My Rat Terrier

A story about another little dog from a few years back. A Rat Terrier named Duchess. I had a wrought iron fence in my back yard that was bent in one spot. This is where she would get out.

Every morning I would let her out and she would go to the bathroom and then come back to the door and scratch to come in. One day I heard Holy Spirit say “you better fix that fence or the coyotes are going to get her” I said, “I will” (but I didn’t) Holy Spirit reminded me several times for the next three weeks. I kept saying (I will!)

How many times to we tell Holy Spirit I WILL AND THEN WE DON’T DO IT!

One morning I let Duchess out and she didn’t didn’t come back as quick as she normally does and I could not wait, so I left. Later I called home and my wife said she had not come home yet and I got a really bad feeling in my stomach. That afternoon I was driving home and I see buzzards flying over my home …. Not a good feeling.

I had a feeling she was out in the field behind my house. I put on my pants and went looking for her. I looked for about 10 minutes no luck. I prayed and asked the Lord “where is my dog?” I then felt that I need to turn left so I did …. I walked 10 feet and one buzzard flew up and there was my dog, one head and two front legs. I was heartbroken. I said, “Lord, I don’t understand why this happened, but I will stay praise you.” ………… So I just stood there with tears in my eyes. Keep in mind I did not blame God for this.

I hear “Son, your procrastination killed your dog”

When I heard that I just broke, because I knew it was my fault. The moral of the story was she was always safe around the family. She was always safe in the back yard. One day she was tempted to leave the back yard and the safety of family and went off on her own. She got isolated and got picked off by a coyote.

What happens when you get all alone that’s when the negative self talk begins. The memories of the old start coming back, you start remembering the lies.   The enemies lies, they creep in and you start to believe and then before you know it you’ve been alone for months and your life is in shambles

You know what the lie is … rejection …… UN forgiveness ……..judgment …. not worthy. Need I go on? I leave you with this. If you are meeting with men or women but you are lying to them when you meet. Then you are still isolating or posing or wearing a mask. Whatever you do stop it and get honest. 
If you are not meeting with anyone ……. then start,  You can’t do life by yourself.  Your spouse does not count.  You need other men in your life to meet with or other women.

Hebrews 10:24-25
let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.NLT
Proverbs 27.17 As iron sharpens iron; so one man sharpens another