Mochi

Every weekend when I go home, I'll spend some time playing with my dog. When I approach him, he gets super excited. He'll start jumping enthusiastically on his hind legs, beckoning me to sit and play with him. As soon as I sit on the floor with my legs crossed, Mochi, without fail, will go frantically looking for his favorite blue chew toy. When he's found it, he'll literally jump into my lap and start chewing away at his toy. He'll spread out his long body, and I can feel him relax all his muscles; he looks so content. I can tell that he loves sitting in my lap and playing. And you know what? I love just sitting there with him, doing nothing.

On Saturday, when I was doing exactly that, I realized something. It takes me a week of being occupied with school and all the other things in my life to be able to sit down for 15 minutes to play with the dog. Some weeks, that's how it is w/ God. It'll take me getting all the things I need to get done out of the way before I sit down and spend time with God. But here's the humbling part: Whether it be at the end of the day or at the end of the week, God is still the same. He doesn't turn and give me the cold shoulder, but rather He embraces me warmly.

And then there are lessons I could learn from Mochi. Take his enthusiasm for one. I ought to be like Mochi, jumping in excitement to spend time with my Lord. I should be at His feet, jumping wildly saying, "Look Father, here I am. I want to sit Your lap."

These things are elementary, aren't they? Things we all know so well in our heads, and yet in the busy-ness of life, forget so easily.

(P.S: I can't believe I practically compared God to my dog...forgive me Father. )