Comments on: I’ve Finally Gone to the Dogs

By: wineymomma

wineymomma — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:28:32 +0000

I thought of a few more after I submitted my comment but never got back to put them on! Thanks Candace!

By: ric booth

ric booth — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:50:42 +0000

It was the "random" taunt on your video blog a couple of days ago, huh?

Your devotionals always make me cry.

By: Candace

Candace — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:29:27 +0000

Funny, I totally nodded my head when reading what you're saying in this post, John, but being a lifelong fancier of all things canine, my mind is ultimately fixed on the fact you didn't tell us what KIND of dog.

Wineymomma, the parallel goes even further — dogs also accept the bad that comes their way, perhaps not as the best thing that could ever happen, but certainly with the sort of immediate surrender and open forgiveness that we humans would hope to display but rarely achieve (at least I don't).

By: John Shore

John Shore — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:38:23 +0000

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

By: wineymomma

wineymomma — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:36:32 +0000

How about this for a God diagram—Cats are more like us…instant gratification, go about our day to day lives not caring where the blessings come from or even realizing what the blessings are, just taking them for granted~~~Dogs are more like we want to be in our relationship with Christ…open, unconditional love, accepting everything good that comes our way as the best thing that could ever happen.

Of course, there is always room for interpretation…

Great, John, now I am going to be adding this over-analysis to everything else I already do!

By: John Shore

John Shore — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:54:24 +0000

Christine: If you NON-Christian friends are that familiar with how often we do that, that's bad.

Odgie: too, too funny.

By: odgie

odgie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:29:38 +0000

John, that is so awesome! God used an incident just like that to teach me something the other day! I was driving around in a parking lot looking for a parking spot and getting more agitated when I saw a little old lady hobbling on a cane out to her car at the far end of her parking row. I realize that God probably gave her arthritis to remind ME to be more grateful for my health and mobility! I stopped, cried, and said a prayer of thanks for His awesomeness. And the fact that you wrote about this so soon after just shows that He is EVERYWHERE and is EXTRA-awesome!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:08:23 +0000

That is exactly what I start to do when my non-christian friends tell me they expect me to do it. You can turn ANYTHING into a cheesy God diagram, they crack me!! I know someone who does it for real and it makes me laugh, which is bad cos they are being serious, which makes me laugh more!! I'm such a bad friend LOL