GOD/DOG

I read through Ephesians with a friend this week, and we talked it over together last night. It was cool! It's really insightful to hear other's perspectives on biblical truths--how they read it, process it, and what it means to their life. We all glean something different because we are so different!

Anyhow, I'm not sure if we were talking about the second chapter where it talks about "His great love with which He loved us" (vs. 4) or towards the end of the book where we're instructed to "walk in love" (5:2), but something about God's love prompted my friend to share this little tidbit with me.

He said that when he thinks about GOD, often he'll think about a DOG. After I jumped aside to make room for the imminent bolt of lightning that would snuff out his existence (ha!), I asked the only logical question: "Why?!" His answer was awesome.

No matter how you mistreat a dog, it always loves you. Even when you ignore it and act like it doesn't exist, it still meets you at the door with tail wagging and eyes begging for affection. It is thrilled to see you and be with you, regardless of how you feel towards it. When all your other friends are nowhere to be found, you can count on that one friend--your dog.

When he put it that way, I had to agree wholeheartedly! How true it is. I think the main difference is that God's already housebroken (hardy-har-har!)...but that's one analogy that'll stick with me. Sometimes I get so fed up with myself that I think God's fed up too, but when I just come to Him, I find that He always takes me just as I am.

Maybe there's a reason that GOD and DOG are made of the same letters?