Starving

Prednisone makes you really hungry, so I am told. Poor Honeybun who never met a foodlike substance she didn't want to eat, is now prowling like a shark. She noticed that Lucky had spilled a small piece of his food over the side of his bowl, and she stealthily slinked in and snatched it before he even knew what was happening. I banished her from the kitchen, but not before she had stolen two little morsels of his fallen food. Lucky, who is not on Prednisone, and never starved a moment of his life, gave up those little morsels without any chagrin. He is a good natured dog when it comes to food. Another friend warned me that dogs on prednisone can become aggressive. I haven't seen any sign of that at all in Honeybun, except the aggressive pursuit of food.

While the starving dog drama was unfolding, my little fun manual, The Well Trained Human, was being promoted and was free yesterday and today on Amazon. It quickly spurted to #1 in its category, and I got a couple of new reviews. One person hated it. Gave me one star. One star! I felt like slitting my throat. it was just meant to be a fun, quick read for dog lovers, not a Pulitzer nominee. But really....one star? Maybe I need to throw in the towel, I thought. I definitely do not have thick enough skin to be a writer. A writer bares her soul, and opens it to being hacked away and gobbled up by total strangers as surely as Honeybun had gobbled Lucky's kibble. Why didn't I become a Dry Cleaner instead? Then at least it's not my own dirty laundry being hung out for everyone to see....

Others have been despised. I am not alone. the Bible records that when Nehemiah was rebuilding the walls of ransacked Jerusalem, he was mocked. He didn't give up. He didn't wallow in despair and wonder why no one liked him or just gave him one star. He turned to God. He begged God to hear his cries of despair, and turn the insults of his enemies back on their own heads. And he kept building the wall, because that is what he felt God had called him to do.

Honeybun searches every corner for some forgotten tidbit of food. I continue writing and trying to improve. God is watching us both, wondering why we are so certain He would let us starve.


Nehemiah 4:4 (NIV)
Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

Nehemiah 4:19-20 (NIV)
Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. [20] Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”


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