A Heart Is Precious

Dogs are amazing things. We have our new dog and his name is FENDER. He is a 90lb. two year old, black lab. He is huge! Anyway, Lisa, to say the least, is so happy…Fender is happy too! They are like peas and carrots. Where Lisa goes, Fender goes. Where Lisa sits, Fender sits. He likes me too, but only when Lisa is gone. In fact, when I come home he wags his tail at me for a bit and then starts looking for Lisa. Did I mention his bark? He has this huge bellowing bark that will scare the hair off your head. It is great!

I was sitting on the couch and I had my feet up on the table and Fender wanted to get on that couch to play. He couldn’t get around me so he decided to just jump over the table, my legs and me and onto the couch. This became a big game, but one time he landed on my stomach. IT HURT and I let out a scream/grunt/moan of sorts. Immediately, Fender put his tail between his legs, his ears went down, and he crawled right up next to me and started licking and pawing my stomach. It was adorable. Even my dog knew when I was hurt and he knew that he was the one that caused it. AMAZING.

It made me think that if my black lab could figure this out, why can’t we. Today is a day that we will either edify someone with what we say or hurt someone with those same words. Jesus tells us to love everyone and they will know you are my disciple. How will you love someone today? What will you do to repair the hurt in someone’s life? Will you be sensitive enough to the heart and feelings of those you meet?

A heart is a precious and tender thing. Remember to treat it with the greatest medicine God has ever given…LOVE.

Love you all!

Rev. Jim