Written September 3, 2019
Rescue dogs behave in a very special unique way. It’s weird. I know this spiritual comparison is causing you to think what? But hang with me.
Rescue dogs, once they have been shown love, embraced with love, received training on boundaries, are loyal, grateful and happy! They fall in love with their owner/rescuer. They become their person and creator of their safe environment.
The owner chose to rescue that one out of all the other dogs out there. At just the right time for both of them.
Lucy, my rescue dog, feels safe, secure and loved. She knows home is her safe space. In fact, one Saturday afternoon in 2018, I couldn’t get home from a work conference in time to let her out to potty. So, I asked a neighbors wife to let her out for me. On their walk down the street, with their dog, they started playing on the sidewalk of a busy road to the medical center. Lucy somehow slipped out of her collar and froze, and got scared and ran away from my neighbor. This terrified neighbor couldn’t grab her in time and started thinking the worst and called me frantic. I took a breath and calmly thought out loud – I hope she would run to our home? Can you go check on the porch and call me back? My instincts were right. My well-loved 10 month old puppy (who I had only owned for 7 months at that time) knew where her home was. My neighbor found her Lucy down and scared on my front porch. But she was home and she knew that was safe, right and good (dog lingo good-bad).
When that neighbor came back to her house after crating Lucy up, she was still crying when she called me. I told her it was ok, I wasn’t mad and things happen. I’m just grateful Lucy knew her way home. She knew where home, security and safety was. Where her master lives.
We as believers should know to run home when we are scared, lost or derailed. He is our safety and our security. He is our refuge and strength and a very present help in times of trouble. Our rescuer is the One, who is in all things and over all things.
This blog entry isn’t deep spiritually, but it is an analogy Jesus used to teach me that day through my dog, Lucy. Run to me when you’re frightened. I’m home, and a safe place
jennifer cofer 