Success Lessons Learned from a Stubborn Puppy
This past week I’ve been puppy-sitting for my sister while her family is on vacation. Her little dog is such a cutie, but boy, is she an ornery little sucker! She’s extremely curious and a bit defiant. I found that often when I tried to warn her about “impending danger” she just completely ignored me and lunged right into it anyway! So needless to say, I was constantly bailing her out of messes…such as getting stuck in a tomato cage in my garden after being warned not to enter it, getting a bee sting on her mouth after she decided to chase after a bee and eat it (again after being warned not too), and getting several good “scoldings” from Cinders, my dog, when she would nip at Cinders’ ears (just to name a few of her predicaments).
I decided that we must seem a lot like that puppy to God. Continue reading