i got a little puppy on saturday....she is really cute! and i have learned so many things in the last few days about life and how we were created to have life in relationship with God....
when i saw her sitting in the corner of the box trying to win over the other little puppies with her playfullness....i realised that is how i feel sometimes....you try and reach out to other people, you try and share your heart and your life with them...you try...but just sometimes they can't give you the same attention back...so they kinda reject you...because they are busy with life...they have more important people to connect to, they have 'other' things to attend to...and then you curl back into your little corner, feeling all sorry for yourself...just like the little puppy did after she tried to play with the other puppies and they rejected her....she just went and sat in the corner waiting to be loved...waiting to be rescued from her circumstances....so i walked in....
i watched her attempt to reach out a few times...and every time she was either ignored or barked at....eventually she went into the furthest corner and she just went and sat there...people came in, and all of them reached out to all the strong puppies in the other corner...they were picked up and loved...but little old lonely puppy were left all alone...maybe because she was smaller that the other puppies...maybe because she looked so sad...
so i picked her up...i rescued her....
she curled into my arms...and sniffed into my neck...she just couldn't stop licking me...and i felt strong...i felt like i meant something...i felt like once in my life i did something right....i were destined to rescue her...
and that is how i feel about Jesus....He came in when i was sitting all alone in the corner of life...really tired...really worn out...really ready to give up on life....tired of being rejected...knowing that i can't live life alone anymore....
He scooped down and reached out to me...and He rescued me...He lifted me up out of all that was dark and lonely and He gave me life...He radiated my life with light...His voice echoed through all of my being as He said my name...and i felt loved...and safe....
so here i am...trying to echo His footsteps in my life with every fibre in my being...to little puppies....to people...to the universe....
and in times in my life when i still feel all alone and hurt, He is still there...He NEVER leaves me, nor does He forsake me...even in the dessert times of life i still hear His voice echoing my name through the universe....for i am carved into His heart and He can never forget me....for i belong to Him now.....
