Be Brave

The weather is crazy lately. Arctic cold last week, and yesterday in the 60s. The dogs and I sat out in the front yard and watched the sun sparkle on the grass, still damp from melted snow. It reminded me why I love nice weather. I was glad that we had taken down our Christmas decorations from the front porch (yesterday.) It is time to usher in the end of winter. I don't know what the groundhog said....I had forgotten yesterday was Groundhog Day, but I think given the severity of the winter, it would only be fair for it to be short this year.

As soon as I settled on the front porch, the dogs pawed at the front door, begging to come sit with me in the sun. They are both getting a little old now. So am I. the sun feels good on our joints. I had come across a verse in the morning that really warmed my soul. It was perfect to think about as I sat in the warm sun with my two old dogs. It was from the book of Isaiah.

Even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save. Isaiah 46:4

We will be loved and cared for, even through all the struggles, and indignities of aging, crumbling bodies. He who made us, will carry and save us, and even death will not part us from Him. What a glorious comfort, I thought, as I leaned back with my eyes closed.

Then I opened them. Where were my old dogs? One who had been on a tie had slipped her collar and was wandering the side yard. The other had broken through the electric fence and was wandering the neighbor's yard. I corralled them and brought them back to where they belonged.

This morning, I head back out to the abortion mill to plead with abortion minded women to choose life. I had the weirdest dream last night. A friend drove her car into a lake, and no one would dive in to save the dog that was in the crate in the car. I dove in, and found the dog underwater. I brought him to the surface, and started CPR, but he was clearly dead. And then, he began breathing and lived…. And somehow had morphed into an elephant. I was shocked that no one else had jumped in the water to save him, and then amazed that my efforts had led to life. I think this is God telling me:  be brave.

Be brave in the warm sun and the cold snow, be brave in struggles, be brave in aging ills, be brave in raising children....and old dogs. Be brave for God is with you.

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Genesis 28:15
15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

Psalm 50: 14-15
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."