Who let the dogs out?

The Glory of God is a person fully alive.
—St. Ireneaus 2nd Century AD

Depending on how the question was asked, it usually meant someone was in trouble because the dogs being dogs were doing doggie things!

Oscar, Squire, Ripley, Finnegan, or Piper could be counted on to do 100% doggie things!

Not created to stay indoors all the time, but built to run, sniff, explore, and play, the dogs will look you in the eye every time and ask:

"Please let me out!"

"Please throw the ball!"

"Please let me get one good sniff in before I have to go back!"

Created to be fully alive, yet stuck inside, in a kennel, or the back seat of a car going somewhere they have no interest in going!

How about you?

Do you ever find yourself longing to do things that you know God made you to do? To create, to serve, to explore, to write, to sing, to laugh, to worship, to be fully alive? If you do, you have a lot of company! Most of us long to do things we know we are created to do, yet we never seem to get around to doing them. We stay in our safe zone and never break free, only admiring those who do!

Do you want to let the dogs out? All you need to do is open the door!

Cathy and I returned from a trip to pick up the dogs at the kennel. We were met by a laughing employee who told us this story: About 1 am the other night, when things are usually very quiet here, all the dogs started barking. Our night person looked on the video monitor to see dogs running everywhere. They were all out of their kennels! So he went and got everyone back in their right rooms and closed the doors. Ten minutes later, they are barking again! A party at 1:15 am in the kennel! Running everywhere again. Back into the kennels each went. This time he watched to video monitor and saw your dog Piper open the door to the kennel that she and her brother Finnegan share. Piper went around and opened every other door and let the dogs out again! Her brother Finnegan never left their kennel but chose to sit looking a bit worried as if he just knew that this was not a good thing to do!

What locks your kennel? What is keeping you back from being fully alive…from doing what God created you to do?

Open the door…let the dogs out!

You are going to be caring for people who feel locked in their kennels of; fear, illness, or just plain fatigue. Tired of trying, they are giving up. Tell them about Piper’s great escape and help them let the dogs out!