I'd intended to be back on the road headed east today, but upon waking to rain, snow and more of that famous Montana wind, that plan doesn't seem quite so good. We stay in the tent until 11:00, when the weather starts to show signs of improvement. At the restrooms I run into Bob from the Kiwanis organization, and he asks if I'd like some burritoes. 'Is it okay if I give one to Bud?' I ask.
'You can give him two if you want,' he says.
So I go back to the tent and find Buddy all wrapped up in his blankets, sound asleep. Amazingly, he springs to life when I unwrap the foil revealing eight ham and cheese breakfast burritoes. We eat half of them and then I quickly break camp. By the time everything is packed, my fingers have gone totally numb, so we begin jogging, trying to get warmed up. By the time we're on the other side of town it's spitting rain and looking like worse is to come. So I decide to stop. No doubt this will be the shortest day of our whole trip, but I'd hate for Buddy to get soaked now, especially since he's healing so well. I hope the weather will be a bit friendlier tomorrow, or at least dry.
ReplyDeleteA Sabbath rest is a good thing as is resting daily in Christ . Since abiding in Him and drawing life and strength from Him as a branch draws from the vine, allows to walk every day in "rest".
Please be kind to Buddy. His love and devotion to you and his desire to please you can be detrimental to him if he allows himself to be pushed beyond the limits that the rest of his body can compensate for.
Our Heavenly Father does not push us beyond the limits that are best for us in the present for our future down the road.
Thanks for the perspective. It's easy to forget that he's trying so hard to please, and in doing so, he could push himself harder than he ought to. I'm sure there's a parallel in there somewhere.
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