The Following

        Following = track,shadow,trail, pursue, chase
  Go after (someone)in order to observe or monitor them.
    

Boudreaux and Poppy

   I am a dog owner. I should say owner of Dogs. I have two dogs that are mixed breeds that I got from a pound.

 And then... There is my daughters dog, Tazz, He is a pomeranian. This dog is more my dog as she got him almost four years ago just before she left that Fall for College. So I have three dogs that share my home, my life, my space.

The thing is these dogs are totally into what I am doing for the most part.If I sit in my sunroom they sit in my sunroom. If I move to the living room or kitchen they do the same.There is no privacy for me. It is a following and a watchfulness I could learn from in my daily walk with Christ. 

How is it a dog,well in this case three dogs,can do much better at following than I can at following the Christ who gave his all for me?

I know from the Bible that it was not easy for people to follow Jesus Christ and they too desired to follow. I am a work in progress and at times, more than I want to have be true, I desire my own things, and distractions to the things of the Lord Jesus.I pray I can get better at this following like my dogs are with me. My dogs know that I am the one who feeds and walks them. They know that I am   the one who loves them and that I look out for them. Like them, I know that the Lord is taking care of me and will feed me His life giving spiritual food, take me to places so I can be exercised in beauty and freedoms I desire. I need to learn to be more of a follower. I Think my dogs are onto something. How about you? 

   Matthew 16: 24-26 

Then Jesus said to His disciples, " If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" 

  Lord Jesus,

 I ask for my heart to be given an extra measure of love and desire to follow you. Lord my dogs put me to shame with their devotion and love for me and the way they follow me through my days. I pray for a new conviction that motivates me to be a worthy follower of you. In Jesus I pray, amen. 

                 Tazz