God and Dog Food

I woke up this morning somewhat irritated by the fact that Sadie (female black lab) had been barking for the last hour. I knew before I finally got up that she was barking for one of three reasons:

1. She was gaurding her food and the one of the other dogs was looking at her
2. One of the other dogs was in her way and wouldn't let her pass by
   
3. They had found some stray food and she wanted it.

Just as I opened the door to their room to confirm the commotion she and Dakota (female German Shepherd) got into it. I'm not talking about "stop pushing me" getting into it. I'm talking "I'm gonna kick your butt" getting into it. They jumped on each other and it was on.

WELL!! That sent me straight over the edge. I started screaming and hollering and pushing them out the back door into the backyard, reminding them that I am the boss - not either of them!! I shut the door behind them and started picking up their food from last night.

Side Note: My male dog, Mix, wasn't all that innocent. He's the reason there were 4 or 5 pieces of dog food on the floor. He likes to push all the food out of the bowls and all over the floor while he's eating. Then he looks for another bowl of food to spread out Mix-style.

Oh, by the way, they had to spend the morning outside. . .well, at least until I was about to get ready for work.

I found out they were fighting over 4 or 5 pieces of dog food. That wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that there was entire bowl of food at the other end of the room. Here Dakota and Sadie got into it over morsels when way more was waiting for either one of them. If only one of them would have taken the time to look around.

I think we're a lot like Sadie and Dakota sometimes. We argue and fight and cuss and discuss over morsels of God's blessings when He has som much more for us. All we have to do is look around. . .try something different. . .look into a new place.

Experiencing all God has for us isn't always where we think it is.

Are you struggling. . .look around, there are more blessings that you can ever imagine. God's blessing for you may not be where you're looking or where you want. His blessings may be somewhere else. Step back, ask God to point you in another direction and look for his blessings.

You know, dog food's not that bad,
Mike