Nothing Slips Through the Cracks~

Greetings!

This past Sunday Jorge and I took our niece, Emily, nephew, Santi, and our granddog, Tucker, to the local Howl-O-Ween event at Pinecrest Gardens.  Hundreds of dogs and their proud owners showed up dressed to the nines (or should I say “canines”) for the festivities.  Santi went as Captain America, Tucker went as a lion, Hormone went as Robin, Lis went as Cat Woman, and Trooper went as Batman.  It was SPECTACULAR!

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the pet costumes, watching Trooper race through the agility course, and filling up my bag with doggie treats and candy. The highlight of the day, however, came when Jorge decided to enter Tucker into the pet costume contest.  Much to our surprise, Tucker came in third place in the Big Dog category.  I WAS SHOCKED and proud and excited! We had so much fun, and I found myself thanking God for the pure joy dressed up dogs bring.  I am pretty sure they all brought a smile to God’s face as well.

Psalm 36:5-6 “Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.”

When you care for someone, you hurt when they hurt, you rejoice when they rejoice, you smile when they smile, you always want to see them well and protected, and nothing they do can make you stop loving them.  Multiply that to the quintillionth number and then you might start to get a grasp on GOD’S LOVE, LOYALTY, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and JUSTICE, all of which are VAST and INCALCULABLE and all of which applies to us, those we love, and even, yes even, our beloved pets.  The verse above in the Message version says, “…nothing slips through the cracks.”  N-O-T-H-I-N-G!

Let’s live like we believe it.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, How might our lives change if we truly believed that You care about every single thing about us, including our animals?  Would this inspire us to be more confident in our prayers? What about if we totally embraced the fact that You rejoice when we rejoice? Would we enjoy life more knowing that our heavenly Father is smiling down on us? Help us to receive these powerful truths into our souls.  You are worth getting to know each and every day.  In Jesus’ name, AMEN.