulders.
Everyone is different.
I’m realizing that and respecting that. Everyone loves differently. Everyone RECEIVES love differently. Everyone feels love differently. We need to respect how each of us is
different. And snap, it’s tough.
Everyone gives differently.
Everyone humbles themselves differently.
Everyone sees differently.
