Seek Me and You Shall Find Me!

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7




     This morning my husband got up at 5 a.m. to go fishing. Our normal routine is when he gets up for work he takes Gracie (our chihuahua), who sleeps with us and is an early riser, and puts her in the kitchen so she can eat her breakfast and play until I am ready to get up. Then when I get up, I usually find her in our living room playing or in the dining room sunning herself in front of the glass door.
     I love Gracie, as my readers already know. Gracie is my baby and she adores me as well. Gracie is a little behind in her development as far as fetching and various other skills. She is about 4 months behind in cognitive brain development, but she is absolutely the sweetest puppy you would ever want to meet! I pray for her daily and I truly am seeing results! She actually fetched the other day and I know the rest is coming.
     One of the things I noticed she was not doing that my other puppies have done is she has never come to my bedroom door and stuck her nose beneath it and cried for me. I had a Pomeranian by the name of “Prissy” and she ALWAYS did this. When I got up, sure enough Prissy would be patiently waiting for me with her nose as far under my bedroom door as she could get it. It was an act of love because she was showing me that she wanted to be with me. Prissy was a wonderful dog! She was loyal and had total unconditional love for me. Prissy died suddenly one Sunday evening. One second she was fine, the next second she was dying before our very eyes. She had a heart attack. I was devastated! I could not even walk back into my house until the wee hours of the morning the next day because she always met us at the door to greet us. She was perfect! She never bit anyone nor did she even attempt to. My children moved away from home and she sensed my loneliness and pain and attached and bonded to me in a way I did not know a dog could do. She was my comfort and constant companion. She healed my heart!
     Gracie is wonderful, too. But I missed the attribute of that little black nose under the door just patiently waiting and wanting me to come out so she could love me and I could love her back. I mentioned this to my husband and hoped one day this would develop in Gracie as well.
Today as I awakened, I heard a whine at my door. I rolled over to my husband’s side of the bed and there was a little black nose accompanied with a little cry! I flew out of the bed and opened the door. There she was, my precious Gracie! She bounded in and was so happy to see me she danced so much I couldn’t grab her to put her on the bed. Finally, after many licks and jumps she settled down enough for me to get her. I climbed into bed with her and she kissed me some more. Then she crawled under the covers, found her place right by my stomach and fell fast asleep until I was ready to get up and get ready for the day.
     I immediately thought of our verse today. God waits patiently for us. The Bible says He sets Himself up and looks all over the earth for someone to bless! He is watching and waiting for us to “enter” His presence. He created us for fellowship with Him. God gets excited just like we do! He IS love, He doesn’t just have a degree of it! I heard Beth Moore say one time we are the gender we are. No matter what, I am not going to be anything but a woman. No matter where I go, who I see, what I do, what I say, I will still be a woman. It is WHAT I am! Love is WHAT God is! He cannot be anything else! Nothing you do, no place you go, nothing you say is going to change the fact God IS LOVE and His love for you is great!!
     More than anything, God desires relationship with you and with me! You were created specifically for that! There is not a thing in this world that is going to change that desire He has toward you. God doesn’t walk in “like” as people do. They like you, therefore they “love” you. If they don’t like you it is ”goodbye, I have no use for you!” and love is not only withheld, it is flat out not there! Don’t view God has humans who cannot ever be perfect. View Him as He truly is…loving you, watching for you to seek Him, to give you every perfect and good gift. You shall surely find Him! Take one step in prayer and see that God doesn’t take many more to meet you! You won’t even be halfway until you find yourself in His loving embrace!
     God bless you, my dear reader! I am so glad you stopped by! Thank you so much for reading my post…I greatly appreciate you! Have a blessed, filled with the presence of God day, all day!