My Dog Says..."Stay Home"

Do you ever feel as if you are meeting yourself coming and going?
When Monday morning rolls around you," think where did the weekend go?"
Do you feel like the proverbial hamster on the wheel?

This has been my season of "run,run,run." I'm sure the Lord feels as if He can't even run fast enough to catch up with me.  Why do I do that to myself?  Why do I over commit?  Why am I gone 4 out of 5 nights from home?  Then the weekend is upon me and that's a whole other agenda of busyness.

Saturday evening as I was walking our dogs before leaving for church I was sent a message loud and clear.  Our 5 year old Jack Russell Terrier named Lizzie Borden walked over to the passenger side car door and sat down.  I proceeded to gently tug on her leash to encourage her to follow me to the house.
She would have none of it!!

She looked at me with the saddest expression in her eyes.  It touched my heart.  It is as if she said,"if you are getting in this car once again and leaving me once again I don't think I can bear it.  I so want to be with you and I will just sit by this car door until you tell me you want to be with me too.

I could hear God saying "Tell her Lizzie! She treats me the same way Lizzie.  I am like an after thought to her somedays too.  I am still trying to get her to understand and commit to me first."

I really have trouble with the passage from Psalm 46:10,  " Be still and know that I am God"   However, thanks to Lizzie's wake-up call, I am more aware than ever that I need to slow down and re-align my priorities.

Stay tuned, I'll let you know how it's going...