Training up Mojo
Yesterday morning was a rough
morning. I
was stressed about some things and had only slept two hours.
My kids, dog (Mojo) and I are
enjoying a few weeks at my parents in Ohio, and any time you travel it can have
its own situations at arrive. My dog
Mojo isn’t used to a yard as big as my parents have, and though they have a
buried electric dog fence Mojo is too small to put that dog collar on him. Usually at home we don’t really have a
problem with him running off; however we’ve had to watch him here. Yesterday morning, though I’d only had two
hours of sleep he was on a toot. It’s
been an unusually wet summer up here so my parents’ yard has giant water
puddles everywhere.
Mojo’s eyes twinkled as he realized
I’d mistakenly let him off the leash so he could play with my aunt’s dog. He looked at me and bolted through the yard,
and through the puddles.
“Mojo come!” I yelled running after him. I was barefoot chasing him. Mud and water flew as I saw him edge his way
to the woods towards my aunt and uncle’s home!
Mojo stopped. I could see he was
thinking about whether to keep going, or to stop. I think he realized how mad at him I was, so he
took off running towards my aunt.
Being barefoot didn’t bother me
until I hit the gravel pathway in the woods.
Now I’m yelling “You dumb dog!
Come!” Limping along I got to the
clearing, to see him run around their house and head toward the road.
This was about the time my aunt came
out and realized what was going on. She
called him. He stopped in the road,
darted past me and headed straight for her.
He knew he was in trouble, and was avoiding me at all cost.
Needless to say, though the scene of
me standing on my aunt’s porch barefoot, mud splattered and exhausted was
comical, I was a lot ticked off at a cute little miniature dachshund named
Mojo.
Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.
Obviously Mojo isn’t one of my
kids. I realize he’s a dog. However, puppy or not, he’s not as well
trained as I thought he was. It’s
apparent that we need to do more training.
When God puts us in times of
training we tend to think it’s the worst thing in the world. Perhaps we get angry or annoyed at God. But training is a good thing. Just like Mojo, if he won’t come back to me than
what’s going to happen? He’ll run out
into the road? Get hit? Never come
back? God puts us in situations to train
us, so that when it’s important we follow what He is saying we will do what He
says. Obviously we aren’t dogs, God
wants us to have a free will, but He also needs us to do what He says to do. He sees the bigger picture. We have to trust Him for training! He is faithful to us!
Remember God has awesome plans for
your life. Get excited.
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