Good Dogs and Bad Dogs

We recently visited the home of a friend of ours in Georgia. We usually stay at the guest house/prophet’s chamber that he has made available to traveling evangelists/singers, but due to circumstances, we weren’t able to stay with them this year. As we didn’t get to stay there, we did want to drop by and say ‘Hi’ and give him one of our new CD’s.

As we stood there in his driveway having some fellowship and catching up, we asked about the dogs he had last year; two adorable black lab puppies, Simon and Sampson. He said, “Well, I gave Simon to a neighbor who wanted him. My boy asked me why I did it, and I told him to consider something. Sampson is a good dog. He is obedient and doesn’t cause trouble, but Simon has a restless spirit.”

He explained that Simon liked to roam the road and he’s pretty road savvy. He will probably be okay for a good while. But as Sampson stayed home when Simon goes roaming, you could see him getting the same restless spirit and at times he roamed with Simon. Being a ‘good dog’, he didn’t have the same road savvy as Simon, and was likely to get killed out there on the highway where he didn’t belong. So he gave Simon away to save Sampson the possibility of being in danger.

He told his son to consider this as a lesson from the Lord. Have wisdom and consider that when he was likely to be tempted by other boys with a restless spirit to do things he shouldn’t do and go places out of his territory, that if he chooses to go, he’s likely to be hit and maybe killed.

Sometimes to protect someone we love, we need to separate from those ’bad dogs’ who are likely to get into (and get US into) trouble.

Proverbs has a lot to say about that - My son if sinners entice thee, consent thou not- comes to mind. J

I thought this lesson in wisdom was worth sharing. I hope the Lord blesses you with it!

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